Welcome. I have been a continuously practicing licenced Marriage and Family Therapist in California since 2000 and a training supervisor since 2006. My experience has been in high acuity nonprofit community/team-based, adolescent residential, outpatient clinic, and private practice settings. I have clinically supervised and trained many clinician interns and non-clinical staff. My training interests have been with Primal Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, IMAGO Relationship Therapy, and of late, Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Therapy. I work with thoughts, feelings and body, and believe that integration of all three is necessary. I believe that trauma resolution occurs when connection to the original source occurs, particularly when early needs such as safety, protection, response are felt, within the safety of the therapy relationship/room.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

I do not charge for your initial consultation because that is a time for mutual getting-to-know and seeing whether there is 'fit'. I make sure to allow time and will encourage you to ask me whatever is important to you to know about me. In the first therapy session I will ask you about what brings you to therapy now, to me perhaps, and mutually discover how you have managed in your life to this point. I will ask you about your family growing up, and where are now in your life.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

Throughout my career as a practicing therapist, I have consistently maintained my own individual/couples therapy because I believe a therapist must be equally comfortable on both sides of the couch. I continue to follow my core value which is internal truth. I have many years of experience as a clinical supervisor, trainer and manager, and thus have a broad understanding of systems.

About RALPH A WEISS

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