Our Dependency Treatment Team

David Livingston, M.A., M.F.T .
Experienced psychotherapist competent with diverse client populations. Strengths include: Ability to motivate, structure and strategize individuals and couples to achieve defined goals.

 


Current Positions
1995 - Present

Psychotherapist - Private Practice

Manage private practice of 30 to 40 weekly clients, psychotherapy for individuals, couples, children and families.

Perform in-depth diagnostic assessment of new clients.

Maintain progress notes and provide appropriate documentation when necessary for insurance, court ordered clientele and worker's compensation cases.

Collaborate with other psychotherapists and medical specialists on treatment planning, medication issues, and hospitalization.

Provide weekly clinical supervision to M.F.T. Interns.

1999 - Present

Consulting Psychotherapist - AAMOD

Perform counseling for individuals after Waismann Method for dependency to opiates and pain medications.

Create individualized treatment plans utilizing medical professionals and community services.

Teach meditation and stress management techniques to individuals with chronic pain.

1996 - Present

Psychotherapist - Care Associates

Responsibilities are the same as listed above.

Past Positions
1994-1996

Staff Counselor - The Center for Individual and Family Counseling

Provided weekly psychotherapy for individuals, couples, children and families.

Performed in depth intake and diagnostic assessment of new clients.

1994-1995

Case Manager - Drake Institute of Behavioral Medicine

Treated stress related problems using Bio-feedback and Cognitive – Behavioral techniques. Focusing on the treatment of ADHD in children, teenagers, and adults.

Postgraduate
2002

Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies
Post-Graduate Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Certification

Education
1995

M.A. Clinical Psychology
Antioch University
Los Angeles, California

1985

B.A. Degree
History Major, Business Minor
University of California Los Angeles

 

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