Cris (Chris) (Christine) Powell, LCSW, San Diego Therapist, Gay Counseling

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Cris Powell

Psy. D., Licensed Clinical Social Worker

When client and therapist form a connection, a healing process begins. Within the context of a safe, supportive relationship, new development emerges, for children, adults, couples and families. Old patterns and beliefs give way to new growth. Trauma and loss that have interfered with intimacy can be processed and integrated, freeing the spirit to live more fully. The static created by emotional baggage is cleared away, allowing new awareness and clear communication.

Each client-therapist relationship is unique. I use a wide range of theories and techniques to customize treatment. Some people find cognitive-behavioral techniques helpful for managing thoughts and moods. Others use expressive modalities like art, writing, and play to facilitate their healing process. For some people, intensive talk therapy (3 to 5 times per week) is a life-changing experience.

I provide clinical supervision and consultation to both licensed and unlicensed therapists and offer workshops on a variety of topics including: Adolescents, Trauma Recovery, Attachment, Sand play Therapy, Residential and Day Treatment of Adolescents, Juvenile Delinquency, Communication, Stress Management.

I have specialty training in Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Expressive Arts Therapies, Leadership and Management Trauma, Attachment, Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders. I've worked with trauma survivors for over twenty years and am currently writing a book about my experience.

Education:
I have been doing this work since 1986, and I have been in private practice since 1995, working with adults and couples, and children, adolescents and families. I've served as clinical supervisor at UCSD and Children's Hospital and as clinical director at YMCA (adolescents and families), Casa de Amparo (abused children and their parents), S.T.E.P.S. (juvenile sex offenders) and APS, Inc. (older adults). I've pursued the best training available so my clients receive excellent care.

Specialties:
Addictions, Adolescents, Anger Management, Anxiety, Assertiveness Training, Attachment Therapy, Career Stress and Changes, Clinical Depression, Chronically Mentally Ill, Communication Skills, Co-Dependency/Adult Children of Alcoholics, Couples/Relationships/Families, Creativity, Crisis Intervention, Creative Solutions, Dissociative Disorders/MPD/Repressed, Divorce/Dissolution, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Employment Issues, Expressive Art Therapies, Grief/Loss Terminally Ill, Group Therapy, Issues of Abuse (Abused), Issues of Abuse (Offenders), Issues of Abuse (Trauma), Individual, Life Transitions, Personality Disorders, Play Therapy, Pre-Marriage Counseling, Psychoanalysis, PsychoEducational, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, Religious/Spiritual Orientation, Step/Blended Families, Self Esteem/Personal Growth, Stress, Sand Tray Therapy, Supervision, Trauma Response, Victims of Crime, Women's Issues, Working With Therapists, Depression

Theoretical Orientation:
Art/Movement/Psychodrama, Attachment, Behavioral, Brief/Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral, Cognitive, Communications, Developmental/Depth, Eclectic (Many Therapies), Family Systems, Humanistic/Existential, Intersubjective, Narrative, Process, Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, Self Psychology, Systems

Insurance:
No managed care, but happy to help clients obtain reimbursement from their insurance

Memberships:
Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis - Los Angeles, ICP South Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program - San Diego, San Diego Contemporary Psychotherapy Study Group, NASW (National Association of Social Workers)

Cris Powell
Psy. D., LCSW

4070 Goldfinch Street.
Suite A
San Diego, CA 92103-1865

Neighborhood: Hillcrest

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619-299-2812 (voice)

Online Address
cpowell61@earthlink.net

Services Offered
Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy, Workshops, Consulting

Languages
English

Age Specialty
Adolescents, Adults, Children, Elders

License Information
CA LCS17632
Practicing Since: 1995