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Darlene

Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT 27909) with a broad range of experience. She's worked with individuals and couples for more than twenty years and is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Her training includes psychoanalytic psychotherapy, family systems, cognitive-behavioral, dream analysis, gestalt, hypnotherapy and meditation.

She was an attorney in the corporate and private sectors for 18 years, familiarizing herself with career challenges and transitions. She's taught Stress Management to attorneys and coached clients to successfully reach their personal and professional goals.

Helping substance abusers and their families find recovery has been a rewarding part of her practice. She has a client-centered philosophy encouraging each person to determine his or her own abstinence and treatment goals. She's worked extensively in the field of addiction and co-dependency, both in private practice and at Brookside Institute, as well as numerous hospitals and treatment facilities. She's lectured before the California State Bar Association and has treated many attorneys and professionals with addiction and mental health problems. Additionally, she's familiar with 12-Step Programs.

Both in private practice and as a Senior Mediator in Los Angeles Superior Court, she has mediated Divorce and Child Custody and Visitation Disputes as well as lectured on divorce at U.C.S.D. and Pepperdine College.

As a result of her own healing, she's developed expertise in treating patients with chronic pain and life-threatening illness. She has also published articles and lectured on chronic pain, disability and care-giving. In addition to talk therapy, to alleviate pain she utilizes breath, touch, sound and relaxation techniques. She has taught meditation and yoga and is familiar with spiritual challenges and crises.

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Education:
M.A. Clinical Psychology, l989
Antioch University

Juris Doctor, 1970
U.C.L.A. School of Law
American Jurisprudence Award
Moot Court Candidate

B.A., Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
U.C.L.A., Honors Program

Client Comments:
(For Confidentiality, names have been withheld)

"Darlene is a pro at bringing the truth out of a patient. She helps you peel back the many layers of your troubles. She's calm and serene and that feeling supplies a comfortable atmosphere to be honest without judgment."
D.G., Los Angeles

Darlene has an innate ability to sense what is at the root of an issue and to express those underlying factors in an approachable and hopeful way. She is an excellent listener and a gentle motivator. Each of her reading recommendations turned out to be books that changed my life. My relationship with my wife and my understanding of myself is forever changed as a result of our sessions.
J.N., Santa Monica

I am now able to feel my emotions without judging myself and move forward in my life with a more healthy attitude and hope. Thank you for helping me through the rage and self-righteous anger and into acceptance of myself and my emotions. I no longer feel like the community slave trying to purchase love with my self-sacrificing co-dependent, disappointing ways. You are a quiet, empathetic sounding board for a clammoring mind.
W.C., N. Hollywood

"I was such a people pleaser, I was never myself. Because I felt safe with Darlene, I could be authentic, and gradually I became more honest in all my relationships."

"I never could believe Darlene cared until I realized letting her care about me was the same problem I have with everyone. She models how I can love and be a good parent to myself and my children. As a result, the intimacy with my husband just grows and grows."

"In working with Darlene, my self-esteem and confidence have grown so that my entire life has changed. I have success in my work, fulfilling relationships, and have accomplished goals that were only daydreams."

"I was addicted to alcohol for most of my life. Through Darlene's patient support, I finally stopped. It saved my marriage and my life."

"One session relieved my chronic pain, and I was able to sleep without medication."

"I overcame an eating disorder that plagued me for years."