Dean Leav, PsyD, QME, Author

About

Psychologist in Los Angeles, CA. Works with Men's Issues, Infidelity and Sexual Addiction. Sees clients in person and online. Works out of network for insurance. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Divorce
• Family Conflict
• Grief
• Life Coaching
• Life Transitions
• Parenting
• Peer Relationships
• Racial Identity
• Relationship Issues
• School Issues
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• 12-Step Recovery Model
• Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)Uses principles of learning and reinforcement to build skills and change behavior. Most often used with autistic children.
• Christian CounselingCounseling that brings Christian faith, scripture or prayer into therapy, for people who want their beliefs to be part of the work.
• CoachingGoal-focused work on the present and future, such as career, performance or life changes, rather than treatment of a mental health condition.
• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)A structured, practical therapy that looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other, and teaches skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.
• Compassion FocusedHelps people who are hard on themselves to build warmth and compassion toward themselves, as a counterweight to shame and self-criticism.
• Emotionally FocusedTreats emotions as a guide to change. Often used with couples, to understand patterns of conflict and rebuild a secure bond.
• Family / MaritalTherapy with couples or families together, focused on communication, conflict and the patterns between people.
• Family SystemsSees a person as part of their family as a whole, and explores roles, patterns and communication across the family rather than one person's problems alone.
• Forensic PsychologyPsychology applied to legal matters, such as evaluations for courts, custody or criminal cases.
• IntegrativeCombines more than one therapy approach, fitted to the person's needs.
• InterpersonalA structured, time-limited therapy focused on relationships and life events, such as conflict, loss or big role changes, and how they affect mood.
• InterventionHelp planning and running an intervention, where family and friends come together to encourage someone, often with an addiction, to accept treatment.
• PsychoanalyticThe tradition that began with Freud. Explores unconscious thoughts and feelings, often through free association, sometimes with several sessions a week.
• PsychodynamicExplores how past experiences, relationships and feelings outside awareness shape how a person thinks and acts today.
• Psychological Testing and EvaluationFormal assessment with standardized tests, for example for ADHD, learning differences or autism, usually ending in a written report.
• Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)A short-term, goal-focused approach that spends less time on problems and more on what already works and the small steps toward what the person wants.
• Strength-BasedFocuses on the strengths, skills and resources a person already has, and builds on them to meet challenges.
• Structural Family TherapyLooks at how a family is organized, its roles, rules and boundaries, and helps reshape patterns that cause problems.

More details

Sessions

Both in-person and online

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Men's Issues, Infidelity, Sexual Addiction, Addiction, ADHD, Alcohol Use, Anger Management, Antisocial Personality, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality (BPD), Career Counseling, Chronic Impulsivity, Chronic Relapse, Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Dissociative Disorders (DID), Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Eating Disorders, Education and Learning Disabilities, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Gambling, Geriatric and Seniors, Grief, Hoarding, Impulse Control Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Internet Addiction, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Marital and Premarital, Mood Disorders, Narcissistic Personality (NPD), Obesity, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Oppositional Defiance (ODD), Parenting, Peer Relationships, Personality Disorders, Psychosis, Racial Identity, Relationship Issues, School Issues, Self Esteem, Self-Harming, Sex Therapy, Sexual Abuse, Sleep or Insomnia, Spirituality, Sports Performance, Stress, Substance Use, Suicidal Ideation, Testing and Evaluation, Thinking Disorders, Trauma and PTSD, Video Game Addiction, Weight Loss

Insurance

Out of Network

Payment methods

American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa

Ages

Teen, Adults, Elders (65+)

Works with

Individuals, Couples, Group

Languages

English

Gender

Male

Education

Argosy University

Years in practice

19

Other offices

400 Corporate Pointe Ste. 300, Culver City, 90230

Education & qualifications