If you suffer from:
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ANXIETY
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DEPRESSION
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BIPOLAR DISORDER
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RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
You've come to the right place!
If you are stuck, in emotional pain, or feeling overwhelmed, I can help you.
I use psychiatric medicines and effective psychotherapy, or both to relieve your symptoms and transform your life successfully.
When you become my patient, I devote myself to enriching you by assisting you to rethink your psychology, your medication, and your life.
Would you like to improve how you feel and function? By working with me with psychiatric medication or psychologically, you can discover the terrific results that my patients have already found.
Ultimately, when you learn to positively shift your psychology internally, your life positively changes externally.
It's not a sign of weakness to ask for help. If you don't process your emotional pain, it's likely to fester and get worse.
Let’s talk!
Please call me for an appointment.
310-271-7176
facsimilie 310-943-2695
About Dr. Davidson
I am a board-certified psychiatrist who was trained in general psychiatry at Yale University and who has a successful, private practice in Beverly Hills.
I am a devoted intensive psychotherapist with 40 years of experience who has a passion for the well-being of my patients.
I am descended from a family of 32 physicians, 16 of whom are psychiatrists. I have inherited a passion for treating patients with psychotherapy from my late great uncle, psychoanalyst Philip Lehrman, M.D., who underwent training psychoanalysis with Sigmund Freud; befriended his daughter, Anna Freud; and wrote the forward to several of her classic psychoanalytic books.
I am an expert in both psychotherapy and psychopharmacology.
Experience
1974-1981 Private Practice
New Haven, Connecticut
1975-1976 Medical Director,
Shoreline Mental Health Service
Clinton, Connecticut
1976-1981 Director of Admission Service
Elmcrest Psychiatric Institute
Portland, Connecticut
1976-1978 Assistant Director, Adolescent Service
Elmcrest Psychiatric Institute
Portland, Connecticut
1983-1990 Psychiatric Consultant
Department of Rehabilitation
State of California
1982-Present Private Practice
Beverly Hills, California
Awards
2009--Circle of Friends
"Recognition of the exceptional care you provide to our patients and your impact on the future of medicine"
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
2009--Commendation For Twenty-Five Years of Distinguished Service,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles California
2019--Commendation For
Thirty-Five Years of Distinguished Services,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
2020--Top Doctors - Psychiatrist
California Magazine
Hospital Affiliation
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center:
2010-2019 -- Associate Medical Staff
1985-2010 -- Attending Medical Staff
1985-1997 -- Member, On-Call Panel,
Emergency Room
1985 -- Consultant,
Out-Patient Department
Department of Psychiatry
1985/1986 -- Attending
Chief, Consultation/Liaison Advisory Committee
Department Of Psychiatry
1987-1998 -- Member, On-Call Panel,
Consultation/Liaison Service
1990-1992 -- Co-Chair,
Utilization Review Committee
Department Of Psychiatry
1991-1996 -- Psychiatric Consultant,
Swallowing Disorders Center
1992-1994 -- Member,
Psychiatric Advisory Committee
Department Of Psychiatry
1994-1995 -- Recording Secretary,
Psychiatric Advisory Committee
Department of Psychiatry
2000-2001 -- Member, In-Patient,
1995-1997 -- Psychiatric Advisory Committee
2000-2001 -- Member, Peer Review Committee
Education
1963-1967 B.A., English Literature
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, California
1967-1971 M.D.
School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
1971-1972 Internship, Psychiatry/Medicine
Hahnemann Division
Philadelphia General Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1972-1975 Psychiatric Residency
Yale University
Department of Psychiatry
New Haven, Connecticut
Certification
1972 Certified, Parts I, II, and III
National Board of Medical Examiners
1980 Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (In Psychiatry)
Licensure
1975-Present Medical License--California
Professional Societies
American Psychiatric Association,
Life Member
California Psychiatric Association
Southern California Psychiatric Society