UPCOMING EVENTS

  • “TRAUMA and PTSD: Physiology, Consciousness, and Treatment”
    (IVAT Conference, September, 2019)
     
  • “DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TREATMENT: Advanced Techniques”
    (IVAT Conference, September, 2019)
     
  • “OPERATION RESPECT: CREATING HOPE AND PEACEBUILDING THROUGH MUSIC”
    (IVAT Conference, September, 2019)
     
  • “HELPING CHILDREN RECOVER FROM TRAUMAS OF LOSS AND VIOLENCE”
    (ICAN Nexus Conference, November, 2019)

EXPERIENCE

Psychotherapist in Private Practice (1993 - present)

 

Instructor at UCLA Extension (Spring, 2004 – 2017)

 

Director of "T.E.A.M.": Domestic Violence/Anger Management Program:

Certified by L.A. County Probation Dept. (1995 - present)

 

Expert Witness: Post-Traumatic Stress, Domestic Violence, Child Custody, Child Abuse, etc. (1996 - present)

 

Instructor of 40-hour California State Curriculum: Domestic Violence Facilitation (1997 – present)

 

Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Anger Management Seminars/Trainings:

 - UCLA Extension

 - Loyola Marymount University

 - International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma

 - L.A. Superior Court

 - U.S. Marines

 - Long Beach Women’s Shelter

 - California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists 

 - Los Angeles Chapter of California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists

 - San Gabriel Chapter of  California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists

 - California State-Certified Curriculum for Batterers' Facilitation Training

 - The Maple Center of Beverly Hills

 - Jewish Family Services

 - "The Tyra Banks Show"

 - "Starting Over" (NBC Reality TV)

 - "Bad Girls" (Oxygen Network Reality TV)

 - "HOT 102 FM" Radio Jamaica


Professor: California Graduate Institute: Child Abuse & Domestic Violence Courses (2000 – 2004)

 

Director of "New Directions": Domestic Violence/Anger Management Program

Certified by LA County Probation Dept.(2000-2003)

             

Faculty: Pacific Clinics (2005 - present)

 

Adjunct Faculty: California School Professional Psychology: Family Systems Assessment Course (1993 - 1994)

 

Staff Psychotherapist and Trainer of Interns: Counseling Center of West L.A. (1988 - 1993)

 

Therapist/Caseworker: Residential Treatment Center for Abused Adolescents - "Penny Lane" (1991 - 1992)

 

Intern/Therapist: AIDS Patients - Pacific Center (1989 - 1991)

 

Independent Tutoring of Undergraduates (1988-1991)

 

High School Teacher: Los Angeles (1980 - 1988)

 

Special Education Teacher: Los Angeles (1983, 1987)

             

 

Michael Levittan, Psychotherapist specializes in treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anger Management, Domestic Violence, Spousal Abuse, Child Abuse in the greater Los Angeles area. He also works as an Expert Witness, Media Psychologist, and is currently in development to do his own Anger Management Reality TV Show.