Daniel Anderson, Ph.D., J.D.

Faculty

Education

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, California
J.D., Law, University of Texas Law School
B.A., English Literature, St. Olaf College

Profile

Daniel Anderson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with training and experience in Jungian psychology, dreamwork, symbolism, adult and child-adolescent psychology, play therapy, and parent work. Dr. Anderson trained in Jungian analysis in Zürich, Switzerland and received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in California. Dr. Anderson completed a fellowship at the Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, where he did long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy with children (ages 4-18) and collateral parenting work, as well as intensive academic education in child psychotherapy, parenting and the role of early attachment and the brain in a child's development.

​He is a member of the LA County Psychological Association, the International Association of Jungian Studies, the Analytical Psychology Club of Los Angeles and is a member of the Executive Committee of the post-Jungian organization, the Society for Psychology as a Discipline of Interiority. He has published several articles and a book chapter addressing a variety of psychoanalytic topics.

cURRENT RESEARCH iNTERESTS

• The nature and healing effect of play in child and adult treatment
• Play interventions such as sand tray work, the squiggle game, ball games, humor
• Psychotherapy with boys and adolescent males
• Delinquency and oppositional behaviors
• Treating the traumatized child
• Psychoanalytic approaches to treatment of children, adolescents and adults
• Jungian approaches to treatment of children, adolescents and adults
• Parenting work
• Neurobiology, attachment and its relation to psychotherapy
• Dreams

eXPERTISE

Dr. Daniel Anderson has expertise in: psychotherapy with boys and adolescent males; play therapy and its relationship to the treatment of boys, adolescent males and adult men and women; parenting work; oppositional behaviors; and working with dreams and symbolic material.

aCADEMIC aPOINTMENTS

• Reiss-Davis Graduate School for Child Development and Psychotherapy, Los Angeles, CA
  Faculty, Psychodynamic Child Psychology and Psychotherapy PsyD  Program, 2017-present
• Reiss-Davis Child Study Center and Institute, Los Angeles, CA,
  ​​Faculty, Clinical Psychology Fellow Training Program, 2017-present

Private Practice Specialization

• Boys and adolescent males
• Play therapy
• Dreamwork
• Psychodynamic psychotherapy
• Parenting work
• Adults
• Elders

Pre &  Post-Doctoral TraininG

• ​Reiss-Davis Child Study Center -- 2014-2017. Long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy with children (ages 4-18) and collateral parenting
• C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles -- 2012-2014. Long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with clients facing adjustment disorders, depression and bipolar disorder.
• Families in New Directions, Los Angeles -- 2011-2012. Counseled clients primarily from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds; administered and scored psychological tests and drafted psychological assessments.
• Loyola High School, Los Angeles (Outreach Concern) -- 2010-2011. Counseled students with diagnosed learning disabilities. Organized Loyola’s program of accommodations for students with learning disabilities

Memberships in Organizations/SocietieS

• International Association of Jungian Studies
• Executive Committee, International Society for Psychology as a Discipline of Interiority
• Analytical Psychology Club of Los Angeles Jung Institute
• Los Angeles Psychological Association

PublicationS

• Anderson, D. M. (2006). Examining the unconscious with the dream grid.   Harvest, International Journal for Jungian Studies, 52 (1).
• Anderson, D. M. (2008). Meaning in Obama’s election. Transformations, Journal of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility, Autumn.
• Anderson, D. M. Reflections on a Case Study of Neurosis. In J. Sandoval & J. Knapp (Eds.). Psychology as the discipline of interiority (pp. 134-148).  New York: Routledge.
• Anderson, D.M. (2018). The alchemy of play. Psychological Perspectives, 61(2).

Conference Presentations

• “The Alchemy of Play.” Analytical Psychology Club of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, California (2017)
• “Psychology as a Discipline of Interiority and Psychotherapy as an Art of Spontaneity.” Third International Conference of the ISPDI. Malibu, California (2016)
• “Giegerich’s Psychology of Soul: Clinical Implications.” C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (2016)
• “A Case Study of Neurosis in Light of PDI.” Second International Conference of the ISPDI Berlin, Germany (2014)
• “Reflections on Neurosis and the Modern Soul.” First International Conference of the ISPDI. Berlin, Germany (2012)
  
• “Dionysos: Past and Present.” C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and C.G. Jung Club of Orange County (2010)