Find A Psychologist in Van Nuys, CA.

Comprehensive Psychological Care VOBH provides mental health services for your whole family. Services include: • Individual psychotherapy • Couples therapy • Family therapy • Group therapy • Diagnostic Assessment VOBH values diversity and recognizes the importance of finding a psychologist and therapeutic approach that works best for your current needs. As such, we offer a variety of therapeutic modalities to address more recent problems or longer-standing struggles.

Working with a licensed psychologist means working with someone trained, at the doctoral level, to understand not just what you're struggling with but why it persists. I hold a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and practice psychoanalytically, which simply means I pay close attention to the parts of your experience that operate beneath everyday awareness, the patterns you didn't choose and can't quite explain, yet keep running into. Psychic difficulties always have a logic of their own. Rather than managing symptoms on the surface, I work with you to uncover what's actually driving them, because that's what allows not short-lived changes, but deep and lasting relief.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist, trained to diagnosis and treat a variety of issues and mental illnesses. My graduate education was focused on family systems theory, and I utilize this lens to view you in the context of your interpersonal relationships and the environment around you. I have received extensive training in a variety of therapeutic frameworks and typically use an eclectic blend -- based on your unique needs and personality -- to address your concerns and personal goals.

As a psychologist, I have had extensive training treating individuals and couples who present with a variety of presenting problems and diagnoses. I have treated people in an inpatient and outpatient hospital setting who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia and have been hospitalized with suicide attempts. I have also been in private practice for almost 20 years and have treated people with severe depression, anxiety, panic attacks, drug and alcohol addiction, and, as well, people without major symptoms who are desiring an improvement in their quality of life, social and dating skills. I also work closely with psychiatrists and have experience and knowledge regarding the prescription of psychotropic medications, their side effects and efficacy.

A psychologist has the most extensive training in psychology of all the mental health professions. Some people with a Ph.D. are licensed as Marriage and Family Therapists (and I have that license as well) or as Social Workers, not psychologists. As a psychologist, I understand the benefits and limitations of research, and I also bring that to my psychotherapy practice. Psychologists work with the full range of psychological and emotional issues, without limitation, unlike MFTs and LCSWs who have a more limited scope of practice. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: I’m well trained to help you with whatever issues bring you to me.