Steven Bradshaw, LMFT, SEP, CGP

Licensed Psychotherapist (he/him)

Steven Bradshaw Somatic Therapist for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Pain, Relationships and Career in West Los Angeles

West Los Angeles & Online

I am a Licensed Psychotherapist (LMFT #136584), Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP). I help high-potential humans who feel stuck build a life that feels great on the inside.

I use a mind-body approach that engages your inner healer to move from states of anxiety, burnout, disconnection, and pain to states of goodness, flow, and feeling at home in your body.

This provides a foundation for deeply intimate relationships and a meaningful career adaptation organized around a sense of connection, purpose and energy.

I use a combination of Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Neuroscience, Attachment Theory, and Psychodynamic approaches and have trained personally with Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing), Thomas Hübl (Collective Trauma), Bessel van der Kolk (Body Keeps the Score), and Richard Schwartz (Internal Family Systems).

I have Masters Degrees in Clinical Psychology and Business Science and a three year specialization as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.

Before becoming a psychotherapist, I spent eight years traveling the world rock climbing, sailing, creating visual art, and reorienting to my own deeper sense of purpose. I now live with my wife and daughter in Santa Monica, California.

I currently have availability for private clients in-person in Santa Monica and online.

Training & Background

  • MA, Clinical Psychology, Antioch University, Los Angeles

  • MA, Business Science, University of Cape Town

  • Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)—Completed 3 Year Specialization

  • Attachment Focused EMDR (AF-EMDR)—Completed Basic Training (Parts 1, 2 and 3)

  • Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP) & member of American Group Psychotherapist Association (AGPA)

  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

  • Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) with Alan Gordon

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) with Richard Schwartz—One-Week In-Person Masterclass

  • Chronic Pain with Peter Levine—One-Week In-Person Masterclass

  • Trauma and Restoration with Bessel van der Kolk—One-Week In-Person Masterclass

  • Psychodynamic and Attachment-Based Therapy (Applied Training at Maple Counseling and Community West)—3 Years

  • Ancestral Healing Journey with Thomas Hübl—5 Months

  • Supervision & Mystical Principles of Healing with Thomas Hübl—6 Months

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)—Applied Training at Community West

  • UCLA Mindfulness Awareness Practices I

  • The Psycho-Dynamics of Diagnosis, Case Formulation, and Supervision with Dr. Nancy McWilliams—In-Person Masterclass

Treatment Approach

I teach practices that support your nervous system to move toward regulation, or homeostatic balance. These practices teach you how to be with challenging sensations without bracing to allow energy to shift and release, rather than accumulating in your body. Over time, your window of tolerance expands so that your nervous system naturally spends more time in parasympathetic, or “rest and digest,” even as you move through the world .

In the process, I help you to unburden the original traumas that live on as hypersensitivity to threat. To do this, we need to meet and befriend the protective parts that over or under react to present situations. With more understanding and acceptance, these parts calm down and start to work together as a team, helping you to become more responsive and vital.

I help you build a personalized tool-kit to manage your symptoms going forward. When you stop fearing your symptoms they lose power over you and they begin to fade. Clients often report forgetting about symptoms as their life comes back into the foreground.

Somatic Therapy helps to discharge Survival Energy and Reduce Chronic Symptoms such as Pain & Discomfort

Services and Fees

I offer in-person and online sessions for:

  • Individuals $300 (50-minute session)

  • Couples $300 (50-minute session)

  • Teens $300 (50-minute session)

Feel free to ask if sliding scale is available.