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I’ve been a psychotherapist for over 35 years. If you don’t find improvement by end of your third session with me, then I’m not the right therapist match for you, and we’ll talk about referral options. I use practical, direct, and effective methods
From my working in anger management men’s groups I learned about the full range of reasons partners get hurt and angry with each other. I started my couples communication skills simulation training program called ‘Handling Conflict With Confidence’ in 1998. Now 40% of my private practice is working with couples.
I use a primarily educational approach, informed by clinical intuition, in helping couples handle conflict. My approach works for over half the couples I see.
“I have put in my 10,000 hours of the experience of helping couples find a better connection by eliminating the unnecessary conflict.”
Marc Sadoff
Private Individual & 3-Way Video Calls To Help Couples Handle Conflict With Confidence. Relationship.
Private Couples Therapy Sessions In Los Angeles - I do home visits, as well as office sessions. EMDR is the treatment of choice for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
Email me to speak with me about how I work with couples to see if you think I can be helpful. Please include your phone number and some good windows of days and times that I could call you.
I’ve been a psychotherapist treating depression, panic & anxiety, couples conflict & anger management for over 35 years.
I have 30 years of EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing experience. People often ask what the BCD stands for in my title. That stands for Board Certified Diplomate which is the highest level of confidence in knowing that a clinical social worker is experienced and qualified to do clinical psychotherapy.
I was trained in 1991 by Francine Shapiro Ph.D. in using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) for the treatment of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) stress symptoms such as insomnia, bad dreams, intrusive unwanted thoughts, hyper-vigilance, thinking all the time about your life, traumatic images, nightmares, sleep & intimacy problems and being irritable. This therapy helps eliminate bad thoughts, images, feelings or behaviors.
Absolutely confidential therapy and treatment for any types of bad thoughts, fantasies or imagery. If you want to stop being so affected by those images, nightmares or intrusive bad memories, EMDR is a brief and effective treatment for a broad range of symptoms of anxiety and depression. It’s been researched very thoroughly and been found to be very effective at reducing symptoms and subjective feelings of unease.
You can read more about EMDR at their website
Reserve your seats in the next ‘Power & Compassion Communication’
Weekend Los Angeles Seminar for couples.
The Seminar costs about as much as three sessions with a marriage therapist.
The only difference is that you might be done spending money on therapy if the workshop turns out to be enough to set your relationship on a good course again!
I just can’t stop thinking about what’s happened in my life!
Examples: Memories from Viet Nam or other wars, rape victim, sexual molestation or incest, pet or animal abuse, bad memories from school or childhood, victim of childhood teasing, shame as a result of your behavior, excessive thoughts or feelings about abandonment, spiritual estrangement, can’t get over lost love relationship or just plain feeling bad when you think of certain memories.
EMDR often works when other treatments fail to desensitize the bad feelings, thoughts and images.
Stop feeling so bad when you can’t stop thinking about: Violent acts… as victim or perpetrator… sexual incidents… humiliating experiences… near death accidents… physical trauma & violence, losses, grief, experiences you regret or are ashamed of.
EMDR can help reduce these unwanted, intrusive and disturbing thoughts, feelings and images. It’s called desensitization, and as a principle of treatment for anxiety disorders desensitization has been found to be a very successful technique for nightmares, intrusive thoughts & images from humiliating, sexual or violent past experiences.
Memories can be desensitized so they no longer make you feel bad, scared or ashamed. Childhood physical or sexual abuse often leaves a person with some form of post-traumatic stress disorder. This may come in the form having the following:
Some couples prefer the privacy of meeting privately with me, without other couples present, such as at a workshop. In private sessions at my West Los Angeles office I am more free to do a more thorough assessment of both parties. For instance, talking about addictions or childhood abuse issues cannot be done at the seminar, but can be explored in private couples sessions.
While it can be useful to explore each partner’s history more thoroughly, it can also take up time that might better be used for learning the agreements and the skills. If you do not suspect that addictions, depression or PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is a part of your problems as a couple, then I would recommend signing up for the couples workshop.
Since I believe that many problems occurring within relationships are a result of not knowing other ways of expressing or listening to each other; then my manner of therapy can be didactic and educational at times. This means that I will talk more than most other traditional therapists. I encourage my clients and couples to let me know if they feel we are not on the right track. I want you to tell me if you think we are going down an unproductive street or subject. I can also shut up and listen to the patient, or the couple, when the problem is not so simple as those requiring the agreements, skills and methods of the Course.
A final comment about my style of therapy – I do not sit calmly, nodding my head saying “Uh-huh, tell me more… Sorry, time’s up.” Especially with couples! I will be directive. You will know who I am. You will know what I think. If I think that a man or woman is acting with contempt, aggression or hostility while speaking in a session, I make it clear that hostility is unacceptable.
Reasonable Cost
Two hours of private sessions in my West Los Angeles office, or via Zoom Video.
It’s a section of my ‘Real Hope for Couples’ workshop.
To schedule your Two Hours of private sessions with Marc please call at 310 444-1951.
A Testimonial from someone who read the seminar manual-
THANK YOU AGAIN SOOO MUCH FOR TEACHING ME IN A FEW DAYS WHAT MY PARENTS HAVE NOT IN 37 YEARS! Getting my relationship with the “outside” world (but mainly my marriage), on track is the GREATEST GIFT one could ever give me. Last week I read your manual and this morning I am for the first time in my life saying sorry to my husband for being late without trying to come up with thousands of stupid excuses why it had happened. I simply admitted that I should have done better job planning my other activities and promised to do a better job in the future.
– Gabi
Read other emails or watch video testimonials HERE.
(310) 444-1951
Marc@RealHope.com
2211 Corinth Ave. Suite 309 Los Angeles, CA 90064
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