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Rod Louden M.A., MFT, BCPC
Rod Louden Quick Facts
Main Areas: Helping others make significant life changes that lead to happiness and successBest Sellers: Monster Relationships: Taming the Beasts that are Killing Your Relationships, 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Vol 3
Career Focus: Psychotherist, Clinical Supervisor, Author, Speaker
Affiliation: California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, American Psychotherapy Association, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Sexual Abuse Treatment Program
Studies have shown that the most important indicator of success in therapy is the relationship between client and therapist. In order to strenghten and promote this bond, Rod has written over 1,000 post session letters to his clients. Many clients have reported that these letters have helped them to find the answers that they were looking for and were instrumental in their personal growth and enlightenment.
Rod Louden is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist/ Board Certified Professional Counselor in Woodland Hills, California. He is married and has one child. Rod is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology. Rod received his Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University in Los Angeles. Rod also holds a vocational degree in music from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.
In addition to running a private practice, Rod is a therapist at the Sexual Abuse Treatment Program in Chatsworth, California and is a Clinical Supervising Children’s Social Worker for the Department of Children and Family Services for Los Angeles County, where he has been on the front line for 12 years. Rod is also a professional mediator, skilled composer and musician, professional chef, French pastry chef, tournament Texas Hold’em player, craftsman, athlete, and red belt in tae kwon do. Rod’s wide range of life experiences has led him to be called a modern day "Renaissance Man.”
Rod is the author of Monster Relationships: Taming the Beasts that are Killing Your Relationships (2005). Rod is a contributing author to 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Volume 3, released in 2007. Rod presented The Power of Letter Writing in the Therapeutic Process at the 2006 Annual Conference of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Rod Louden
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings immersed in a human experience.
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.
- M. Scott Peck
