California Psychological Resources, Inc.
5655 Lindero Canyon Road, Suite 621
Westlake Village, CA 91362
About
Patricia McTague-Loft, MS, MFT, DAPA
California Psychological Resources was founded by Marriage and Family Therapist Patricia McTague-Loft, MS, MFT, DAPA. Patricia's educational background includes a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in marital and family therapy from California Lutheran University and a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership from Biola University. In addition to holding memberships in several honor societies and professional organizations, Patricia obtains ongoing psychological training, specializations and certifications.
Patricia uses her excellent client rapport and clinical expertise to help clients overcome their struggles. Her professional counseling experience includes work with children, adolescents, couples, individuals and families with a wide range of clinical issues. She implements psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and solution-focused theoretical frameworks to her diverse client case-load.
In a positive psychotherapeutic environment, Patricia applies a professional standard of care and personalized attention to specific client needs. Patricia offers three conditions of client treatment: a compassionate approach with empathic understanding, (i.e., walking in the clients shoes as they walk in them), unconditional positive regard, (i.e., every human being is worthy of dignity and respect), and congruence (i.e., genuine, authentic, and honest reactions from the therapist).
Patricia utilizes real world treatment plans and a wide array of resources and referrals to ensure that clients receive realistic results. Psychotherapeutic treatment goals include helping clients gain self-awareness so that they may improve interpersonal relationships and resolve problems and life crisis situations in an effective, time sensitive manner.
Specialties include treating individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families with a wide range of clinical issues including adjustment, anxiety, attention deficit/hyperactivity, depressive, eating, mood, personality, posttraumatic stress, and psychotic disorders. Experience also includes work with crisis intervention, divorce, domestic violence, life transition, marital reconciliation, sexual abuse, suicide risk, and substance abuse issues.
Primary Specialty
Marriage & Family Therapist
Gender
Female
Training
Brain Spect Course Included education on how to implement a brain system approach to diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
EMDR Institute - Included education on a specialized, complex approach to psychotherapy that accelerates the treatment of a wide range of pathologies and self-esteem issues related to upsetting past traumatic events and present life conditions. Education also addressed working with patients evidencing a considerable range of presenting complaints including; loss of loved one, rape, sexual molestation, combat and natural disaster.
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)
Crisis Intervention - Included learning a multi-component approach to critical incident response to traumatic incidents in communities, schools, churches, and workplaces. Education in the psychological, spiritual, and physiological impacts of traumatic events, OSHA Post Incident Response Guidelines, and traumatic event debriefing and defusing were integral parts of this course.
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)
Pastoral Crisis Intervention - Included education in learning how pastoral interventions and traditional psychological crisis interventions may be integrated effectively.
Prepare Enrich - 2007 Included education on premarital counseling/education and marriage counseling/education.
U.S. Journal Training and The Institute for Integral Development - Included education addressing the issues of behavioral health and addictions using an integrated approach which considers the complex emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of each individual. Trauma, brain research and therapy, prescription drug abuse, process addictions, dual disorders, sexuality, depression, mindfulness and spirituality, medical issues, humor in recovery, and family therapy were explored.
Office Staff
McTague-Loft