Lynne Azpeitia, MA "People are capable of being expressive, but often they are interfered with or misinterpreted in these areas. So my job is to help them identify when they are in that fluid and creative state, and help them look at how they got there, and on purpose how to make those things happen. That's the best part of what I do." She is a licensed therapist in Santa Monica, California, and may be reached at 310.828.7121 or 626.797.1052 < interview: Supporting creative achievement - an interview with therapist Lynne Azpeitia
Jennifer Berman, PhD****website ".. draws 60% of her
clientele from
the entertainment industry. Quite often, she tells many of them, in
order
to "You have to be smart to
survive,"
Berman says, and much of her job is to help her clients rethink their
priorities, Most important, stresses Berman, is not to make the industry -- and the pursuit of it -- the four walls, floor and ceiling of your world. "It's important to involve yourself in activities aside from screenings, premieres and parties. Make some friends outside of the industry. It's important to create a safe support system. Don't wrap your whole identity around it." from article: Hollywood Balancing Act Diana DeLaney-Finch, PhD Interactive Counseling (online email therapy) "A Creative-Eccentric is what she refers to as a whole, integrated individual. ... there is no limit to individual uniqueness which comes from cultivating inner "talent"; every human being possesses this inner uniqueness which can easily be overwhelmed by the problems of everyday life. Healing and cultivation of inner creative energies bring the individual back to a natural state of psychological wellness and a sense of wholeness." [statement from her site: counselingweb.com Stephen A. Diamond, Ph.D.****website*******office phone: (323) 651-1118 "..is a licensed
clinical and forensic
psychologist in Los Angeles, CA. ... sees many talented individuals,
A former pupil and protege of Dr. Rollo May, he has taught at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, J.F.K. University, the C.G. Jung Institute--Zurich and the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. He was a contributing author to the best-selling anthology Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature, and is the author of book Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity."
Jennifer C. Kaplan, Ph.D., MACP website "One has to be somebody before one can be somebody else." In other words, as an actor, knowing who you are provides a solid foundation from which you can then transform into character roles. Dr. Jennifer Kaplan is a registered psychological assistant providing holistic psychotherapy, incorporating mind-body-spirit approaches with a humanistic perspective, to actors. She also teaches meditation. She earned both her MACP and her Ph.D. at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology [site], where she spent five years researching the psychology and spirituality of actors and of fame. Quote above from Kaplan's 2003 doctoral dissertation entitled Breaking a Leg Without Breaking the Spirit: An Exploration of Actors' Psychospirituality, and adapted from Engler's 1993 Becoming somebody and nobody: Psychoanalysis and Buddhism in R. Walsh's & F. Vaughan's Paths beyond ego. Jennifer C. Kaplan,
Ph.D. (PSB 29422) Vicky Frankfourth Moyle, M.A., N.C.C. "I am available for psychotherapy, advocacy, counseling, coaching, private tutoring and educational concerns to support the needs of gifted individuals. I was a classroom teacher for 14 years, in Mathematics and Gifted Education. I have a teaching certificate from Missouri with an endorsement in gifted education (which represents 30+ graduate hours in Gifted Education). I have an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Colorado at Denver. "I am a National Board Certified Counselor (NCC) and am particularly interested in issues of depression, creativity, positive maladjustment, and psychopathology in the gifted -- and especially in differential therapeutic relationships for the gifted. I use Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration to guide my conceptualization of any client." Vicky Frankfourth Moyle, M.A., N.C.C., Grand Junction, CO (970) 254-0269 vmoyle@hotmail.com Kathleen Noble, Ph.D. Seattle, WA ...... [interview] "I am a licensed
psychologist in WA
state with a small independent practice specializing in the
psychological
growth In addition to extensive
clinical
experience with the psychosocial issues affecting gifted adults and
adolescents, I have a special
interest in resilience,
and particularly in the way in which powerful spiritual experiences
Kathleen Noble, Ph.D., 206-322-4256 University of Washington, Box 351630, Seattle, WA 98195. Dennis Palumbo, M.A., MFT*****website "formerly a Hollywood screenwriter... now a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles. Palumbo specializes in helping new and established screenwriters, directors, and novelists address creative issues, as well as those involving mid-life and career transition." [from website] author of book: Writing from the Inside Out // quotes on page: counseling Pat Powell, M.A. Irvine, CA "My background working with gifted people began with my joining Mensa many years ago as well as attracting bright clients who yearned for a counselor equally bright... the gifted ones know I'm at their level and they'd better get down to business and stop trying to 'win.'... I believe brightness comes in all degrees and types, and blindspots aren't limited to the non-gifted." Pat Powell, M.A. (714) 573-1333 Paula Prober, M.S., M.Ed. / Transpersonal Counseling and Consulting Eugene, Oregon "... specializes in counseling gifted and talented individuals. Paula works from a base of Jungian and object relations theory." from her site: psychevolution.com Mary Rocamora, M.A. Founder and director of The
Rocamora School Los Angeles, CA
323-876-3358
Misdiagnosis of the Gifted by Lynne Azpeitia, M.A. and Mary Rocamora, M.A. Counseling Issues with Recognized and Unrecognized Gifted Adults by Mary Rocamora Annette Revel Sheely****Gifted Development Center "I got my B.A. (emphasis: psychology) from Antioch University. I have an M.A. from Pepperdine University in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in counseling. My internships include counseling experience with: abused children at an L.A. County Courthouse, HIV infected patients, their families, and the worried well, at AIDS Project Los Angeles, senior citizens at the Senior Health and Peer Counseling Center in Santa Monica , at-risk teenagers at a high school in Santa Monica, and domestic abuse survivors for Sojourn in Santa Monica. Towards the end of my M.A. program, I began to do research in the field of counseling the gifted. It has become my passion and I am now counseling gifted children and adults. I moved to Denver to work under the supervision of Dr. Linda Silverman at the Gifted Development Center. I also see clients in Boulder. I do assessments for children, adolescents and adults, using the Wechsler tests (WISC-III and WPPSI-R) and Stanford-Binet IQ tests- including the Form L-M, which is useful in identifying highly gifted individuals. My areas of interest are: the emotional and psychological needs of gifted children, adolescents, and adults; the special issues of gifted girls; the highly gifted; and assessment of the gifted. My current research includes a study of scores of the WISC-III and the Stanford-Binet, Form L-M, to identify the highly gifted." Annette Revel Sheely Annette@gifteddevelopment.com [also see interview] Dr. Nita Vallens*[offices in Sherman Oaks, California]***website Change beliefs, ideas, and habits that are no longer working... Carl Jung said, "That which we do not confront in ourselves, we will meet as fate." "So oftentimes it
happens that we
live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key"
Change means
transformation in all
areas of your life -- psychological, emotional, physical, mental,
spiritual, Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you."
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