Marriage & Family Therapist
Ms. Paula Perlman is a Marriage & Family Therapist in Santa Monica, CA
with special training and skill in interviewing and diagnosing clients, then counseling them and treating any mental and emotional disorders within the context of marriage and family.
As a Marriage & Family Therapist, Paula Perlman, LMFT performs
counseling and emotional support to help families navigate relationship and behavioral issues, while seeking to secure a long-term solution to mental and emotional disorders and a wide variety of relationship issues. Marriage & Family Therapy is
the modification of perceptions and behavior, as well as improvement of communication among spouses and family members in crisis. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Marriage & Family Therapists include marital conflict, dysfunctional behavior, communication issues, and mental illness.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Marriage & Family Therapists
include interviewing, observing, counseling, and customizing treatment plans for clients in marriages and families.
A marriage and family therapist is a person with a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, or a master's or doctoral degree in a related mental health field with substantially equivalent coursework in marriage and family therapy, who receives supervised clinical experience, or a person who meets the state requirements to practice as a marriage and family therapist. A marriage and family therapist treats mental and emotional disorders within the context of marriage and family systems. A marriage and family therapist provides mental health and counseling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups.
Marriage Family Therapists in Santa Monica, CA
Dance Therapist
Ms. Paula Perlman is a Dance Therapist in Santa Monica, CA
with special training and skill in the use of movement and dance to promote social, cognitive, and physical healing.
As a Dance Therapist, Paula Perlman, LMFT performs
individual and group therapy sessions. Dance Therapy is
psychotherapy that applies dance and movement to promote mental, emotional, physical health, and social integration. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Dance Therapists include low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, autism, trauma, and Alzheimer's disease.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Dance Therapists
include assessments, dance instruction, and interventions during therapy sessions like mirroring and movement metaphors.
The dance therapist, sometimes called a movement therapist, focuses on rhythmic body movements as a medium of physical and psychological change. Dance therapy is practiced more often with mental health patients than with physically disabled patients. A master's degree is required by the American Dance Therapy Association to award the credentials Dance Therapist Registered (DTR).
Dance Therapists in Santa Monica, CA
