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Noteworthy June 30, 2016

Setting up your own practice, & giving back to the community: An interview with Dr. Alan (Part 3)

By Arpita Bohra

Dr. Alan has grown a successful psychotherapy practice over his 27 years of work, but also actively worked to provide lower-cost psychotherapy services to…

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Noteworthy May 15, 2016

Focusing on you, the therapist: An interview with Dr. Alan (Part 2)

By Arpita Bohra

This is the second part of series of interviews with Dr. Alan Karbelnig, who is a Psychoanalytic psychotherapist based in LA, California. The first…

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Noteworthy February 4, 2016

Creating Conversations about Therapy, within Therapy: An interview with Dr. Alan (Part 1)

By Arpita Bohra

It was the first time I sat through three whole days of listening to psychoanalytic lectures without getting lost- hanging onto the depth and…

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