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Rev. Alexander Yoo, M.Div., MFTI

Progress Notes ...
A quarterly publication of the Lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy Association of Southern California, Inc., an organization dedicated to the promotion of gay, lesbian, and bisexual psychology, by supporting and serving the mental health professionals who work within the gay, lesbian, and bisexual and transgendered community.

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This classified section of the Progress Notes allows members and non-members to advertise available therapy services, employment and office space. This section is free for members to advertise and $15 for non-members.

THERAPY

FTM/FT?/FT+ Early to Mid Transition Support Group
Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45 PM.
Sliding Scale • 10-week cycles (no drop-in, commitment required) • Next cycle starts in June. $50 per session; some sliding scale. Please call Alexander, MFTI, IMF 52075 at (310) 773-3484 (6310 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 410, Los Angeles, 90048) to schedule free intake and for more information. Hurry! Slots filling up. Supervisor: Jan Reynolds, MFT, MFC21785.

Men's Therapy Group for Men in Recovery
Mondays 5:30 - 7 pm. West Los Angeles. Sixty-five dollars per session. Andrew Susskind, LCSW. 310.281.8681 or email.

Over-40 Gay Men's Group
Ongoing group for gay men confronting the challenges of aging in a youth-oriented culture. All gay men over age 40 are welcome. Topics of discussion range from sex/intimacy issues to career and life goals. The group meets Fridays at 7:30 PM in West Hollywood, each session is $40. An 8-week commitment is required. For more information, please contact Michael Liberatore, MA, MFTI #IMF-57834 at (310) 497-7682. Group is under the supervision of Tony Zimbardi, PsyD, MFT #33579.

Gay Men’s Growth Group
(Studio City)
This is an ongoing men’s group, which focuses on personal issues that lead toward better relationships with oneself and others. This is a group for serious minded men regardless of age, HIV or relationship status. Tuesday/Wednesday night in Studio City. $35 per session. Contact Sandy Kaufman, MFT at 818-761-4200.

Gay Men’s Group
(Beverly Hills)
The Center for Cognitive Therapy in Beverly Hills is now running a Gay Men’s Group on Mondays from 7:30 -9PM. If interested, please call Joel Becker, Ph.D. (PSY11680), 310-858-3831.

Ongoing Gay Men's Therapy Group
(West Hollywood)
Now accepting new participants! Meets every Wednesday evening
from 8:00 to 9:30 PM; $50 per session. Group therapy is a helpful
adjunct to individual therapy. Consider the benefits for your clients: learning to directly and healthfully express feelings; building self confidence and self esteem; feeling more comfortable in groups, relieving feelings of shame and isolation. Contact: Mark Reina, MFT, CGP at 310.366.5494.

Gay Men's Psychotherapy Group
Psychodynamic group focuses on Gay empowerment, recovery from trauma and coaddiction, compassionate selfcare, mindfulness, building intimate relationships. Fridays 6 PM, $50. For more information, please call: Matt Silverstein, MFT, 310-842-6124 (License #MFC38474).

Mixed Groups
Mixed psychotherapy groups for well functioning men and women with a focus on relationship, intimacy, sexual, family, and career issues. Yalom model. Monday and Wednesday evenings led by Raymond Bakaitis, PhD. For more information, please call 310-841- 6870.

Social Anxiety Group
This group will be making use of the latest empirically validated treatment for social anxiety. The group will be mixed (both gay, lesbian and straight clients) and time limited to 10- 12 sessions. Contact Joel Becker 310-858-3831.

Emotional Regulation Skills Group
This group that is based on the work of Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. with patients who have the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. It is appropriate for all clients who have problems in this area, which may include patients in a wide range of disorders including substance abuse, etc. This group is adjunctive and the client must have a primary therapist who will remain in the picture as “therapist of record.” Contact Joel Becker 310-858- 3831.

Women Over 40
Support and process group in-tended to allow women over 40 years of age to discuss coming out, making new connections, and more. Married and unmarried women are welcomed. Wednesday nights from 7:30 PM to 9 PM. $35/session. Contact Emily Moore at 626-793-1078.

Ongoing Gay Men's Therapy Group
(Pasadena)
Great group for therapists. Wednesday night group (7:30 pm to 9:00 pm) currently has openings. The fee is $45. The group works to understand how they are relating within the group and how that is reflected (or not) in relating outside the group. Career blocks, fears, anger, the addictive process, and self-esteem issues are also part of our focus. Therapist uses primarily psychoanalytically oriented techniques and has a certificate from the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Contact Roger Winter, MA, MFT (626) 440-9898 x2. (MFC28821)

EMPLOYMENT

Psychotherapy Bookkeeper Position
Must be able to add existing client files to software program called “Therapist Helper.” Call Mike Fatula MFT at 323-876-8861 OR 323-422- 9433 business cell phone. (I am live on business cell phone at 5 minutes before any hour 10AM-10PM Mon-Fri).

EDUCATION

Total Wellness! Workshops Transgender/Gender Awareness and Health
GenderQueer Revolution presents Total Wellness!, a collaborative gender health series and speakers bureau for providers and community members alike, offers educational opportunities for those seeking to increase competency w/transgender/gender awareness/LGBTIQ issues/populations/clients/clinical issues. National, global experts in mental health, medicine, spirituality, community health w/ over a century of speaking/tenured experience. Gender diversity experts and pioneers. See www.genderqueerrevolution.org for past and upcoming lectures and organizational consultation and to inquire about scheduling for your organization.

Transgender Consultation
Have a desire to work with transgender, genderqueer, gender-diverse, or other individuals and communities? Need to increase your cultural and clinical competency? A leading gender Diversity Clinician and Applied Community Psychology Specialist, Alexander educates mental health and medical providers, businesses, institutions, community organizations, government bodies, and educational systems on gender issues and administrative practice. A nationally recognized author and educator in print and on radio, film, and television, he provides sensitivity, cultural competency, and EEO Compliance training as a private organizational development consultant and offers diverse peer consultation and psychotherapeutic services. As a Community Psychology Specialist, he focuses on person-environment interactions and the ways larger, societal, and systemic factors impact upon individual and community health and wellness. (310) 773-3484; www.alexanderyoo.com.

Humboldt County
Hello Friends,
This is Stuart Altschuler, up north in Humboldt County. I am putting out a call for proposals for someone from my old home in LA to come up here to do a 6 hour professional training (CEU’s) on counseling GLBT. We are working on getting Helen Hill up here for the “T” (Transgender). I know a number of you are very skilled in this arena. Your travel expenses would be covered, lodging (possibly with me) and meals. We also need to know what your fee would be for the training itself. I ask you to remember that this is a rural community and funds for something like this are not plentiful. So, be kind. Besides the work part, you will have a chance to a great getaway to a beautiful location! Take that into account. www.co.humboldt.ca.us / www.ci.ferndale.ca.us. I am working on this with Gail Narum, MFT who is on the board of the North Coast Association of Mental Health Professionals. Gail has been in touch with a therapist in San Francisco but her fees are more than we can handle. This would take place in the late summer or fall. Please send your course description and CV to me at my email. I look forward to hearing from some of you.

OFFICE SPACE

Beverly Center
Part-time mornings and Friday-Sunday. quiet small secured building near Beverly Center, 24/7 access, private climate control, windowed charming comfortable large furnished office, good size for groups, shared waiting room with call light, sound proofed, plenty of parking (free or metered), utility room with fridge, micro, copier, printer, file drawers. Call Steve Kadel 310-228-3676.

Beverly Hills
Office space available for lease in medical building in Beverly Hills. Suitable for consultations, counseling, presentations, or auditions. Monthly Rent: $1133 (1 year contract). Two hours free public parking in addition to street parking. Call Eric at (323) 528- 8206 or email Eric.

Encino
Prime Encino office space now available. Newlyremodeled suite in therapistfriendly building. Full and part-time space for sublet in both windowed and interior offices facing Encino Hills. Freeway-close to the 101 and the 405. Very good soundproofing, easy parking options, call light system, separate exit. Contact 310.281.8681 or email.

Studio City/Valley Village
Charming quiet garden setting office with private waiting room, bathroom, and kitchen. Bright, windows that open, air conditioning, close to freeway, and free parking. Available parttime. Please call Dr. Stacy Berlin (310) 442-6466.

West Los Angeles.
Charming courtyard building on Westwood Blvd., just south of Wilshire. Bright and beautifully carpeted and furnished. Call light system. Private exit. Colleagueial atmosphere. Part time or half time. Call Elaine Schulman 310-475-0674.

West Los Angeles
Beautifully decorated, windowed, freeway close, handicap access, call lights, separate entrance/exit, security building. Available AM's every day, all day Thursday and Saturday. Contact Renee R. Sperling, LCSW at 310-470-3450.

West Hollywood
Newly remodeled, beautiful, quiet, F/T or P/T psychotherapy office space in 2 office suite in centrally located professional building in the heart of West Hollywood. Office is newly painted and carpeted with soundproofing. Separate, enclosed waiting area with call light system. Off-street parking available. One office is unfurnished and available full-time. One office is furnished. Both offices have windows overlooking lots of greenery. Gay affirmative practice and environment. Rent varies according to usage. $300/day per month P/T and $1000 F/T. For more information, please contact Matthew Silverstein, PhD, MFT. (310) 842-6124.

West Hollywood
Prime therapy office for evenings and weekends. Beautiful space is available on Mondays through Thursdays evenings from 6PM to 9PM or 6PM to 10PM, and all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This French-windowed corner office is elegant and tasteful; furnished with antique oak wood furniture, rich brown leather couch/chair, and warmly painted walls. It also has a desk and a consulting area which makes it more spacious. There is a shared waiting room and a copier/refrigerator room. Friendly colleagues. High-end security building on designer row. Other offices within the building consist of psychotherapists, psychiatrists and writers. Street parking is free on Robertson after 6PM. If interested please call Paul Oberon, PsyD at 310-659-0509. Required blocks of time: 6Pm to 9PM or 6PM to 10PM. Monday/ Tuesday/ Wednesday/ Thursday or 4 hr blocks for Fridays through Sundays, (example 9AM to 1 PM or 1:30PM to 5:30PM); $25/hour (nonnegotiable).

West Hollywood/San Fernando Valley
Quiet Garden Courtyard of therapists, designers, and writers near Cedars- Sinai and Thalians. Also office space on Ventura Blvd. near Laurel Canyon (Studio City).

  • Quiet, garden courtyard; onestory building; 24/7 access & AIR
  • Windowed, private waiting room; sound-proofing & call light systems
  • Windowed & skylighted private therapy office
  • Separate entrance-exit; separate restrooms for clients & therapists
  • High vaulted wooden ceiling/new wood window blinds
  • Utilities included with reasonable rent; private, covered, well-lit parking
  • Easy canyon access to San Fernando Valley
  • Recently remodeled to psychotherapy specifications

Call Mike Fatula at 323-876-8861. Reasonable rates (utilities included).

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