ABOUT DOVID

• I am a Mind-Body Psychotherapist and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)
• I am a fully trained Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and completed the three year Somatic Experiencing specialization program for working with trauma and the nervous system. Over 250 hours of advanced training.

• I am a Craniosacral Therapist and trained in Craniosacral Therapy through the Upledger Institute. I have completed up to the advanced level of the Upledger Curriculum.
• I received my Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology throughPrescott College and trained in Reidman College’s Mind-Body Psychotherapy program.
• I completed the Couples Counseling Track at Airport Marina Counseling Service with a focus of PACT methodology.
  
  I have also worked and trained at: 
• The Maple Counseling Center and Airport Marina Counseling Service  
• The Chabad Rehab Centercounseling clients struggling with addiction
• School based settings bringing mindfulness techniques to students.
• I have been working as a therapist for over 6 years.

In addition to the above advanced trainings, I have participated in trainings related to:

• EMDR, mindfulness, addiction, spirituality and self growth.
• I have also studied with Peter Levine, Kathy Kay, Steve Hoskinson, Chas Perry and others who are leaders in the field of mind-body psychotherapy.

I work with individuals and couples and use a holistic range of modalities including psychodynamic theory, somatic psychology, existential and transpersonal psychology, systems and attachment theory, client-centered therapy, and mindfulness.

My approach is compassionate and non-judgemental and I aim to help each client address their issues at a core level that including all parts of who they are including mental, emotional, transpersonal, and relational dimensions. I combine my life experience, education, and intuition and incorporate talk and touch techniques to help clients achieve maximum results.

I work with local clients in my Los Angeles office and with long distance clients over Skype.