Patricia Lyman, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
Populations
Adults and adolescents, women, men, couples, families.
Specialty Areas
Individual therapy, couples therapy.
Anxiety, anger, depression, medical stress/chronic disease, career issues, eating disorders, grief, religious/spiritual issues, adult children of alcoholics/co-dependency, trauma.
Education
- Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology-Berkeley, 1980
- MA, California School of Professional Psychology-Berkeley, 1975
Background/Experience
In professional practice since 1971.
Professional Interests/Specialties
Every problem in living presents a unique growth opportunity. I assist in the process of change or growth by promoting awareness of what is NOW seen through the lens of ACCEPTANCE and acted on in the spirit of EMPOWERMENT. I utilize the modalities of respectful listening and dialogue, assessment of cognitions, interactions, and family-of-origin issues, emotion and sensation focus, reframing, guided visualization, dream interpretation, and risk-taking assignments..
Professional Affiliations/Activities
- Member, American Psychological Association
- Member, Western Michigan Psychological Association
- Member, Women's Therapist Network
Relevant Titles or Positions Held
- Therapist in private practice since 1989
- Psychologist: Health Psychology and Medicine, DeLano Clinic
- Therapist and crisis specialist: Emergency Treatment Center (emergency on-call with police departments throughout the Bay Area in California)
- Research Associate: Family Studies Project, Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
- Therapist: Brief Therapy Clinic, Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
- Therapist, supervisor, and consultant to other therapists
- Parent Program Coordinator with adolescent parents and Research Assistant under grant from the Office of Child Development
- Psychologist: Lima State Hospital
