Rod Louden is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Woodland Hills, California. Rod is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Psychology. Rod received his Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University in Los Angeles. Rod is a Board Certified Professional Counselor through the American Psychotherapy Association. Rod also holds a vocational degree in music from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. Rod is the author of Monster Relationships: Taming the Beasts that are Killing Your Relationships and was selected to be a contributing author to 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Vol. 3, along with Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the … fame), Ken Blanchard, Les Brown, Bryon Katie and others.

In addition to working with people who are looking to make positive life changes in private practice, Rod is a Supervising Children’s Social Worker for the Department of Children and Family Services for Los Angeles County, where he has been on the front line since 1996. Rod also provides clinical supervision to interns who are working toward licensure. Rod is also a professionally trained mediator. Rod worked as a group therapist at the Child Sexual Abuse Program for 7 years.

Rod has a unique background having worked in a number of different professions. Rod is a classically trained French Pastry Chef having apprenticed for Bruce Healy who has written several cook books including Mastering the Art of French Pastry. Rod has done every job one could have in a restaurant from bus boy to general manager. Rod worked as a house painter for 5 years, drove a limo, and, as a musician, played in clubs all over Los Angeles. Thus, Rod has experienced the world through a variety of perceptions allowing him to think outside the box. Daily, through his work as a therapist, social worker, and author, teacher/supervisor, Rod helps people create clarity regarding the choices that they can make in order to experience a more fulfilling, happy, and successful life.

While most therapists limit their interaction with clients solely to the therapeutic hour, Rod applies the Narrative Therapy ideal of post session letter writing. Over the years, Rod has written thousands of post session letters to clients. These letters help to keep both the client and Rod focused on the work at hand and create bridges of thought between sessions. In 2006, Rod was selected to be a presenter at the annual conference of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists where he shared his thoughts on this unique and powerful therapeutic tool.

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

—M. Scott Peck

Rod invites you to join him and start your journey of positive change today.  To learn more about Rod's Private Practice, click here.

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