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Work Newbury Park CA 91320 United Stateswork
Work Phone: 9092603426work
Work Email: drann4@gmail.comINTERNET
Professional Certifications and Licenses
PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS – Marriage and Family Counseling, Phillips Institute, License Ca 19308
SandTray Play Therapist training with Teresa Keistly,
Albuquerque, NM
Certified Life Coach – Life Purpose Institute, San Diego, CA
Certified Grief Educator Training with David Kessler
Services Offered
In person, telephone or zoom meetings to help you and your family cope with any kind of Grief or Loss. It could be loss of a family member, loss of a job, loss of a pet, loss of a friend. Whatever it is, I would like to help you through this difficult time.
I am a Certified Grief Educator, Marriage and Family Therapist, Developmental Psychologist, Certified Life Coach, and Child Play Therapist.
Grief is something that does not go away because, as David Kessler says, It is about loving. Grief changes and subsides and can return in waves. I offer you support to help you navigate your grief.
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Professional Certifications and Licenses
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in CA
Grief Certified Therapist
Somatic Therapist
NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) therapist – Master Level – therapy for developmental trauma and complex PTSD
Graduate of “Comprehensive Course in Interpersonal Neurobiology” with Dr Dan Siegel at Mindsight Institute
Graduate of “Being with Dying Training Program” at Upaya Institute
Services Offered
As a holistic and integrative therapist, I offer life affirming and culturally sensitive whole person care that considers body, mind, emotions and spirit. I offer a compassionate space for your pain and heartbreak, and a safe place to reconnect back to yourself and explore what’s holding you back from being present to yourself and others in this moment of your life. I work collaboratively with you and my approach is highly individualized and tailored to your needs, whether it is a desire to find relief from stress now or longing for a deep transformation and healing in your life and relationships. Together, we will work towards your goals and help you build a more fulfilling, authentic and embodied life.
I am a Neuro-Affective Relational Model (NARM®) Therapist trained in working with people who have experienced early developmental and relational trauma. I am also a Grief Certified Therapist; I understand grief and meet you where you are to support you through the heartbreak of loss to find healing and hope. I am trained in Somatic, Art, Jungian and Nature/Eco therapy modalities and incorporate them in our work together.
I offer therapy in both English and Russian.
Helping teens, adults and relationships heal and grow
LGBTQ+ affirmative
ADHD/Neurodivergence informed
Multiculturally informed and culturally sensitive
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Professional Certifications and Licenses
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT)
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC)
Certified Grief Educator
Services Offered
Founder of LivLevLov Events in the Greater Los Angeles Area: LivLevLov events creates and hosts events to celebrate love, life, and the memory of our loved ones lost too soon. Our community provides a positive and supportive environment to come together and remember our friends and family through good vibes and good times. With each event, we are getting that much closer to breaking the taboo of speaking about our loves ones lost too soon. Join us in remembering a loved one who you have lost or just celebrating life and love at our events.
My approach is centered on helping clients connect with their authentic self and heal their inner child. I am passionate about supporting individuals in realizing their full potential and addressing the stigma surrounding grief and loss through specialized grief work. I am committed to guiding clients on their personal journey with empathy and expertise, fostering both growth and healing
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Work Santa Ros CA United Stateswork
Work Email: emilyhamp14@gmail.comINTERNET
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #113433 California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler’s grief educator program
Services Offered
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist providing the following:
- Grief counseling
- Certified Grief Educator through completing a certificate program designed by world-renowned grief expert David Kessler
- Committed to providing the highest level of grief support through education, experience, and insights into the often unacknowledged rocky terrain of grief
- General psychotherapy
- Compassionate, strength-based approach
- Mindfulness
- Cognitive behavioral therapies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Positively focused brain-based therapies
Background:
- Became a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in 2015 after retiring from a 28-year career as an educator, K through university, in the California public schools and CSU system, inspired by the needs of former students with mental health issues.
- Became a certified grief educator after being part of David Kessler’s Tender Hearts group following the loss by suicide of my younger daughter in 2021.
- Experienced serving clients and families with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction.
- In addition to having a private practice I work two days a week providing psychiatric evaluations and therapeutic support for patients in crisis in a Hospital Emergency Room.
Education
Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy
University of San Francisco, December, 2009
Master of Arts in Education, Reading and Literacy
Sonoma State University, June, 2001
California Teaching Credential, Multiple Subject
Dominican University, January, 1988
Bachelor of Arts, Art History, Cum Laude
New York University, June, 1974
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