PhD – Clinical Associate
Licensed Psychologist
Carol Hirshfield, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years’ experience working with children, adults and their families on both the East and West Coasts. Born and raised in New York City, she has clinical experience in New York, New Jersey, and California. Her special areas of expertise includes child development, parenting, populations who have special needs (such as learning disorders, attention deficit disorders, developmental disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorders), and high conflict divorce. She has consulted at several schools, agencies, and day care centers in the Los Angeles area.
Prior to completing doctoral work in clinical psychology, she developed and ran two highly acclaimed programs for young adults with learning/developmental disabilities. She has taught undergraduate and graduate level classes, including graduate courses in family systems therapy and couples’ therapy. In New Jersey, she helped develop a parenting center, which included a peer counseling training program for parents. Postgraduate training included clinical hypnosis; a 2-year postgraduate institute in family systems therapy; advanced training in mediation, collaborative divorce and cognitive-behavioral therapy She has completed 3 levels of training in couples’ therapy at the Gottman Institute in Seattle, WA.
Areas of clinical specialty include:
- Anxiety and depression
- High conflict divorce (co-parenting therapy and co-parenting classes, visitation refusal)
- Children and adults with special needs, such as learning disorders, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Parenting consultation and coaching
- Practical use of psychological and neuropsychological testing for parents and teachers
- Couples’ issues
- Communication and problem-solving skills
- Custody mediation
- Collaborative divorce – as a Divorce Coach or Child Specialist
You can reach Dr. Hirshfield at 310-560-7978 or drcarol@drcarolhirshfield.com or visit: www.drcarolhirshfield.com
Insurance: Not direct, but we can prepare bills for reimbursement for those with PPO or EPO