Margaret "Garet" Bedrosian, LCSW, helping San Diego couples in counseling

My style of therapy is primarily relational. Together with my clients we create the most effective approach to healing.

I work with issues of sexuality, life needs, anxiety, depression, abuse, addictions and relationships.

I believe in the mind/body connection and have been a Bioenergetic therapist since 1994. I am currently the President and a Trainer for the San Diego Institute for Bioenergetics Analysis. I also use Expressive Arts Therapy in my work with individuals and groups.

When working with couples, my approach is based in Imago Relationship Therapy. It is an effective model for establishing clear, safe and respectful communication with which to tackle any issue.

Education:
Masters in Social Work, SDSU, 1983;
BA, Sociology/Psychology, U of A, 1980; graduated cum laude

Bioenergetic Training, San Diego Institute for Bioenergetic Analysts
Professional Training in Expressive Arts: Jane Goldberg, PhD Newport, CA., two year training
Expressive Arts Institute of San Diego, three year training
Imago Relationship Therapy Training: Pasadena Institute; Altadena, CA., one year training
EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing training, technique for trauma resolution, studied with originator, Dr. Francine Shapiro
Gestalt Training, Institute for Study and Practice of Gestalt Therapy, two years training
Brief/Cognitive Therapy with Depression Training, Sherry Riesbeck Institute of San Diego
Couples and Family Therapy Training, Roy Resnikoff, M.D. and Deborah Lapidus, Ph.D., six months training
Children of Alcoholics Training, Next Step of San Diego, six months training
Intervention Specialist Training, McDonald Center, Scri

Specialties:
Addictions, Adolescents, Anxiety, Attachment Therapy, Clinical Depression, Communication Skills, Co-Dependency/Adult Children of Alcoholics, Couples/Relationships/Families, Creativity, Creative Solutions, Dissociative Disorders/MPD/Repressed, Divorce/Dissolution, Eating Disorders, EMDR, Employment Issues, Ethnicity/Multi-Cultural Relationships, Expressive Art Therapies, Gay/Lesbian Issues, Gender Identity Issues, Grief/Loss Terminally Ill, Group Therapy, Issues of Abuse (Abused), Issues of Abuse (Offenders), Issues of Abuse (Trauma), Infertility/Adoption/Pregnancy, Individual, Life Transitions, Other, Personality Disorders, Pre-Marriage Counseling, PsychoEducational, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, Step/Blended Families, Self Esteem/Personal Growth, Sexual Dysfunction, Stress, Trauma Response, Victims of Crime, Women's Issues, Working With Therapists, Depression

Theoretical Orientation:
Art/Movement/Psychodrama, Cognitive-Behavioral, Communications, Developmental/Depth, Eclectic (Many Therapies), Family Systems, Gestalt, Humanistic/Existential, Intersubjective, Object Relations, Other, e.g. NLP, EMDR, etc., Process, Psychodynamic, Psychology, Somatic, Self Psychology, Transactional Analysis/Redecision

Insurance:
Aetna - On panel PPO insurance plans will cover out of network providers

Memberships:
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW) 1981 to present • California Society of Clinical Social Workers (CSCSW) 1989 to present • International Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis (IIBA)1991 to present • San Diego Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis (SDIBA)1991 to present • International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA)1994 to present • National Expressive Therapy