Dan Litov, Ph.D.              Clinical Psychologist                                        Adults, Couples and Teenagers                California Board of Psychology License PSY 21137

Psychotherapy the way it should be done 

 

About Dr. Litov:

 

Clinical Experience (in addition to private practice) 

 

2007 to Present: Clinical Supervisor; Institute for Multicultural Counseling and Educational Services (IMCES).

 

2005 - 2007: SYLMAR HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER (SHRC).

Position: Primary Therapist.

SHRC is a hospital in Los Angeles County where Dr. Litov saw clients with

mental health issues ranging from Major Depression to Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia.  Many clients have chemical dependency in addition to their primary clinical psychology disorder.

1999 - 2005: UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (San Diego, CA): Intake Counselor

• Crisis and suicide counseling

• Resource Counseling (Mental health, Chemical Dependency and social service programs)

 

1997 - 1998: CENTER FOR BIOBEHAVIORAL THERAPY (San Diego, CA): Therapist

• Health Psychology clinic

• Individual therapy with adults (including elderly) and children, utilizing cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as biofeedback for treatment of psychophysiological disorders, including:

Anxiety disorders, Panic Attacks/phobias, Chronic pain due to a medical condition, Myofascial Pain, Essential Hypertension, Headaches, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue syndrome

• Stress management psycho-education
• Neurofeedback for treatment of ADHD

 

1994 - 1995: DOUGLAS YOUNG MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC (San Diego, CA)

outpatient facility serving a culturally diverse population: Therapist

• Individual Therapy with: Adults, Adolescents, and Children
• Group Therapy with Bipolar I clients
• Family Therapy
• Couple Therapy

 

1993- 1994: TURNING POINT CRISIS CENTER (San Diego, CA) Counselor

• Inpatient Individual psychotherapy with adults and elderly
• Inpatient Group Therapy

 

 

Education

Ph.D.  2003 : Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego (CSPP ).   

 

M.A. 1995: Clinical Psychology, CSPP.

 

B.A.  1992: UCLA, psychology.

At UCLA Dr. Litov worked at the UCLA Anxiety Lab, run by Dr. Michelle Craske, one of the most reknown researchers on anxiety in the country.  Much of the work done by Dr. Craske has informed psychology's current understanding of how certain anxiety disorders are developed, maintained, and how they can be treated.

Seminars and Workshops

 

Family Assessment: Seven Steps Model, Salvador Minuchin, M.D.

Rational Emotive Behavior Relationship Therapy, Albert Ellis, Ph.D.

Constructing a New Self, Christine Padesky, Ph.D.

Ericksonian Therapy: Art and Essence, Jeffrey Zeig, Ph.D.

Crisis Intervention: Theory and Practice. Pamela Blackwell, MFCC & Orville Coonce, Ph.D.

Suicide Intervention Skills. Pamela Blackwell, MFCC

Brief Treatment with Children, Youth & Families. Pat A. Emard, M.A. MFCC

Group Therapy with Children & Adolescents. Irving Berkovitz, MD.

More Effective Work with Couples. Neil S. Jacobson, Ph.D.

Psychopharmacology with Children and Youth. Stewart Schaefer, MD.

Human Sexuality: Licensure Workshop. Elizabeth Ortiz, DSW

Child Abuse: Licensure Workshop. Ellen Eichler, LCSW.

 

Membership

• PSI CHI: National Honor Society of Psychology

• American Psychological Association

• Los Angeles County Psychological Association

 

 

 

Publications & Presentations

 

Nicassio, P., Litov, D. & Smith, T. (2004, March). The family context of pain coping in fibromyalgia. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the 62^nd Annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Orlando, Florida.

Litov, D. (1995, October). Increasing public awareness [Letter to the editor]. APA Monitor, p. 3.

 

 

 

 

Dan Litov: Los Angeles Psychologists. Los Angeles psychologist.