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PROVIDING PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING SERVICES IN LOS ANGELES AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. DUE TO COVID ALL MEETINGS ARE NOW VIRTUAL TELEHEALTH SESSIONS.
Dr. Stan Friedman is a clinical psychologist who has been practicing psychotherapy for over 35 years.
Throughout life, good relationships and positive human bonds provide us with a sense of meaning and support our potential to evolve. We are constantly having to adapt to change in our lives. But sometimes we find ourselves at a loss. Even the support of friends and loved ones may not be enough to make sufficient difference. At such times the unique relationship developed between psychotherapist and patient can become transformative.
Dr. Friedman believes that building a relationship of trust and understanding is necessary for effective psychotherapy to occur. Much suffering can arise from feeling alone in our struggles. We might be fearful of the power of our own emotions, or alternately cut off from their vitality. At such times, coming to a better awareness and acceptance of ourselves may first require feeling deeply seen by another, and then accepted by them for the complete human being that we are.
While Dr. Friedman tailors his approach to the individual needs of each patient, his style tends to be highly engaging and interactive. A great deal of attention is placed on the patient's immediate experience in the present moment as a way of best becoming aware of, and then constructively expressing, what is most real and alive in their inner world. This present awareness may include the echoes of baggage from the past or outdated fears about the future. When one's fears and barriers can be shared within a relationship of trust, we set the groundwork for new possibilities and healing to occur.
Dr. Stan Friedman is a clinical psychologist who has been practicing psychotherapy for over 35 years.
Throughout life, good relationships and positive human bonds provide us with a sense of meaning and support our potential to evolve. We are constantly having to adapt to change in our lives. But sometimes we find ourselves at a loss. Even the support of friends and loved ones may not be enough to make sufficient difference. At such times the unique relationship developed between psychotherapist and patient can become transformative.
Dr. Friedman believes that building a relationship of trust and understanding is necessary for effective psychotherapy to occur. Much suffering can arise from feeling alone in our struggles. We might be fearful of the power of our own emotions, or alternately cut off from their vitality. At such times, coming to a better awareness and acceptance of ourselves may first require feeling deeply seen by another, and then accepted by them for the complete human being that we are.
While Dr. Friedman tailors his approach to the individual needs of each patient, his style tends to be highly engaging and interactive. A great deal of attention is placed on the patient's immediate experience in the present moment as a way of best becoming aware of, and then constructively expressing, what is most real and alive in their inner world. This present awareness may include the echoes of baggage from the past or outdated fears about the future. When one's fears and barriers can be shared within a relationship of trust, we set the groundwork for new possibilities and healing to occur.