LIZ VILLASEÑOr, Psy.D.

Professional Development Director
Faculty

Education

Psy. D. , Clinical Child Psychology, Graduate Center for Child Development and Psychotherapy, Los Angeles, California
M. A., Psychology Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy, California Graduate Institute of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, California.

Profile

​Elizabeth Villaseñor, Psy. D. has been working with children and their families for 30 years. As an educator and consultant, Dr. Villaseñor has served in a variety of capacities training and supervising teachers and early care and education professionals on a state and national level, providing parent education and counseling, and implementing integrative clinical and educational interventions for children with medical, physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral issues. Dr. Villaseñor maintains a private practice in Los Angeles working with adults, children, and adolescents.   

Current Research Interest

• Prenatal Development and Trauma
• Perinatal Neuroscience and Psychoanalytic Object Relations and Attachment
• Autism and Autistic Defenses
• Postpartum Depression 
• Psychophysiological Disorders 

Private Practice Specializations ​

• Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy/Play Therapy
• Parent Guidance and Counseling Adults 

Pre & Post-Doctoral Training

​Post-Doctoral Clinical Fellowship Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, 2016-2018 
 
Practicum Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, 2010-2013; Supervisors Simcha Saiek, Psy. D., Erna
Osterweil, Ph. D., & Rachel Bartur, LCSW
 
Infant Observation Seminar, Reiss-Davis Graduate Center, 2009-2010; Instructors Leigh
Tobias, Ph. D. & Andrea Kahn Ph. D 

Certificates

​Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Center of California
 
Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Pacific Oaks College
 
Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship Based Model [DIR/Floortime], Stanley
Greenspan, Serena Weider/Sensory Processing
 
Portage Training In-Home Working with Families