| Office: |
Individual and Family Practice
2730 Wilshire Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90403
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| Phone: |
(310) 993-6303
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| Fax: |
(310) 792-0336
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| Cell Phone: |
(310) 993-6303
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| E-mail: |
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| Web Site: |
www.JustAskDeborah.org
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| Profession: |
Clinical Social Worker/Therapist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
Career Evaluations and Counseling
Coaching
Consultation Services to Employers
Court Ordered Evaluations
Employee Assistance Counseling
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| Practice Description: |
Change your thinking, Change your life! Become the CEO of your life. Realize your full potential.
Motivation for change
*No longer have clear vision of what you desire?
*Is there a lack of focus in your life?
*Do you feel anxious, overwhelmed or uncertain?
*Are you overeating or under eating?
*Are you overspending?
*Do you feel that your career or relationships are stagnant or disintegrating?
*Are you concerned about your child's behaviors, and or mood swings?
*Are your children fighting, disruptive, impulsive, disrespectful, easily angered and /or easily frustrated?
*Are you concerned about your child's future?
BENEFITS
*Renewed hope and determination
*Clarity of vision and goals
*Focused strategies and action plan
*New found balance in your life
*Enriched relationships
*Increased energy and concentration
*Improved self-acceptance and self-esteem
*Build on strengths that support your success
*Helping you find more depth in relationships with others through a deeper understanding and relationship with yourself
Biography
Deborah Galligani, L.C.S.W., is a psychotherapist with over 9 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her passion is in the growth of others by facilitating and improving their personal and professional lives.
Philosophy
Everyone can benefit from self-reflection and introspection. Psychotherapy nourishment can improve one's awareness of their internal self and enable them to have more control over their emotions and behaviors.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
(Strengths are
in bold text) |
Grief/Loss
Relationship Issues
Depression
ADHD
Adjustment Disorder
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Anger Management
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
Asperger's Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Child Abuse
Co-dependency
Conduct Disorder
Crisis/Trauma
Divorce/Dissolution
Dually Diagnosed Individuals
Eating Disorders
Ethnic/Cultural Issues
Impulse Control Disorders
Learning Disabilities
Life Transitions
OCD
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Parenting Issues
Personal Growth
Personality Disorders
PTSD
Self-esteem
Spirituality
Stress Management
Women's Issues
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| Age Specialties: |
Children
Adolescents
Adults
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Couples
Family
Group
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Art Therapy
Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral
Developmental
Existential/Humanistic
Experiential
Family Systems
Interpersonal
Narrative
Person-Centered
Play Therapy
Psychodynamic
Psychoeducational
Psychosocial
Reality
Sandplay
Social Learning
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Transactional Analysis
Transpersonal
Using my beautiful Golden Retrier "Buki" in the therapy session
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| Education: |
MSW, Portland State University, 2000
BS, Portland State University, 1997
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| License #: |
LCS 23842 |
| License State: |
California |
| Professional Affiliations: |
 | National Association of Social Workers | | Professional Women of Southern California |
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| Fee Schedule: |
Sliding Scale offered
Groups $ 90.00
Individual $125.00
Couples $150.00
Family $190.00
Telephone consult 15 MIN $25.00, 30 MIN $60.00 |
| Insurance and Billing Instructions: |
-In network provider for Coventry Health Care/First Health Network
-In network provider for Humana Choice Care PPO
-In network provider for Blue Shield
-In network provider for APS HEALTHCARE
-Provide sliding scale
-As an Out-Of-Network provider, I can provide you with a Super Bill to submit to your Insurance Company, which you will receive reimbursement towards your therapy session. |
| Office Hours: |
Monday thru Saturday |
| Driving Directions: |
Take the 10 FWY west, exit Wilshire headed towards the beach and continue traveling west. Building is about 2 miles from FWY on the south side of the street. About two blocks before 26th street.
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| Additional Comments: |
Services provided:
Individual Therapy:
Children, Adolescents, & Adult
Emphasis on:
*Positive behavior change
*Depression and anxiety
*Life transitions
*Grief and loss
*Identifying stress and increased coping skills
*Relationship enhancement and development
*Life skills development
*Career exploration and development
*Managing peer pressure
Coaching:
*improve performance and produce fulfilling results
*Job exploration and enhancement
*Identify strategies and solutions
*Relationship improvements
*Lifestyle enrichment
*Stress Management
*Create a new and clear vision of what you want
Couples Therapy:
Emphasis on:
*Marital and relationship exploration
*enriched relationships and communications
*Identify conflict and resolution
*Clarifying boundaries and expectations
*Understanding and accepting differences
Parenting:
*Techniques specifically geared towards helping parents to understand developmental milestones and
benchmark achievements, and implement positive discipline, structure, boundaries and organization techniques.
Functional Family Therapy:
Emphasis on:
*Multigenerational issues
*Contradictory communications
*The importance of humor
*Identifying triggers and faulty communications styles
*Increasing communication skills
*Blended families
*Separation and divorce
*Parenting techniques
*Problem solving techniques
Group:
*Coping skills
*Anger management
*Social skills
*Anxiety management |
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