Psychotherapy Experience
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in integrative, somatic psychotherapy for individuals and couples. Prior to establising my private practice in Pasadena and downtown LA, I provided therapy to adults, children, and families in agency clinics, as well as a variety of non-traditional milieus, including schools, homes, and community-based settings. I also have experience offering solution-focused, brief therapy to women seeking refuge in domestic violence shelters.
I completed EMDR certification with Dr. Laurel Parnell, and trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a treatment approach for resolving trauma based on the the principles of The Hakomi Method. My understanding of trauma, developmental neuroscience, and nonviolent communication was further influenced by the work of The Echo Center. I also have advanced training in bioenergetics through the Analytic Somatic Therapy Institute. As a couples therapist, my work is informed by coursework and training in Hakomi Experiential Couples Therapy. Currently, I participate in an ongoing study group focusing on couples therapy, emotional regulation and attachment theory supervised by Dr. Stan Tatkin (author of Love and War in Intimate Relationships and Wired for Love).
Background
My interest in psychology and human behavior evolved from growing up in eastern and western cultures and a desire to make meaning from complexity and contradiction. A few years after completing my undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, I received a Freeman fellowship through Johns Hopkins University to study sociology and culture in China. I earned my graduate degree in Counseling Psychology with a specialty in somatic psychotherapy from John F. Kennedy University in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I was born in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and have lived in Asia, the Middle East, and the United States. Prior to working as a holistic psychotherapist, I worked in international broadcasting and international trade. My diverse life experiences and multicultural upbringing inform my ability to embrace paradox and respond empathically to individual, family, and cultural systems. I am conversationally fluent in Chinese, and am also a certified yoga teacher, bodyworker, and long-time practitioner of reiki and meditation.
Therapist Pasadena
Sayun Scotton, MA, MFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Therapy and Counseling Downtown Los Angeles | Pasadena
Pasadena and Los Angeles Therapy and Counseling 323 | 878 - 5588
Pasadena location :: 1191 E. Walnut St, #103, Pasadena, CA 91106 sayunscotton@gmail.com
Downtown LA location :: 714 W. Olympic Blvd, #949, Los Angeles, CA 90015 (323) 878-5588
