David C. Lichti, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
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793 Higuera Street, Suite 6, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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Currently, I'm mostly using Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy with my clients. When, as a child, we find ourselves traumatizing or trapped in negative circumstances, parts of our self system compensate by locking away that which at that time was too much for us to handle. Later, if we do not go back to this locked away material, the pain, confusion and injustice of what happened to us long ago, can get triggered, or, awakened, when similar such challenges arise in the present. IFS provides a safe way for that locked away material to be approached and reprocessed, allowing our core self to take back control of our lives.
IFS with couples, goes straight to the excessive reactions we have to our partners, by focusing on what is behind our excessive reactions, getting to the overly protective parts of us that are overly defending our vulnerable selves from potential attack. Processing our inner pain, confusion and injustices, can turn our defensiveness into cooperativeness.
If we understand our own self systems and approach the underlying issues inside of us, we can gain control of our self system, and be better able to be responsive instead of reactive in similarly challenging life circumstances in the present. Positive energy becomes available when parts of us are freed up to focus on the present, instead of on the past.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $110
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Cash, Check, Paypal
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem | Elevance
- Beacon Health Options | Carelon
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Health Net
- Holman Group
- Magellan
- Medi-Cal
- MHN | Health Net
- TRICARE
- TriWest
- Victim Witness
- Out of Network
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David C. Lichti, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / MFC 45993 David C Lichti
- In Practice for 30 Years
- Attended Pacifica Graduate Institute, Counseling Psychology, Graduated 1995
Marriage & Family Therapist: David C Lichti
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David C. Lichti, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Depression
- Anxiety
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Dual Diagnosis
- EMDR
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY
- Life Coaching
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Veterans
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David C. Lichti, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Client Focus
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Religion
Christian
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Religion
Christian
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- EMDR
- Expressive Arts
- Family Systems
- Gestalt
- Gottman Method
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Jungian
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Trauma Focused
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David C. Lichti, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Location
Primary Location
David C. Lichti, LMFT
793 Higuera Street
Suite 6
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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Nearby Areas
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David C. Lichti, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT