Grace E. Hazeltine, Ph.D.

I’m a licensed psychologist in California who practices with adults, couples, adolescents, and children from a psychoanalytic perspective. In my practice, I find it important to think about the whole of a person, including identity characteristics such as personal and familial aspects of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, ability, age, religion, immigration, and adoption, among other issues. I enjoy working with people with diverse identities and concerns in life. If you’d like to learn more about me as a potential therapist for you or a loved one, I recommend giving me a call or reading what I have written on this blog.

In addition to practicing as a psychologist, I enjoy teaching, supervising, mentoring students in the dissertation process, and non-profit work. I am the current President and Chair of continuing education for Wright Institute Los Angeles’s Alumni Board, where I trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and act as a clinical supervisor to therapists in training. For many years I helped organized the Los Angeles County Psychological Association’s psychotherapist-as-artist virtual gallery, Mirrors of the Mind.

I have a background in experimental psychology and neuroscience from Grinnell College. Before becoming a psychologist I was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs and a business management consultant. I am passionate about the theory of psychoanalysis, exploring and protecting the natural world, improvisation, expressive arts, and experiential learning.

Training and Education

Four-Year Psychoanalytic Training Program, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (in progress)

Certificate of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Wright Institute Los Angeles

Ph.D. & M.A. Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology

B.A. Psychology with honors, Neuroscience Concentration, Phi Beta Kappa, Grinnell College

I primarily conducted my clinical training with the following organizations across Los Angeles: Wright Institute Los Angeles, Airport Marina Counseling Service, and the LA LGBT Center. All of these are great low-fee options for therapy.