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Psychodynamic Therapists in California

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David Gatta

Clinical Psychologist
Online & In-Person
How does psychodynamic therapy work and how can it help?
Psychodynamic or psychoanalytic therapy is something I have additional specialized training in. Essentially these methods take into consideration the underlying issues from the past that are often outside awareness. Through the course of therapy they can be uncovered and connected in a collaborative way to the issues on is experiencing in the present. 
Welcome. I’m Dr. Gatta but if we work together please call me David. Good therapy is all about a trusting relationship. Over the course of my 13 year career I have had the privilege of working with a diverse group of people from college age students to senior citizens. My passion is helping people understand who they are, where they would like to go in life and what might be preventing those processes. From this standpoint my treatment philosophy is to address underlying causes rather than just symptoms. Doing so is the only way of achieving lasting substantive change. In order to do that I use a holistic approach, meaning I see each individual as a sum of their total life experiences together with their sociocultural contexts.  I have extensive experience working with family of origin issues, trauma, substance abuse, depression and life transitions (including grief and loss). My background is in clinical psychology where my doctoral dissertation explored dreaming as a theoretical form of thinking (cognition). I also have a background in neuroscience and the humanities . I have taught courses on trauma and recovery, addiction, grief and psychopathology.