| Office: |
33 Bungalow Ave
San Rafael, CA 94901
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| Web Site: |
www.GeraldineAlpert.com
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| Profession: |
Psychologist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
Coaching
Employee Assistance Counseling
Brief Psychotherapy
Couples Therapy
Group Psychotherapy
Supervision/Consultation to Therapists
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| Practice Description: |
ACTIVE APPROACH
Through many years of teaching and practicing Brief Psychotherapy, I have learned the value of a highly active, focused and interactive approach, regardless of whether the therapy is brief or long term. This requires that the therapeutic dialog be vigorously directed toward understanding the issues that are causing anguish or preventing the satisfaction and self actualization merited by the patients strengths.
COLLABORATIVE JOURNEY
Whether the patient is an individual or a couple, I view my task as helping to define appropriate goals and keeping the therapy on track. While the purpose of the therapeutic journey is mutually determined and the the patient is an active partner in determining and evaluating the route, I particularly direct the journey when it turns to the past. While history is invariably interesting, efficient use of therapeutic time requires selecting those aspects that are most likely to have relevance for the present difficulties.
DIRECTNESS AND CARING
While patients appreciate my clarity, directness and tactful confrontation, they also appreciate the respect, caring and warm regard that clearly underlie my interventions. They also value my humor and my belief that even when things are bad and there is need of a safe space for sadness, mourning or rage, there is also room for laughter.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
(Strengths are
in bold text) |
Brief Psychodynamically Oriented Therapy
Mother in-law/ Daughter in-law Tension
Distressed Parents of Adult Children
Adjustment Disorder
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Co-dependency
Crisis/Trauma
Depression
Divorce/Dissolution
Gay/Lesbian Issues
Grief/Loss
Impaired Professionals
Life Transitions
OCD
Parenting Issues
Personal Growth
Personality Disorders
Relationship Issues
Self-esteem
Stress Management
Women's Issues
Adult Sibling Issues
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| Age Specialties: |
Adults
Elders
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Couples
Family
Group
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral
Control Mastery
Eclectic
Interpersonal
Intersubjective
Object Relations
Psychodynamic
Psychosocial
Self Psychology
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
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| Additional Demographic Expertise: |
Jewish
Women/Feminist
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| Additional Languages: |
Spanish
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| Education: |
Ph.D, Harvard University, 1971
BA, University of California, Berkeley, 1964
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| License #: |
PSY3882 |
| License State: |
California |
| Additional Licenses/ Certifications: |
Certified Group Psychotherapist |
| Professional Affiliations: |
 | Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Univ of Calif Medical School 1986-2010 | | Director of Group Therapy Training, McAuley Neuropsychiaric Insitittue 1990-1999 | | Director of Post Doctoral Training, Dept of Psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente 1975-90 | | California School of Professional Psychology, Adjunct Clinical Faculty 1090-1999 | | Fellow, American Group Psychotherapy Association | | Past President, Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society |
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| Accepted Insurance: |
I am an out of network provider reimbursed by most PPO
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| Office Hours: |
Monday-Thurs 9:AM -8PM |
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