Shafer helped me to untangle the confusion of my past pain, and gain the clarity that I needed to move forward, with a chance at a positive future. I believe that he is a true healer. Working with clients from Montecito, Santa Barbara and surrounding communities, Dr. Robert Shafer, PhD brings sensitivity and humor to his psychodynamic work with individuals and couples.
Dr Shafer (also known as Bob) has been in practice as a busy Southern California psychotherapist for more than 40 years. Nonjudgmental, open to a variety of perspectives and personalities, he specializes in providing compassionate support to those trying to make sense of life's challenges. Bob received his doctorate at Cambridge Graduate School of Psychology, and is licensed with the state of California as a Marriage and Family Counselor.
Dr Shafer (also known as Bob) has been in practice as a busy Southern California psychotherapist for more than 40 years. Nonjudgmental, open to a variety of perspectives and personalities, he specializes in providing compassionate support to those trying to make sense of life's challenges. Bob received his doctorate at Cambridge Graduate School of Psychology, and is licensed with the state of California as a Marriage and Family Counselor.
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As this brief summary suggests, Dr. Robert Shafer's extensive training and experience go way beyond what is required for licensure as a Marriage and Family therapist. Reflecting his many years of clinical work and as a counselor, Dr. Robert Shafer brings great depth of understanding to each person and situation, and incorporates this wise understanding into a very practical approach to working with life's challenges and problems.
Dr. Robert Shafer PhD is a mature professional psychotherapist/ psychoanalyst with more than 40 years in practice in the Santa Barbara area. He has had extensive experience with a wide variety of clients and presenting problems. His strength rests on his exceptional ability to listen and understand from an empathic perspective.
Couples therapy, or marriage counselling, is designed to help individuals recognize and resolve difficulties occurring in their relationship. Most often, when people first come for help they find themselves polarized around one or more issues which seem to be "the problem". The first step in resolving such issues is a clear empathic understanding on both sides.
As Sigmund Freud famously discovered, our conscious lives are actually shaped by conflicts and feelings that operate outside our awareness. Psychoanalysis is the general name given to methods of therapy which seek to help people better understand their emotional reactions and behavior in the light of the early life experiences which shaped them.
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