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Now I See a Person Institute
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $350
- Couple Sessions $350
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Cash, Check, Paypal, Venmo, Zelle
Insurance
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Out of Network
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / MFC 40480 Dr. Susan Swim
- In Practice for 41 Years
- Certificate from Approved Supervisor AAMFT 1985
- Attended Saybrook University
Marriage & Family Therapist: Dr. Susan Swim
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Family Conflict
- Mood Disorders
Expertise
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- individual couple/partner family therapy
- Infidelity
- Life Coaching
- Marital and Premarital
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Veterans
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Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Christian Counseling
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Coaching
- Collaborative: Recovery Model
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Experiential Therapy
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Narrative/Solution Focused
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Now I See A Person Institute
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Now I See A Person Institute has outstanding success utilizing Collaborative-Dialogical Practices circa 1980's and Community Engagement: A Collaborative Recovery Model of therapy developed by Dr. Swim in 2008. See our evidence based research, interviews, stories of hope, on-line teaching and course catalogue and articles and additional periodicals at www.nowiseeaperson.com. Now I See A Person Institute Humanizes Your Experiences to Wellness.
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Now I See a Person Institute
468 North Camden Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Finding Joy in Adversity
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Currently we are given opportunities to create joy when our world is changing. This happens differently from family to family, and family member to family member. How do we take this global "time out" and reassess our priorities, create opportunities for healthy relationships and joy and plan for our joyful futures? This bi-weekly group will discuss these ideas as well as themes important to our group members.
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Now I See A Person Institute
9039 Alcott Street
Los Angeles, CA 90035
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