Hi, I’m Dr. Matthew Silverstein, and I offer Integrative Depth Psychology. This holistic, trauma-informed approach to psychotherapy may be an ideal fit if you’re wanting to address the underlying sources of your challenges and seeking support to tap into your own inner wisdom.
Through a combination of psychoanalytic insight along with mindfulness-based strategies, I’ll work closely with you to help you feel more grounded, empowered, and equipped to navigate life’s complexities, deepen your relationships, and achieve your personal, creative, and professional goals.
Ready to take the next step? Reach out today for a free consultation to explore how we can work together.
Individual Therapy: Integrative Depth Psychology for Lasting Change
Anxiety, depression, intimacy struggles, or addictions usually have underlying factors. Integrative depth psychology provides a blend of time honored and cutting edge, evidence based practices to help you clarify and work through old patterns that may be holding you back.
Discover the Life-Changing Benefits of Individual Depth Therapy Without the Commute
Experience significant improvements in your daily life through online integrative depth psychology sessions with Dr. Matthew Silverstein, including:
- Addressing the root causes of challenges to help achieve your goals
- Strengthening recovery from trauma and addiction
- Enhancing your ability to connect intimately with others
Couple Therapy: Learning to navigate conflict & build intimacy
For many couples conflict arises when personal histories become entangled, communication breaks down, or the spark that once brought you together can feel like it’s nowhere to be found. Dr. Matthew Silverstein uses Dialogue Therapy, a powerful and effective Integrative Depth Psychological strategy designed to provide tools to help intimate couples:
- Learn skills to manage and reduce relationship conflict
- Listen to each other with greater curiosity and compassion
- Build intimacy and sexual connection
Strategies to Affirm Cultural Identities, Bodies, and Knowledge
Here are a few culturally affirming strategies Dr. Matthew Silverstein uses:
- Detangling from internalized patterns of injustice and misinformation, such as internalized racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia
- Honoring, exploring and reclaiming ancestral and cultural knowledge
- Navigating multiple intersecting identities (for example, ethnicity, spirituality, gender, and class)
My LGBTQ+ Affirmative Commitment
I’m committed to providing LGBTQ+ people and allies with a safe, nurturing space to heal and grow, drawing on years of teaching, clinical practice, and community service. Here’s how:
- Honoring LGBTQ+ ways of being
- Respecting the intersections of LGBTQ+ and other cherished cultural identities
- Staying current and rooted in evidence-based practices
What are the Benefits of Working with a Qualified Integrative Depth Psychologist Like Dr. Matthew Silverstein?
As a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience in both community mental health and private practice settings, I am dedicated to guiding you toward realizing healing resources within yourself and your most meaningful relationships.
My experience as an integrative depth psychologist allows me to confidently focus on my top goal: supporting you in feeling more empowered and able to live your life to the fullest.
My Credentials
- Licensed clinical psychologist (California and New York)
- UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital (2003-11); Private Practice (since 1997)
- Advanced training (EMDR, MBCT, Depth Therapy, Dialogue Therapy, LGBTQ Affirmative Therapy, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy)
- Core Faculty, Antioch University, Los Angeles, Spiritual and Depth Psychology
Professional Testimonials
Dr. Matthew Silverstein is an excellent couple therapist who is trained in Dialogue Therapy. He is also an overall excellent clinician. I know his work through supervising him and recommend him highly for couples or individuals. He's thoughtful, intelligent, and competent.
Matt’s individual and group work in our UCLA adult partial hospital and intensive outpatients programs was outstanding. His warmth, creativity and attention to detail enhanced the quality of the care we delivered. Our patients and our staff were all impressed with the depth and range of his clinical skills. I am grateful for his contributions to the program.
Dr. Silverstein is a special kind of therapist not only kind and highly empathic but incredibly smart, exceptionally trained, and on top of the latest advancements in depth and spiritual psychology, mindfulness, trauma treatment and LGBTQ-affirmative psychotherapy. I cannot recommend him enough.
Matt possesses a number of traits that are pretty rare in combination– obvious intelligence, deep intuitiveness, and endless curiosity. He’s decent and dedicated too by the way.
With his keen intelligence coupled with ethical discernment and compassion, Matt provides not only a role model for students, but also for fellow faculty.
Telehealth Accessible
Based in Los Angeles, I provide therapy sessions via telehealth to California and New York residents. Please contact me to schedule your initial free consultation and take the next step towards healing and empowerment.