Information

Website:  www.cognitivebehaviorassociates.com Facebook:  www.facebook.com/CognitiveBehaviorAssociates

Contact

Email: cbabeverlyhills@gmail.com Office Telephone: (310) 858-3831 Office Fax: (310) 858-3832

Location

435 N. Bedford Dr., Suite #407 Beverly Hills CA, 90210

Bio

Joel L. Becker, Ph.D. received his doctorate in 1977 from the University of Georgia. He did his internship at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center where he was a Clinical Fellow in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Becker founded Behavior Associates and The Boston Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in the late 1970’s. These were the early years of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Dr. Becker studied and interacted with the early leaders and pioneers in the field (e.g. Aaron Beck, Albert Ellis, B.F. Skinner and others). He was active in the early years of his professional association serving as chair of several important committees including Professional Issues. During his years in Boston, Dr. Becker was on the clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, the Veteran’s Administration and several psychoanalytical institutes (as a consulting CBT practitioner).

Dr. Becker moved to the Los Angeles area in 1990 to assume the position of Co-Director to the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Beverly Hills.  In 2005 he launched Cognitive Behavior Associates and the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Institute (an APA ...

Information

Website:  www.dukehealth.org

Contact:  919-416-3439

Locations: Duke Clinic 40 Duke Medicine Circle Room 54216 Fifth Floor, Red Zone Durham, NC 27710 Phone:  919-681-8742

Erwin Square 2200 W. Main Street Suite 340 Durham, NC 27705 Phone:  919-684-0100

Training

Education:  PhD, Psychological Sciences, Purdue University (Indiana), 2004

Internship:  Psychology, Durham VA Medical Center (North Carolina), 2003-2004

Fellowship:  Health Services Research and Development, Durham VA Medical Center (North Carolina), 2004-2005

Interests

In addition to behavioral sleep medicine, I also provide individual cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and mood disorders. I have a particular interest in areas related to women’s health and well-being, including work-life balance, physical self-care, parenting and relationship issues, and prevention of maternal sleep problems.

Upcoming Training Opportunities

I am a passionate advocate for improving patient access to behavioral insomnia treatments and so I offer training opportunities at Duke and through continuing education workshops to healthcare providers throughout the U.S.

PESI Live Seminar Continuing Education

Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) & Other Strategies for:  Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Chronic Pain

Upcoming Locations

September: Arlington, VA; Bowie and Ellicott City, MD October:  Tinley Park, Lisle, and Arlington Heights, IL November:  Nanuet, Plainview, NYC, NY December:  Cleveland, OH; Erie, and Pittsburgh, PA

January 2018:  Taunton and Dedham, MA

Information

Website:  DrClioLong.com

Address:  7906 Andrus Rd # 8, Alexandria, VA 22306 Phone: 703-479-5610 Fax: 703-780 0791

Education & Certificates

PsyD. in Clinical Psychology at Argosy University, Point Richmond, CA. M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Argosy University, Point Richmond, CA. Law Degree, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.

Post doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology and cognitive rehabilitation, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ Predoctoral Internship, Mercy Medical Center North Iowa, Mason City, IA Certified Practitioner in Rapid Resolution Therapy Rapid Resolution Therapy Institute, DelRay Beach , FL Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Training University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Training in Ericksonian Approaches to Brief Hypnotic Psychotherapy The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Phoenix, AZ. Practitioner Degree in NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) University of California Santa Cruz, CA

Biosketch

I am passionate about effecting lasting change. My understanding, as a neuropsychologist, of both cognitive and affective neuroscience guides my treatment choices in terms of attaining these lasting outcomes. Furthermore, I strive to obtain results quickly, if at all possible (hence my perpetual interest in brief therapy models). While the value of traditional talk therapy is tremendous, I realized early on that it is not a panacea and that different approaches are needed for certain conditions such as trauma.

I have the greatest respect for my patients who have shown me over the years the resilience, creativity and ...