Stephen A. Friedman, Psyd, MFT

About

Steve is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who provides psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups within a private practice setting in Tarzana and Van Nuys, California. Having received his CAMFT supervisor certification in 2001, he additionally serves as a consultant for other mental health professionals and provides supervision for unlicensed therapists. As a graduate of Antioch University in Marina Del Rey, Steve has provided psychodynamic therapy for a diverse spectrum of clients, for the last 22 years. In addition to his expertise with difficult adolescents, parent/relational issues and problems, anxiety, mood disorders, crisis intervention, and issues related to bereavement and loss, Steve has a particular interest in working with individuals who were raised to believe that they weren’t special and have difficulties establishing equality within their relationships. In addition to maintaining his private practice in the San Fernando Valley, Steve served as the Clinical Director at North Hills Preparatory School, a non-profit educational facility that services the educational needs of severely emotionally disturbed middle and senior high school students. Throughout this period, Steve has presented trainings on a variety of topics including, but not limited to transference, countertransference, projective identification, asperger’s syndrome, borderline and narcissistic personality disorders, depression, parenting, power struggles, and conflict resolution. Services provided: Psychotherapy for individual, couples, and families, Consultation/Supervision, Staff Training, Group Therapy – Women who have difficulty identifying/verbalizing feelings, establishing personal boundaries, and feeling equal to other adults. Treatment specialization: Addictions and Recovery, Adolescents, Anxiety and Depression, Bereavement, Grief, and Loss, Conflict Resolution, Crisis Intervention, Parenting and Family Issues, Premarital Counseling, Raising difficult children and adolescents, Relational Issues and Problems, Teens returning from therapeutic boarding schools and residential treatment centers, Trauma/PTSD..