Dr. Philip Martin TakakjianPsychologist, PhD

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I am a Stanford-trained Psychologist with 35 years of clinical experience. I also wrote my own therapy, Psychosomatic Self-Care. This is a mind-body, East/West therapy helping clients to process their issues cognitvely, emotionally and somatically. This treatment is very experiential, solution oriented and skill based. My approach uses catharsis, meditation and Somatic Experiencing to fully process the client's present and past painful experiences. Psychosomatic Self-Care is a 12+ week therapy empathizing how we process our difficult experiences, not just the content of those experiences. See my Linkedin profile for my full paper. My approach includes elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy and Zen Buddhism. My therapy treats almost all conditions and clients and is quickly effective. I always tailor my approach to each individual client.

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