Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety, Stress, Depression, and Relationship Difficulties
Focused Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Long Term Results
Serving Clients in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Los Altos, San Mateo, California, and Surrounding Communities for Over 20 Years
415 Cambridge Avenue, Suite 24
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Telephone: (650) 324-2666
Main Website: www.CambridgeTherapy.com
Blog: www.PsychologyLounge.com
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If you are looking for help near Palo Alto, California, Dr. Gottlieb is a licensed Clinical Psychologist whose specializes in short term and longer term Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). His training includes a B.A. at Yale College, a Ph.D. at the University of Washington, an internship at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Stanford Medical School where he specialized in Health Psychology and Cognitive Behavioral Techniques. Dr. Gottlieb works collaboratively with his clients, applying short term strategies for dealing with life difficulties including: stress,anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), marriage and couples problems, as well as a broad range of other issues facing adults and older adolescents. Recent research suggests that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy may be the most effective treatment for a variety of common psychological problems. (See Dr. Gottlieb’s blog for a discussion of this.) Dr. Gottlieb understands that couches and psychoanalysis are for those who have lots of time to solve their problems…and let’s face it, not many of us have the time or money to devote to traditional psychoanalysis. Getting focused treatment for specific life difficulties results in long-term changes that bring a greater degree of happiness and balance to our lives. Dr. Gottlieb has worked in private practice in Palo Alto, California helping people for more than twenty years, and has trained hundreds of professionals in providing cost-effective counseling skills. Additionally, he has served as a consultant for Kaiser Permanente Health System, the Stanford Pain Medicine Clinic, and many other behavioral health organizations. If you would like to know more about what short term Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can do for you, Click Here to email Dr. Gottlieb. Or take a look at Dr. Gottlieb’s training by looking below. |
- Short term therapy, where real results are obtained quickly.
- Discrete, convenient office location and flexible hours including lunch or evening appointments. Easy parking.
- Therapy based on the latest psychological research into effective short-term treatments.
For more information contact: Dr. Andrew Gottlieb
Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D. Psychologist415 Cambridge Avenue, Suite 24
Palo Alto , California 94306
Phone: 650-324-2666
Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist, Palo Alto, CA
(650) 324-2666
EDUCATION
CURRENT EXPERIENCE
PAST EXPERIENCE
- Consultant to Kaiser Permanente Medical Group training nurses and physicians in counseling strategies for brief health-related lifestyle change counseling.
- Part-time Faculty Member. Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. Teach courses on family therapy.
- Consulting Psychologist. Stanford Pain Management Clinic. Stanford, CA. Evaluated and treated over 100 chronic pain patients as part of multidisciplinary team.
- Staff Psychologist. Stanford Behavioral Medicine Clinic, Stanford, CA. Worked with anxiety disorder patients and other behavioral medicine problems.
- Chief Psychologist. Stanford Coronary Artery Monitoring Program, Stanford Cardiology Department, Stanford, CA. Counseled heart disease patients, consulted with medical staff, designed and supervised quality of life assessment.
- Consultant to Satellite Dialysis Centers, aided in designing research looking at quality of life issues in kidney transplant patients.
- Faculty member, Stanford Executive Program. Taught executives stress management and smoking cessation skills.
- Psychology Intern, V.A. Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA.Training in health psychology, family therapy, and inpatient psychiatry.
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
- Gottlieb, Andrew, and Sachs, David P.L. Smoking Cessation. In Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. Blair, S.N., et. al. (eds.). Philadelphia, PA: Lea and Febiger, 1993.
- Gottlieb, Andrew, Killen, Joel, Marlatt, G.A. and Taylor, C.B. Psychological and pharmacological influences in cigarette smoking withdrawal: effects of nicotine gum and expectancies on smoking withdrawal symptoms and relapse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55(4), 1987, 606-608.
- Brownell,K.D., Glynn, T.J., Glasgow, R., Lando, H. Rand, C., Gottlieb, Andrew, and Pinney, J.M. Interventions to Prevent Relapse. Health Psychology, 5(suppl.0), 1986, 53-68.
- Gottlieb, Andrew, Salovay, Peter, and D’Andrea, Vincent. Listening Skills. In Peer Counseling: Skills and Perspectives. D’Andrea, Vincent, and Salovay, Peter, Eds. Science and Behavior Books, Palo Alto, California, 1983.
To Get a Map to My Office, click here. Location: 415 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Useful Links
These are some links to other information on the web that informs you about cognitive therapy and why it is so useful for certain problems.
- The National Institutes of Health found cognitive therapy to be the treatment of choice for panic disorder and agoraphobia. See the summary of their consensus conference here.
- Here is what the National Institutes of Mental Health tell professionals about treatment for panic disorder. they recommended cognitive behavioral treatment over other types of psychotherapy.
- Here is what they say about the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Again they recommended cognitive behavioral treatment over other types of therapy.