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Tina B. Tessina, PhD
www.tinatessina.com
tinatessina@compuserve.com

PO Box 4883
Long Beach, CA 90804

(562) 438-8077
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CAMFT Clinical Member
California Licensed
License Number: MFC13629
Licenses: MFT, California
Practicing Since:1979

Professional Personal Statement
As author of 13 self-help books published in 17 languages, I am an internationally recognized expert on women's issues relationships, sex, and lifestyles.

I offer a FREE initial session. I am a specialist in recovery from addiction, and also in all kinds of relationships, including Step-Families, Non-Co- Dependent, Alternative lifestyles, and Ethnically/Culturally Mixed.

    Recent books: "It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction" (New Page) ISBN 1-56414-548-4 "How To Be a Couple and Still Be Free" (New Page)"ISBN #1-56414-549-2 "The Unofficial Guide to Dating Again" (Wiley) ISBN#0-02-862454-8 "Gay Relationships: How to Find Them, How To Improve Them, How to Make Them Last (Tarcher/Putnam) ISBN# 0-87477-566-3 "The REAL 13th Step" (Career Press) ISBN #1-56414-548-4 "The Ten Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make After Forty"(Renaissance)ISBN# 1-58063-181-9 "The 10 Smartest Decisions A Woman Can Make Before 40" (HCI) ISBN#1-55874-614-5 (also in 16 languages)
Office Hours:
  • M-W-F 1:00 -9:00 PM
Degrees:
  • PhD, Counseling Psychology, Pacific Western University
  • MA, Counseling Psychology, The Lindenwood Colleges
  • BA, Sociology, The Lindenwood Colleges
Certifications:
  • Diplomate, American Psychotherapy Assn.
Services Offered:
  • Individual, Group and Couples Counseling
  • Lectures and Workshops
  • Author of 10 books
Languages:
 
  • English
  • Spanish
Areas of Emphasis:
 
  • Addictions
  • Anxiety
  • CoDependant/Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Couples
  • Divorce/Dissolution
  • Ethnicity/Multi-Cultural Relationships
  • Gay/Lesbian Issues
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
  • Step/Blended Families
  • Stress
Theoretical Orientation:
 
  • Cognitive-Behavioral
  • Eclectic (Many Therapies)
  • Gestalt
  • Humanistic/Existential
  • Self Psychology
  • Transactional Analysis/Redecision
  • Transpersonal Psychology
Last Updated: 10/20/2008

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