
Patrick J Purcell, California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Preferred Name: Patrick
About Me
I am a very easy person to trust and share things that people have often never shared with anyone before. I have a great sense of humor. I am very empathic. Everybody is unique so I like to help people with individualized therapy techniques like EMDR to deal with anxiety, PTSD, child abuse memories, depression, addictions, searching for their true self and passion such as becoming a LMFT or other professional. I am 70 years old and I have been married for 46 years to my beautiful wife vocalist Christina Purcell. We write songs together such as the songs on her CD "Love's Calling."
Education & Experience
I graduated in 1981 with a Master's Degree in marriage and family therapy from the University of Santa Clara. I have been a licensed marriage and family therapist since 1984. As everyone is unique, I fine tune a combination of most treatment methods such as client-centered, self-psychology, CBT-cognitive behavior therapy, DBT-dialectical behavior therapy, IFS-internal family systems, ACT-acceptance and commitment therapy, EFS -emotionally focused therapy, inner child work and EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing also for people who have suffered from child abuse, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, DID-Dissociative Identity Disorder. I am Christian and I respect people of various faiths or no faith. I have been trained in the works of Kohut, Jung, Rogers, Bradshaw, Beck, Ellis, Shapiro, Linehan, Satir, Adler, Maslow, Whitaker, Minuchin and Harris.
Professional & Volunteer Affiliations
EMDRIA
Specialty Area
- Abuse/Neglect
- Anger Management
- Anxiety/Panic Attacks
- Chronic Illness/Medical Issues
- Chronic Pain
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders
- Family Issues
- Grief/Loss/Mourning
- Headaches/Migraines
- Marriage/Relationship Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Performance Enhancement
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Race, Culture, Ethnicity Issues
- Spirituality
- Stress Management
- Traumatic Incident
Population Served
- Adults
- Couples
- Group
- Immigrants
- Seniors
- Veterans/Military
Language
- English
Insurance
- BlueCross BlueShield
- Sliding Scale
Medi-Cal