RECENT PRESENTATIONS/APPEARANCES

"FACILITATOR TRAINING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS: GROUP CONTENT"

 - California State-Certified Curriculum (November 14, 2009)

 

"EFFECTING CHANGE IN THE BATTERER THROUGH GROUP PROCESS"

 - International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (Sept 23, 2009)

 

"ANGER MANAGEMENT: THE ASSERTIVE EXPRESSION OF OUR MOST PRIMAL PSYCHIC FORCE" 

 - National Alliance on Mental Illness Conference (May 17, 2009)

  

 "GROUP CONTENT IN FACILITATING BATTERERS TREATMENT GROUPS"

  - California State-Certified Batterers' Treatment Curriculum" (June 13, 2009)

 

"ANGER MANAGEMENT: ASSESSMENT, DYNAMICS, AND TREATMENT"

 - UCLA Extension (March 21, 2009)

 

"DEALING EFFECTIVELY WITH INTIMIDATORS, BULLIES, AND ABUSERS"

 - UCLA Extension (February 28, 2009)

 

"BULLYING AND SCHOOL VIOLENCE" (Panel Chairperson) 

 - International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (September 16, 2008)

 

"ATTACHMENT, TRAUMA, AND BATTERERS TREATMENT"

 - International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (September 15, 2008)

 

"EFFECTING CHANGE IN THE BATTERER THROUGH GROUP PROCESS"

 - International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (September 14, 2008)

 

"GROUP CONTENT IN BATTERERS' TREATMENT" 

 - California State-Certified Batterers' Treatment Curriculum (October 25, 2008)

 

"POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN A TRAUMATIZED WORLD"

 - UCLA Extension Seminar (August 2, 2008)

 

"RELATIONAL VIOLENCE: ASSESSMENT, DYNAMICS, TREATMENT, AND

  COMMUNITY RESOURCES"

 - UCLA Extension Seminar (June 7 & 8, 2008)

 

 "ANGER MANAGEMENT FOR ADOLESCENTS: ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT, AND TOOLS"

 - Hillside Home for Children/In-Service Seminar (May 28, 2008)

 

"BAD GIRLS CLUB" (Oxygen Television Network)

 - Anger Management Therapist (February - April, 2008)

 

"ANGER MANAGEMENT: ASSESSMENT, DYNAMICS, AND TREATMENT OF INTIMIDATORS,

     BULLIES, AND ABUSERS"

 - UCLA Extension Seminar (March 22, 2008)

 

"HOLLYWOOD 411 (TV Guide Network) 

- Expert Psychologist: "Britney Spears & Bipolar Disorder" (February 5, 2008)

 

"FUNDAMENTALS OF BATTERERS' TREATMENT FACILITATION"

 -Instructor of State-Certified 40-hour Curriculum (November 10, 2007)

 

"IN DEFENSE OF THE SPANKING BAN: Spare the Rod, Save the World"

 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIOLENCE, ABUSE, AND TRAUMA (September 18, 2007)

 

"TRAUMA, ATTACHMENT, AND BATTERERS' TREATMENT: Implications for Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment"

 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIOLENCE, ABUSE, AND TRAUMA (September 17, 2007)

 

"EFFECTING CHANGE IN THE BATTERER THROUGH GROUP PROCESS"

 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIOLENCE, ABUSE, AND TRAUMA (September 16, 2007)

 

"POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN A TRAUMATIZED WORLD"

 - UCLA Extension (August 4, 2007)

 

"TRAUMA, ATTACHMENT, AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE ISSUES IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS"

 - California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists: Los Angeles Chapter (June 24, 2007)

 

INTERVIEW REGARDING PSYCHOLOGICAL MOTIVES OF RAPIST

- Riverside Press (June 17, 2007)

 

"BATTERERS' TREATMENT FACILITATION: GROUP CONTENT"

 - California Statewide Curriculum for DV Facilitators (June 9, 2007)

 

"PTSD AND MAJOR MENTAL DISORDERS"

 - Pacific Clinics/Pasadena (May 18, 2007)

 

"CAUSES OF CHILD AND SPOUSAL ABUSE"

 - Hot 102 FM Radio Jamaica (May 1, 2007)

 

"DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ESSENTIALS FOR TODAY'S CLINICIAN"

 - UCLA Extension (November 4, 2006)

 

ANGER MANAGEMENT INTERVIEW REGARDING NAOMI CAMPBELL

 - USA Weekend Magazine (October 15, 2006)

 

"BATTERERS' TREATMENT FACILITATION: GROUP CONTENT"

 - California Statewide Curriculum for Certified DV Facilitators (October 14, 2006)

 

"POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN A TRAUMATIZED WORLD"

  - International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (September 18, 2006)

 

"USING GROUP PROCESS TO ENHANCE BATTERERS' TREATMENT"

  - International Conference of Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (September 16, 2006)

 

"THE TYRA BANKS SHOW": FOX/UPN Television

 - Spousal Abuse Expert (August 14, 2006) 

 

 "THE TYRA BANKS SHOW": FOX/UPN Television

 - Spousal Abuse Expert (July 6, 2006)

 

"BATTERERS' TREATMENT FACILITATION: GROUP CONTENT"

 - California Statewide Curriculum for Certified DV Facilitators (May 13, 2006)

 

 "ANGER MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS FOR TODAY'S CLINICIAN"

 - California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (Annual Conference)

    (May 4, 2006)

 

"THE TYRA BANKS SHOW": FOX/UPN Television

 - Spousal Abuse Expert (April 18, 2006)

  

"STARTING OVER": NBC Television

 - Anger Management Specialist (March 16, 2006)

 

"Domestic Violence Perpetrators: Psychodynamics and Treatment"

 - Jewish Family Services (March 9, 2006)

 

"PTSD and Batterers' Treatment"

 - Association of Batterers' Intervention Programs (February, 2006)

 

"Anger Management for Children and Adolescents: Assessment, Treatment, Techniques,

  and Tools"

 - UCLA Extension (October 22, 2005)

 

"Batterers' Intervention Programs: Group Content"

 - California Facilitator Certification: Portion of 40-hour Curriculum (October 8, 2005)

 

“Domestic Violence Perpetrators: Overview and Treatment"”

  - Jewish Family Services (September, 2005)              

 

“The Compulsion to Repeat: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Batterers Treatment"

  - 10th International Conference on Family Violence (September, 2005)

 

“Child Abuse: History, Assessment, and Treatment”

  - Los Angeles Chapter of CAMFT (July, 2005)

 

“Treating Victims of Domestic Violence”

  - Loyola Marymount/”Bellarmine Forum” (November, 2004)

 

"Domestic Violence Essentials for Today's Clinician"

 - The Maple Center (September, 2004)

 

"The History of the Child Abuse Movement: Advocacy, Intervention, Legislation"

  - 9th International Conference on Family Violence (September, 2004)

 

"Anger Management: The Assertive Expression of Our Most Primal Psychic Force"

  - UCLA Extension (June, 2004)

 

"Batterers' Treatment: Protocols, Outcomes, Recidivism"

 - L.A. Superior Court - Child Custody Evaluators (June, 2004)

 

"Essentials of Batterers Group Facilitation: Group Content"

 - U.S. Marines (December, 2003)

 

"Effecting Change in the Batterer Through Group Process"

 - 8th International Conference on Family Violence (September, 2003)

 

"How Parents Can Talk to Their Children About Domestic Violence"

  - Westside Domestic Violence Council (April, 2003)

 

"Psychodynamics and Treatment of Perpetrators of Domestic Violence"

 - California Graduate Institute (November, 2002)

 

"Batterers Intervention: A Psychoanalytic Approach”

 - 7th International Conference on Family Violence (September, 2002)

 

"Anger Management for Juvenile Offenders"

   - "The Unusual Suspects" Incarcerated Youth (July, 2000)

 

"Anger Management: Practical Assertive Skills"

 - Camp Gonzalez - Juvenile Camp (August, 1997)

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Michael Levittan, Psychotherapist specializes in treating Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Anger management, Domestic violence, Spousal Abuse, Child Abuse in the greater Los Angeles area. He is also an Media Psychologist and Expert Witness

Michael L. Levittan, Ph.D. © 2005 - (310)820-4111
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