Patrick J Purcell

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.