Erin Lotz, LCSW, is a successful psychotherapist in the Los Angeles area serving a variety of clients in making healthy decisions. One of the hallmarks of Erin's practice is Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT), a group of principles effective in managing emotional trauma and distress. Learning how to pay attention on purpose, radically acknowledging life on life’s terms with a non-judgment stance and learning specific skills in tolerating distress is a hallmark of DBT. DBT is based on the idea of dialects, that two opposing forces can both be true, that opposites do co-exist and can be integrated in the balancing of acceptance and change. The therapy is behavioral in that, without ignoring the past, it focuses on present behavior and the current factors which are controlling that behavior. Highly respected in her community as the "go to" person for DBT, her iconoclastic approach recognizes the pressures of contradictions and competing influences in hectic modern life today.
Primary Specialty
Psychologist
EducationMasters Degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Southern California
TrainingMindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
ServicesDepression and Anxiety Stress Reduction Difficulty with Decision Making and Problem Solving Trauma Related Issues Self-Esteem Issues Relationship and Interpersonal Difficulties Loss and Grief Self-Destructive Patterns Addiction and Relapse Prevention Life Transitions Personal Growth