About David Rudesill

I have worked in mental health since 2008 and have treated adults in private practice since 2015. I completed four years of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Therapy core training in Los Angeles, followed by several years of advanced training and ongoing clinical supervision.

 

I completed a three-year ISTDP Training of Trainers program with Jon Frederickson and am certified as an ISTDP Teacher by the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association.

 

Alongside my clinical and teaching work, I have served as adjunct faculty at the California State University, Los Angeles School of Social Work. I am also the author of “The Triangle of Vitality: A Strengths-Based Psychodynamic Framework,” published in the Journal of Contemporary ISTDP, and I have served as a reviewer for the journal.

 

I aim to help clinicians become more emotionally present, technically precise, and free to respond to the person in front of them.

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​​​Therapy is collaborative and there is no silver bullet.  I will work with you to understand your difficulties and give my full effort to help you resolve them.  It will require your best effort as well; only through working collaboratively together as a team can we heal trauma. 

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Mandated Reporter: I am a mandated reporter, which means only in the following cases I am obligated to break confidentiality and report: suspected/reported child abuse/neglect (CPS), elder abuse/neglect (ADP), concrete report of plan + intent to kill oneself, or concrete plan + intent to kill another (Law Enforcement).