Dan Litov, PhD

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Clinical Experience

 

2006 to Present: Director, ADVANCED APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, Inc.

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2007 to 2013: Chief Psychologist, INSTITUTE FOR MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (IMCES).

Dr Litov founded IMCES' APA Accredited Predoctoral Internship program in concert with the director, and ran it till his retirement in 2013.

2005 - 2007: Post-Doctoral Internship, SYLMAR HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER (SHRC).

SHRC is an inpatient hospital in Los Angeles County where Dr. Litov worked with clients with mental health issues ranging from Major Depression to Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia.  Many clients had chemical dependency in addition to their primary clinical psychology disorder.

 

1999 - 2005: Crisis and suicide counselor, UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (San Diego, CA)

 

1997 - 1998: Psychotherapist, CENTER FOR BIOBEHAVIORAL THERAPY (San Diego, CA)

• Health Psychology clinic

• Individual therapy with adults (including elderly) and children, utilizing cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as biofeedback and Neurofeedback for treatment of psychophysiological disorders, including: Anxiety disorders, Panic Attacks/phobias, Chronic pain due to a medical condition, Myofascial Pain, Essential Hypertension, Headaches, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue syndrome

• Stress management psycho-education

• Neurofeedback for treatment of ADHD

 

1994 - 1995: Internship: DOUGLAS YOUNG MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC (San Diego, CA)

• Individual Therapy with: Adults, Adolescents, and Children

• Group Therapy with Bipolar I clients

• Family Therapy

• Couple Therapy

 

1993- 1994: Counselor, TURNING POINT CRISIS CENTER (San Diego, CA)

• Inpatient Individual psychotherapy with adults and elderly

• Inpatient Group Therapy

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Education

 

PhD  2003: PhD in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego (CSPP ).   

MA   1995: Clinical Psychology, CSPP.

BA    1992: UCLA, Psychology.

 

At UCLA Dr. Litov worked at the UCLA Anxiety Lab, run by Dr. Michelle Craske, one of the most renown psychology researchers on anxiety in the USA.  Much of the work done by Dr. Craske has informed psychology's current understanding of how certain anxiety disorders are developed, maintained, and how they can be treated.

 

Seminars and Workshops

 

Family Assessment: Seven Steps Model, Salvador Minuchin, M.D.

Rational Emotive Behavior Relationship Therapy, Albert Ellis, Ph.D.

Constructing a New Self, Christine Padesky, Ph.D.

Ericksonian Therapy: Art and Essence, Jeffrey Zeig, Ph.D.

Crisis Intervention: Theory and Practice. Pamela Blackwell, MFCC & Orville Coonce, Ph.D.

Suicide Intervention Skills. Pamela Blackwell, MFCC

Brief Treatment with Children, Youth & Families. Pat A. Emard, M.A. MFCC

Group Therapy with Children & Adolescents. Irving Berkovitz, MD.

More Effective Work with Couples. Neil S. Jacobson, Ph.D.

Psychopharmacology with Children and Youth. Stewart Schaefer, MD.

Human Sexuality: Licensure Workshop. Elizabeth Ortiz, DSW

Child Abuse: Licensure Workshop. Ellen Eichler, LCSW.

 

Professional Memberships

 

• American Psychological Association

• Los Angeles County Psychological Association

• PSI CHI: National Honor Society of Psychology

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Publications & Presentations

 

Nicassio, P., Litov, D. & Smith, T. (2004, March). The family context of pain coping in fibromyalgia. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the 62nd Annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Orlando, Florida.

Litov, D. (1995, October). Increasing public awareness [Letter]. APA Monitor, p. 3.