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Ray Doktor, Psy D
Category: Counseling & Mental Health
Neighborhood: Santa Monica1128 7th St
#303
Santa Monica, CA 90403
(310) 201-2969
free phone consultation
I am offering a free 15-20 phone consultation. Give me a cal. Let's talk:)
- By Appointment Only:
- Yes
3 reviews for Ray Doktor, Psy D
I seek therapists from time to time simply to get an objective view on how I am living my life.
I am lucky enough to have found Dr. Ray's services the best I have personally ever encountered. His enlightening teachings and perceptive nature have given me the tools I need to make significant positive changes in my life. I can reassuringly say that today, I am a much happier and more confident person than I was previous to seeing Dr. Ray.
To call him only a doctor is a disservice to his vast abilities. He is a teacher, a scholar, a spiritual adviser, a life coach, and most of all - a warm heart and friendly heart.
I'm not really one to write a review on something mediocre. Having said that. . . I give Dr. Ray my highest recommendations. I've had family and relationship issues for years. Dr. Ray helped me see my problems in a different way. In a way that my way of thinking began to change. Not only on these issues, but most importantly on my view on life and on myself. There were never two sessions with Dr. Ray that were the exactly same. He used different methods each time to get me to open up. Before I knew what had hit me I was feeling a much happier person. I can't say exactly when I started feeling like this, I just know it all happened pretty quickly.
Like Mike W. mentioned. . .he really isn't just a therapist, he is an exceptional life coach that truly cares about his clients. He is a very easy person to talk to, which makes for a more comfortable experience.
I've seen other therapists in the past that have helped me a bit, but the truth is no one has helped me as effectively as Dr. Ray. If you have a problem, an issue, or something you need counseling on, you will not go wrong with Dr. Ray. It's a lot cheaper than antidepressants in the long run. . . 8-D
I had some issues with my family and myself that I just couldn't solve on my own, but when I sat down for my consultation with Ray he summed up my problems with the first words out of his mouth.
Through working with Ray I was able to fix myself on the inside which allowed me to help me create a happier and more healthy person on the outside. Which is what we are all searching for once you sit yourself down and figure out what you want in life.
Ray uses alternative methods of opening up your mind to finding the real reason behind the things in your life that are blocking you from becoming the person you want to be.
He even helped me with my chocolate addiction. :)
Specialties
My clinical training includes:
Anxiety: fear, panic, obsessions, compulsions, phobias
Behavior modification
Creativity: artists, meaning, and blocks
Cultural and ethnic concerns
Depression, sadness
Existential, religious, life purpose and spiritual concerns
Gay/lesbian LGBT sensitive: coming-out and relationships
Life transitions: aging, career, health, death, divorce
Loss, grief and bereavement, and healing
Meditation, guided Imagery, breathwork
Relationships: sex, intimacy, codependency, communication
Stress reduction
Substance abuse, addictions, and recovery (A.A. 12-step friendly)
Trauma
Sexual abuse (adult or childhood)
History
Established in 1998
Through my own personal journey trying to find out who I am and why I am the way I am, I tried an array of modalities such as psychotherapy, hypnosis, EMDR, meditation, and yoga. Even though these experiences had been very helpful in my healing process, I wanted to learn, experience, practice, and teach a technique that embodies psychological factors, mind/body healing, spirituality, energetic work, and quantum physics. I studied and trained under different teachers to help me formulate a simple, but highly effective form of hypnosis and energy work that can help a myriad of people.
All of us are trying to reach the same place, but will process experiences differently and at a separate pace. The more mindful and conscious we are, the more we will be able to be conscious creators of our reality. My business hours are Monday through Friday 10am to 9pm. Saturday 10am to 2pm.
Meet the Business Owner: Ray D.
Dr. Ray is a clinical hypnotherapist, past-life therapist, spiritual counselor, PSYCH-K facilitator, and life coach. Dr. Ray has been a practitioner for over 12 years. He also utilizes other modalities such as: regression, time-line therapy, guided imagery, somatic experience, TFT (thought field therapy), NLP (neuro linguistic programming), and breath work. He has a B.A. in human behavior, a M.A. in counseling psychology, and a doctorate in clinical psychology.
Dr. Ray's education included training in EMDR, Gestalt therapy, and Milton Erickson's techniques. He also had the opportunity to have been personally mentored by world-renowned therapist, Dr. Morris Netherton. This training included assisting Dr. Morris Netherton in conducting workshops and lectures around the world. Dr. Ray has lectured and provided demonstrations at workshops on stress management, sexual abuse recovery, trauma, addictions, health issues, prenatal period and birth, past-lives, and spirituality.
