Keith Rand, LMFT, CGP, FAGPA is in private practice in the Beverly Center area of Los Angeles and has been running weekly therapy groups for 25 years. He also provides individual and group consultation to other group therapists. He is a past president of the Los Angeles Group Psychotherapy Society, past board member of the Group Psychotherapy Association of Los Angeles (GPALA), and past chair of GPALA's Education, Training and Research Committee and of the Scholarship Fund Committee.
In 2010, Keith became a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and is currently on the Board of Directors of AGPA. He is now a member of AGPA's Distance Learning Task Force and has recently served on the Board of the Group Foundation for six years. Previously, he served as the Los Angeles representative to the Affiliate Societies Assembly.
From 1995 to 2002, he taught Group Treatment Methods to graduate psychology students at Antioch University Los Angeles. He serves as a group consultant to the Rape Treatment Center at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and has provided consultation, through the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance, to graduate psychology students living in their native China.
Anyone interested in participating in a therapy group is required to meet for several individual sessions prior to starting a group. These sessions are largely for the purpose of preparing group members for participating in a therapy group to ensure that they have the most powerful experience possible.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
American Group Psychotherapy Association Group Psychotherapy Association of Los Angeles
CURRENT GROUPS:
Mixed adults psychotherapy groups - process-oriented, psychodynamic, interpersonal.
(1) Tuesdays, 5:15 to 6:45 pm
(2) Wednesdays, 8:00 to 9:20 am
(3) Wednesdays, 7:00 to 8:30 pm
(4) Consultation group for group therapists - focused both on group process and case consultation.
Meets every third Friday from 10:30 to 11:50 am
QUALIFICATIONS:
Years in Practice: 28 School: Antioch University Year Graduated: 1992
Supervision/Consultation: by phone in person by video conference
TYPES OF GROUPS:
Mixed Adult Group Gay and Lesbian Groups
MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALTIES:
Anxiety Depression Sexual Addiction Substance Abuse & Addiction Gender Concerns Grief & Loss Marriage/Family Difficulties Relationship Difficulties Medical Illness Stage of Life Concerns
SCOPE OF GROUP PRACTICE:
Longer-Term Intensive Group Group Supervision-Consultation
