Steven Bradshaw, LMFT, SEP, CGP
Somatic Therapist

West Los Angeles, California & Online

  • Highly creative & highly sensitive people

  • Burnout & chronic health issues

  • Somatic Experiencing, IFS, Psychodynamic

  • Previously in finance in New York

  • Parent, outdoor enthusiast, from South Africa

My specialities

I help highly creative & highly sensitive individuals who may feel stuck or have health issues to create embodied success.

Many of my clients are business leaders, writers, musicians & creative professionals.

I work with individuals on a range of issues including:

  • Anxiety & insecurity

  • Depression

  • Developmental trauma

  • Chronic pain & health

  • Relationship struggles

  • ED, arousal & sexual issues

  • LGBTQ+

  • Purpose & meaning

  • Career development & team building

I trained personally with:

Therapy with me

I use a mind-body approach that engages your inner healer to move from states of anxiety, burnout, disconnection, and pain into states of goodness, flow, and a deep sense of belonging in your own body.

When your nervous system is online and flowing your creativity naturally emerges and your problems lose their hold over you. Your life grows richer and bigger.

My background

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

Previously I worked on Wallstreet as an investment banker and in private equity. Following that, I spent eight years traveling the world rock climbing, sailing and creating visual art, a journey that led to me to becoming a therapist.

I now live in Santa Monica with my wife and daughter.

Training

  • 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

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #152900

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 $450 (50-minute session)

  • Couples $450 (50-minute session)

  • Teens $450 (50-minute session)