Psychotherapy

paula e. bruce, ph.d.
clinical and forensic psychology

Psychotherapy

Dr. Bruce has a broad psychotherapy practice that includes individual, couple and family psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. Dr. Bruce’s mindful psychotherapy style is to join with you, utilizing contemporary psychodynamic principles, to help you address your concerns. During this process, the aim is to help you understand your own development and construction in a meaningful way that allows you to become unstuck from concerns that you have. More specifically, this depth-focused approach is aimed at helping you as an individual, couple or family, gain insight into both your past and present, so that you can be able to make clearer and healthier choices about your present and future.   The more you understand how and why you think, feel and act the way you do, the easier it becomes to make the important everyday choices you need to make in life, work and relationship.

Some typical psychotherapy concerns are:

•    Relationship/couple issues
•    Depressive disorders
•    Anxiety Disorders
•    Bulimia Nervosa
•    Anorexia Nervosa
•    Compulsive Overeating
•    Body image issues
•    Pre/post bariatric surgery issues
•    Personality disorders
•    High conflict custody/divorce issues
•    Sexual dysfunction/sexual addiction
•    Sexual abuse/trauma issues/PTSD
•    Compulsive spending/shopping
•    Dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking)
•    Alcohol/substance abuse
•    Parent-child conflict; child behavior problems
•    Career concerns
•    Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual issues
•    Gender Identity issues
•    Attachment issues
•    Adoption issues
•    Anger management

paula e. bruce, ph.d.
clinical and forensic psychology

360 north bedford drive, suite 219
beverly hills, ca 90210

tel: 310.271.2275

email: info@drpaulabruce.com

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