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Michael Shiffman, PhD. LMFT

 

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Registration Information

First Name
Michael
Last Name
Shiffman, PhD. LMFT
Photo (Optional)
Work Phone
310-445-2160
Company
The Insight Center
 

License & Degree Information

License Type
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
License #
122513
Date of Clinical Licensure
October 9, 2020
Degree(s)
  • M.A.
  • Ph.D.
 

Directory Information

Gender Identity (Not Required)
  • Male
Office Address
1404 Greenfield Avenue #1
Office eMail
Yes
Office Phone
310-445-2160
Office City
Los Angeles (West Side)
Office Other City
Encino
Office State
CA
Office Zip
90025
Short Description
I am a relational body therapist that supports greater organization in my clients capacity to connect to themselves, other people and the world.
Description
Michael Shiffman, PhD, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #122513) in private practice in Los Angeles. Michael is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), a certified Neuroaffective Relational Model Therapist (NARM), a Level 2 PACT Couple Therapist, and is trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Michael is uniquely trained in the use of touch for trauma resolution and attachment repair.

Michael sees individuals and couples, and runs groups. His clinical work is mindfulness based, somatically grounded and asset oriented. He has a substantial background working with anxiety, panic, traumatic stress, substance abuse and recovery, relapse prevention, and somatic oriented therapeutic practices. He teaches mindfulness meditation, neuroaffective regulation and somatic psychotherapy

Michael received his PhD from the UCLA department of sociology. His academic training includes conversation analysis, social movements, labor union history, gender studies, and social psychology. His doctoral dissertation was on family trauma and posttraumatic stress among adult children of alcoholics. He has worked in program evaluation, health care research, grant writing and has provided technical services at UCLA and through several private computer companies.

Michael began meditating in 1994 under the guidance of Shinzen Young. He founded LA Dharma in 1999 through which he hosted a meditation group and coordinated 20 daylong retreats and two large conferences with teachers from the Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Insight Meditation Center. In 2002 he began teaching mindfulness meditation and has since taught beginning, intermediate and advanced meditation practices. He studied with Shinzen Young and Jason Siff, and continues to practice with Rev. Hye Wol Sunim since 2002. Michael loves to cook and is frequently happy at home in Encino California. For more details visit his website at https://michaelshiffman.com.
 

Fees

Sliding Scale
Yes
Fee (range)
150 - $250
Credit Cards Accepted
Yes
 

Areas of Emphasis

Emphasis
  • Codependency
  • Couples Therapy
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • EMDR
  • Grief
  • Mindfulness
  • Self-Harming
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Trauma and PTSD
Other — Area of Emphasis
Somatic Therapy, CPTSD
 

Non-Clinical Services

Other — Non-Clinical Services
Mindfulness Meditation
 

Insurance/Payment Accepted

Insurance/Payment
  • Not Applicable
 

Supervision (for Therapists)

Supervision
  • Individual
Other — Supervision for Therapists
Consultation regarding somatic practices, Dissociation, CPTSD
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