CREDENTIALS
Bethany Marshall, Ph.D., Psy.D, M.F.T., is in private practice in both Beverly Hills and Santa Barbara.
Dr. Marshall is the author of Simon Spotlight’s Deal Breakers: When to Work on A Relationship and When to Walk Away.
A multiple degree holder, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in opera from Judson College in Chicago; a Masters of Divinity and a Masters in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling from Fuller Theological Seminary; a Doctorate of Psychoanalysis from the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies and a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychoanalysis from the same rigorous institution.
Dr. Marshall is a fellow of the International Psychoanalytic Association and a member of the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
ORIENTATION
Dr. Marshall's primary stance is psychodynamic psychotherapy which is insight-oriented and utilizes psychoanalytic theory. Emphasis is on the identification and expression of difficult thoughts, feelings, self-concepts and life experiences, with additional focus on interpersonal relationships, unconscious defenses and developmental events
SERVICES PROVIDED
Dr. Marshall provides therapy for individuals, couples and families. She specializes in couples/relationships, trauma, depression, anxiety, major life adjustments, expatriate repatriation, substsance use disorders.