Marriage Friendly Counseling California: CA

Marriage Friendly Counseling : CA | Nancy Gardner, Ph.D.

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	Nancy Gardner, Ph.D. 370 N. Westlake Blvd. #220 Westlake Village, CA 91362 Phone Number: (805) 496-3475 Email: nangardner@sbcglobal.net When a couple calls me for help with their relationship, I am honored to be invited into this part of their life that is so central. I work collaboratively with couples to help them establish a secure attachment, to avoid negative ways of interacting that pull them apart, and to find ways to be emotionally open to each other’s needs for loving connections. Often this requires repair of past hurts, setting aside time for each other, and finding ways to feel appreciation and communicate it to each other. Along with many others in the field today, I think of a good couple relationship as an adult attachment, a secure and loving place for both partners. I am influenced most by John Gottman’s decades of research on what works and does not work in marriage, and by the empirically-validated methods of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy formulated by Susan Johnson. I have attended externships and have consulted on my cases with the Gottman Institute and with Sue Johnson’s Couple and Family Institute. I have been a therapist for over thirty years, and I am a Certified Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist. I teach couple therapy to graduate students in psychology, and I supervise therapists in training. I have been married for over thirty years. Gender: Female Graduate Degree: Ph.D. University: California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles Graduate Degree: MSW University: New York University Graduate School of Social Work License: Licensed Psychologist State Licensed In: CA License: Licensed Clinical Social Worker State Licensed In: CA *Certifications/Awards/Memberships/Publications:* Approved Supervisor, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Certified Supervisor, Calfornia Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Past President, Los Angeles County Psychological Association Certified Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist Member, American Psychological Association

Nancy Gardner, Ph.D.

370 N. Westlake Blvd. #220

Westlake Village, CA 91362

Phone Number: (805) 496-3475

When a couple calls me for help with their relationship, I am honored to be invited into this part of their life that is so central. I work collaboratively with couples to help them establish a secure attachment, to avoid negative ways of interacting that pull them apart, and to find ways to be emotionally open to each other’s needs for loving connections. Often this requires repair of past hurts, setting aside time for each other, and finding ways to feel appreciation and communicate it to each other. Along with many others in the field today, I think of a good couple relationship as an adult attachment, a secure and loving place for both partners.

I am influenced most by John Gottman’s decades of research on what works and does not work in marriage, and by the empirically-validated methods of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy formulated by Susan Johnson. I have attended externships and have consulted on my cases with the Gottman Institute and with Sue Johnson’s Couple and Family Institute. I have been a therapist for over thirty years, and I am a Certified Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist. I teach couple therapy to graduate students in psychology, and I supervise therapists in training. I have been married for over thirty years.

Gender: Female

Graduate Degree: Ph.D.

University: California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Graduate Degree: MSW

University: New York University Graduate School of Social Work

License: Licensed Psychologist

State Licensed In: CA

License: Licensed Clinical Social Worker

State Licensed In: CA

Certifications/Awards/Memberships/Publications:

Approved Supervisor, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Certified Supervisor, Calfornia Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

Past President, Los Angeles County Psychological Association

Certified Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist

Member, American Psychological Association