About Patricia Saphier

Patricia Saphier, PhD is a psychotherapist treating people with anxieties, depression, problems in relationships, and problems with life transitions. She works with individuals who feel blocked in their creative lives, stifled in their ability to approach life’s problems more creatively, or muted by an unfulfilled potential or personal meaning. Her treatment approach is modeled on the depth psychological school.

Dr. Saphier has over 15 years of experience in clinical settings. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and Master degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and an undergraduate degree in Social Psychology and English from Tufts University. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#MFC40798) in private practice in Beverly Hills. She serves on the faculty of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles, and is a clinical supervisor to MFT interns at the Maple Counseling Center.

Her professional training includes postdoctoral studies in analytical psychology at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles; and a doctoral internship in psychoanalysis and contemporary adult psychoanalytic-psychotherapy at Wright Institute Los Angeles. She was a staff psychotherapist at The Help Group, treating severely emotionally disturbed young children in an intensive day-treatment program, and providing at-school counseling to children with early developmental concerns, including autism. She was also on staff at Hollygrove Children’s Home, a residential care facility for foster kids. Her formal training has been augmented through the years with broad personal background experiences in Buddhist-based mindfulness meditation and other mind-body practices.

Dr. Saphier’s special clinical interest is in issues related to early development and infant/parent mental health, including childbirth and infancy traumas, prenatal and post-partum mood disorders, and attachment and separation concerns. She is affiliated with the Mind Body Institute’s wellness fertility program as a specialist in prenatal and post-partum care.

In addition to clinical practice, she has written in the area of imaginary phenomena and is sensitive to the role of imagination in dealing with painful or changing life situations.

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Psychological Association
• Los Angeles County Psychological Association
• California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
• Association for Pre- and Peri-natal Psychology and Health