Therapist Profile

Name:
Michele Conklin, M.A.
Professional Title:
Location:
1554 S. Sepulveda Blvd Suite 204 Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone:
(424) 281-7209
Email:
mconklintherapy@gmail.com
Website:
www.micheleconklin.com
License Number
LMFT83523
Practicing Since:
2013
Additional Licenses:
MFT, ATR

Personal Statement

Personal Statement:
Everyone's journey is unique, yet few are without struggle. Life can be complicated and challenging, giving rise to difficult emotions, self doubt, harmful behaviors, and relationship issues, but you don't need to face it alone. I offer a safe, compassionate environment in which we can work together to explore your concerns, as well as your capabilities and strengths. I believe therapy is one of the few places in our lives where we can get to know our true selves--to let down the protective walls, to get underneath reactive emotions, to challenge assumptions and explore hopes and fears. It is my hope that I can facilitate that process with you. I believe that when we have a deep awareness of our true self, we are able to make choices that support the life we want. The foundation of my approach is to work collaboratively with you in an engaged and lively process. Working with a Gestalt approach, which includes somatic and mindful awareness, I will pay close attention to what is unfolding in the moment for you and between us. I am also an Art Therapist and, when appropriate, may suggest that the inclusion of a creative process as tool to enhance exploration, expression and growth. Sometimes current struggles are linked to past experiences that have not been fully resolved. Many people suffer from trauma for years without realizing the impact of it on their lives I use EMDR Therapy, a neurological and somatic based treatment that is effective in addressing trauma of all kinds, including emotional abandonment in childhood, physical or sexual abuse, significant loss, exposure to violence or life-threatening situations.

About My Practice

Office Hours
Weekdays, Evenings and Saturdays
Services
Psychotherapy and Art Therapy for Individuals and Couples Treatment of Trauma utilizing EMDR and Trauma Resiliency Model
Insurance
No Insurance Accepted, Private Pay, Superbill provided
Credit Cards Accepted
American Express, MasterCard, Visa
Free Initial Consult
No
Offers Teletherapy
None

Education

Degrees
MA, Marital and Family Therapy with specialization in Clinical Art Therapy - Loyola Marymount University

Area of Specialty

Specialites:
Addictions
Anxiety
Bi-Polar
Career Stress and Changes
Children
Childhood Trauma
CoDependant/Adult Children of Alcoholics
Combat/Military Related Trauma
Communication Skills
Couples
Creativity
Creative Solutions
Depression/Clinical Depression
EMDR
Ethnicity/Multi-Cultural Relationships
Expressive Art Therapies
Families
Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Questioning
Grief/Loss Terminally Ill
Issues of Abuse (Abused)
Issues of Abuse (Trauma)
Individual
Interracial Couples
Life Transitions/Mid-Life Issues
Parenting
Pre-Marriage Counseling
PsychoEducational
Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
Relationships
Sexual Dysfunction
Self Esteem/Personal Growth
Single Parents
Step/Blended Families
Stress
Trauma
Women's Issues

Other

Theoretical Orientation
Art/Movement/Psychodrama
Attachment
EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization/ Reprocessing
Family Systems
Gestalt
Humanistic/Existential
Psychodynamic
Somatic
Certifications
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Trauma Resiliency Model (Level 1)
Languages Spoken
Ethnicity

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