Telephone: 707-304-4368
About Bruce Singer, Psy.D.
I have extensive training and work experience in many areas of mental health, including chronic pain, chemical dependence, and addiction. I am an author, a public speaker, and a pioneer in the use of telehealth as a tool for creating meaningful therapeutic connections. I served as Chief Clinical Officer for Urban Recovery Center, in Brooklyn, was the Chief of Psychology for Crossroads Centre, Antigua, and created and directed the Chronic Pain and Recovery Center at Silver Hill Hospital. I have trained hundreds of clinicians throughout the country for PESI and consult with RANE as a psychology expert. Through my company, Treatment Rehab Professionals LLC., I have collaborated with senior management teams world-wide to improve treatment outcomes through site evaluations and staff-training, including how to use mindfulness to enhance staff morale.
My confidential work with private clients draws upon my own creative background as a writer. Our therapeutic conversations are designed to help you explore the contaminated scripts that keep you from appreciating who you are and what you have achieved. Utilizing a mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in tandem with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), I work to facilitate your ability to make a commitment to the life you want. Therapy can be brief and focused or wide ranging and supportive over time.
The work we do together is sometimes difficult and painful, but time and again I have seen that the benefits of working hard in psychotherapy outweigh the costs. I am always ready to take a risk with my clients, to make that leap of faith from sickness into health.
As a therapist, my focus is quality not quantity. I work closely with a small amount of clients, which may include one person or their entire family. Our therapy may target a specific problem or it may continue on-and-off for many years as new life issues arise. My use of telehealth has allowed me to be available to my clients no matter where they are in the world at any given time. This is particularly convenient for business leaders and families with multiple residences. During this time of COVID-19, telehealth is the sole way I conduct therapy sessions, which assures safety and privacy. I am now accepting a limited amount of clients for my personal practice through telehealth. If your success is complicating your life, if you are concerned with how to handle anxiety, depression, dependence on medications or alcohol related to COVID-19 or any other reason, or if you simply want to empower yourself anew by re-visioning the next Act in your life, please call me at 707-304-4368.
More on Dr. Singer
After a long career as a screen and television writer, I returned to school and earned M.A. and Psy.D. (Doctor of Psychology) degrees from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. My training experiences have included Tarzana Treatment Centers in Tarzana, CA, the Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills, and Kaiser Permanente’s flagship Chemical Dependency Recovery Program in Oakland, CA. I am licensed in Connecticut and New York and sit on the Medical Advisory Board of the U.S. Pain Foundation and the Board of Trustees of Chronic Pain Anonymous.
My interest in meditation dates back to 1978, and I have been studying mindfulness-based practices since 2003. I have gone on retreat, attended workshops, and trained with such mindfulness luminaries as Jon Kabat-Zinn, Kevin Griffin, Jack Kornfield, Margaret Cullen, Tom Williams, James Baraz, Phillip Moffit, and Jerome Front. My own work on mindfulness has been published nationally and I am the author of a book of daily reflections and affirmations for people with chronic conditions, Black Duck Moments Every Day. I have recorded numerous guided meditations that are available to my clients.
Through my extensive national connections and consulting business, Treatment Rehab Professionals LLC, I am able to make referrals for my clients to specialists in complimentary treatments including naturopathic approaches to health, biofeedback, yoga therapy, and family therapy. I have had extensive training and hands-on experience in psychopharmacology and I am comfortable making recommendations to psychiatrists and physicians with respect to use of anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications.
Call me today at 707-304-4368.