Clinical Director
Dr. Shannon Dobbs
About Dr. Shannon Doobs
Clinical Director
Dr. Shannon Dobbs is a licensed clinical psychologist. Having practiced psychology for over 15 years in diverse clinical settings, she has extensive experience with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, couples therapy, relationship/family problems, dual-diagnoses, and substance abuse. Dr. Dobbs approaches each client individually from assessment through treatment, including holistic approaches that encompass the mind/body connection. She believes that energetically clients are at an imbalance and her psychodynamic approach involves treating the WHOLE person through proven clinical approaches such as attachment focus, psychosomatic integration, Gestalt therapy, CBT, DBT, and energetic navigation.
Dr. Dobbs has extensive experience working with the chronically mentally ill from private practice to hospital settings around Southern California. She currently serves as Clinical Director in Addiction Treatment and as Lead Clinical Psychologist in several hospitals in the San Fernando Valley. She also is founder of a local wellness center focusing on alternative and holistic approaches to healing. Dr. Dobbs leads with her heart and believes that connection and belonging is of utmost importance in treating addiction and mental health.
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” – Georgia O’Keeffe