Meet Patty
Patty Gieselman is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with extensive experience working with adults, adolescents and families in both community-based and residential settings. During her career, she has worked in the public and private sector as a clinician, consultant, trainer, program director and Vice President of Clinical Services. In addition to offering counseling services, Ms. Gieselman trains mental health professionals as a provider of continuing education courses for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and is an adjunct instructor for local colleges and universities. Patty is well known for her practical yet often whimsical approach to problem solving.
As a trainer and program consultant, Patty combines sensitivity, skill, caring and humor with knowledge that comes from years of experience in using clinical methods that produce results. She has been an invited presenter at local, state and national conferences including the California Alliance for Children and Families, Los Angeles County African American Mental Health Conference, the Child Welfare League of America. In 2006, she was invited as a participant on the DBT research team's panel at the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference. The presentation was "Effectively Disseminating and Implementing Empirically-Supported Therapies in the Real World: Applying Lessons Learned with DBT".
Ms. Gieselman was recognized for outstanding community service in 1999 and was awarded the "Woman of Achievement" award by the YWCA for her commitment to children and families.
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LinkedIn Profile
Psychology Today Profile