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Office Contact Information/ Booking Appointments: Office Address/Phone/Email
LA County Department of Mental Health: **AFTER HOURS EMERGENCIES: “Psychiatric Emergency Team” (PET) 800-854-7771
Joseph Contorer MA LMFT: Background, education, training, personal experience
Joseph’s Approach to treatment
Joseph’s Life Matters: Philosophy: Top 10 Propositions for Healthy Living and Health Lives
Areas of Interest/Specialty
Therapy- what to expect, how does it work?
Length of treatment
Feelings, whoa whoa whoa feelings…Therapy assists with unblocking
Office Policies and Fees
Depression and Mood Disorders
Depression, Major Depression and Mood Disorders
Bi-Polar Disorder Details and Symptoms
Symptoms and Causes of Mood Disorders
Treatment: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Distortions
Treatment with Medications for Depression and Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Panic Disorders/Attacks
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Treatment and Exposure Response Prevention
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Treatment for Anxiety Disorders
Treatment using Medications
Chemical Dependency
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction 101: The Basics of Abuse and Dependence
Causes of Addictions
“Alcoholic Thinking, Behavior, Mentality and Personality.”
Self-Test: Are you an Alcoholic or Addict? Take the test.
12-Step Program Philosophy and Principles
Why are Addictions So Hard to Quit/Control?
Other Treatment Options and Approaches
Boundary Alert: Cannot Cause, Change or Control Others: What are “Healthier Boundaries?”
Codependency, Al-Anon
“Alcoholic Family” and Family Roles
“Mental Illness Family System”
Dual-Diagnosis” both an ism and a serious mental health diagnosis, like depression
Examples of Various 12-Step Programs/Titles and issues addressed
Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues
Compulsive Overeating
Anorexia and Bulimia
Eating Disorder Related Complex (EDRC)
General treatment approach to eating disorders and EDRC in this office
Compulsive Exercise/Conflict with Excessive Exercise
Why RU Fat? Under 2K a Day
Personality Disorders, Similar Traits and Features
What is a personality disorder?
Top 10 risk factors and associated conditions related to personality disorder development
Cluster B Personality Disorders
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Treatment For Personality Disorders
LGTBQ Clients
LGBTQ Helpful Definitions Glossary of Terms
Special Consideration for LGBTQ Clients and Therapy Sensitivities for LGBTQ clients
Alcoholism and Addictions within the LGBTQ Community
Recovering from the stressors of an LGBTQ childhood
Abuse, Bullying and Boundary Issues
Coming Out: Pro’s and Con’s
Masculinity gets blurred with self-loathing
Gay Men in the Gay Male Community (GMC) and The M-Ranking™
The M-Ranking™ Additional variables and The paradoxical pursuit for perfection
Validation and Shame
You’ve Been Blocked:™ How to Unblock and temper the urge to obtain perfection by focusing on the “U-Factor” instead of the M-Ranking™
Personal Growth, Self-Esteem, Goals, Relationships and Enlightenment
Self-Esteem and managing the Have/Have-Not Disparity/Not comparing to others.
Mindfulness, Wellness and Holistic Health
Relationships, Open, Divorce, Codependency, Abuse, Domestic Violence, Anger
Critical Choices and Timing: “Forks in The Road”
Common Sense- Accepting life for what it is
Defense Mechanisms
Past Influences Present: Stages of Development
Grief and Loss/ Recovery/Treatment and Kubler-Ross Stages
Family Therapy Services in West Hollywood, CA
Books, Resources and References
ADDICTIONS/RECOVERY/12-STEP-RELATED
DEPRESSION/ANXIETY DISORDERS
FOOD ADDICTION/EATING DISORDERS
GAY MEN
GRIEF AND LOSS
HOMOSEXUALITY / LGBTQ
PERSONAL GROWTH/ INSIGHT IN TO GENERAL DYSFUNCTION
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
RELATIONSHIPS
SEX/SEXUAL ABUSE
TRANSGENDER
I’m Almost Positive™ Gay Male Baby Boomers and Generation X
You’ve Been Blocked™ Series: Volumes I and II
You’ve Been Blocked™ Volume I: Introduction to How Blocking Works
You’ve Been Blocked™ Volume II: Have’s and Have-Nots: Freedom From Being Blocked
M-Ranking™ and the “5-M’s” of the Paradoxical Perfection
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