About Dr. Caroline Paltin
Biography - As a Licensed Psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Paltin began her work and training in 1983 as a clinical psychology intern working with trauma and abuse victims, as well as general psychology patients. Her practice services adults, adolescents and children. She specializes in the fields of trauma, abuse and PTSD, as well as depression, anxiety, bereavement, and life transition issues, and also works specifically with children adults and adolescents living with Autism, Asperger's and special needs. Dr. Paltin began her work in the field of psychology with a passion for exploring the unique and extroardinary qualities in all human beings, and focuses her work on assisting each individual patient in developing the awareness and insight necessary to lead a meaningful and fullfilling life. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from United States International Unversity (now Alliant International University, in San Diego CA), which she earned in 1992, and has held licenses in Hawai'i and currently in California for over 20 years.
Dr. Paltin currently works in private practice in the heart of the city of Orange's beautiful historic district. For the past 15 years she has served as a Core Adjunct Faculty Member of National University, in the College of Letters and Sciences Marriage and Family Counseling Program, where she instructs graduate students in the diagnosis and practice of psychotherapy. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor for Columbia College, instructing in Psychology and Crisis Intervention for the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos California.
In addition to these duties, Dr. Paltin is past Special Education Chairperson for the Saddleback Valley PTA Council, where she developed and launched a successful and ongoing network of Special Education Chairs at schools throughout Saddleback Valley Unified School District, who provide intervention and advocacy programs to promote tolerance and inclusion for children with special needs. In her private time she serves on the Board of Directors for Children's Theatre Workshop, a non-profit theatre program, where she also enjoys her hobby as an actor in CTW's traveling shows. Dr. Paltin also enjoys facilitating Madonari Street Chalk Painting festivals, which she has had the pleasure of bringing to several elementary schools and other organizations. She is the mother of two active and talented boys, one with Asperger's and other health issues. She shares parenting and her practice with her husband David Paltin, Ph.D., who is also a Licensed Psychologist.
Dr. Paltin currently works in private practice in the heart of the city of Orange's beautiful historic district. For the past 15 years she has served as a Core Adjunct Faculty Member of National University, in the College of Letters and Sciences Marriage and Family Counseling Program, where she instructs graduate students in the diagnosis and practice of psychotherapy. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor for Columbia College, instructing in Psychology and Crisis Intervention for the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos California.
In addition to these duties, Dr. Paltin is past Special Education Chairperson for the Saddleback Valley PTA Council, where she developed and launched a successful and ongoing network of Special Education Chairs at schools throughout Saddleback Valley Unified School District, who provide intervention and advocacy programs to promote tolerance and inclusion for children with special needs. In her private time she serves on the Board of Directors for Children's Theatre Workshop, a non-profit theatre program, where she also enjoys her hobby as an actor in CTW's traveling shows. Dr. Paltin also enjoys facilitating Madonari Street Chalk Painting festivals, which she has had the pleasure of bringing to several elementary schools and other organizations. She is the mother of two active and talented boys, one with Asperger's and other health issues. She shares parenting and her practice with her husband David Paltin, Ph.D., who is also a Licensed Psychologist.
Approach to Treatment
'Ophelia Dreaming' pencil and pastel, Paltin, 2007 all rights reserved.
Utilizing an eclectic approach including Gestalt and Jungian modalities, Dr. Paltin incorporates a variety of methods such as traditional psychotherapy, object relations, art and expressive therapies and sand tray therapy to address the many ways individuals and families experience growth and healing in the therapeutic process. Each patient who enters therapy comes with specific needs and lifestyle experiences, and Dr. Paltin tailors therapy in collaboration with the patient to provide an individualized treatment designed to meet specific needs. She is currently developing and expanding her therapeutic arts program which utilizes theatre arts and music therapy for individuals with Asperger's Syndrome. Her development of the Mindful Life Focus Community, the latest expansion of her work is based on the creative and innovative model developed by Gestalt's leading Psychotherapist, Dr Erving Polster. Polster's design of the Life Focus Community integrates gestalt therapy's ability to focus and engage awareness with exploration of the arts, music and literature to amplify and punctuate our experience of living. This is accomplished in an ongoing community gathering together to explore the lived life. Further information about the Mindful Life Focus Community is available on this site or by visiting www.mindfullifefocuscommunity.com
Consultation and Guest Lectures
Dr. Paltin also provides ongoing workshops and consultation for licensed practitioners and trainees, on topics including ethical conduct issues and management of countertransference, Gestalt psychotherapy techniques treatment of trauma, use of expressive arts therapies, and treatment of trauma and dissociative disorders in children, adolescents and adults. She is an invited speaker available for booking to private clinical, educational parenting and support groups on a variety of topics throughout Southern California. Bookings outside of Southern California require a travel expenses fee.
Trainee and Intern Personal Psychotherapy Hours: Dr. Paltin is available for individual psychotherapy for trainees and interns seeking to obtain Personal psychotherapy hours. The state licensing board for MFT offers triple credit for these hours, which are counted toward your total required training hours for licensure. Dr. Paltin has provided psychotherapy to interns and licensed therapists for over 20 years, and believes that the self awareness obtained in our own process is integral to our ability to work ethically and competently with our clients. Call or e-mail for intern rates and scheduling.
MINDFUL LIFE FOCUS COMMUNITY - Not psychotherapy, but an innovative encounter of individuals who enjoy examinging the lives they live in a rich conversational environment, enhanced by exploration of ourselves and our lives via music, literature, arts film and more. Meetings are held the second Saturday of each month at the Orange Public Library. We are pleased to have LIfe Focus Community author and Master Gestalt Trainer, Dr. Erving Polster as a visiting member of our group from time to time. The Community is open to all. You must register in advance. For more information, please see the page on this site or visit www.mindfullifefocuscommunity.com for updated information.
Asperger's and The Theatre Arts NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATION FOR MAY 2012! See page on menu for information and registration
Theatre Arts Therapeutic Socialization program for Asperger's and Spectrum Conditions
Dr. Paltin will be expanding her socialization program for children and teens with Aspergers and High Functioning Autism to a weekly Theater Arts based therapeutic program.
For more information, go to "Asperger's & Autism" on the menu above
Dr. Paltin will be expanding her socialization program for children and teens with Aspergers and High Functioning Autism to a weekly Theater Arts based therapeutic program.
For more information, go to "Asperger's & Autism" on the menu above
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"Change occurs when we become aware of what we are, as opposed to trying to become what we are not." - This quote by Gestalt psychotherapist Arnold Beisser artfully explains the paradox of change. By becoming more aware of who we are, we are able to truly change, as the extroardinary potentials within us become unleashed and unveiled. Dr. Paltin believes that every individual who enters into psychotherapy deserves the opportunity to explore his or herself in a caring safe, and non-judgemental environment. She sees the role of the therapist to facilitate awareness and insight and create lasting change. She believes that through gaining self awareness, we develop clearer insight into the issues we struggle with, and an empowered ability to change ourselves and our relationships with others for the better. Dr. Paltin respects the private journey of each patient, and strives to assist each individual she encounters in recognizing their full potential as a human being.
Take a moment to be inspired by a few others who faced struggles and made a change (click video to the right) |
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