David Shaw

LMFT
Walnut Creek, California
scotdvd@comcast.net
psychologytoday.com/profile/263876

I am licensed in California to provide psychotherapy for adolescents, adults, families and couples. I currently work online. I also supervise students interested in Formative Psychology. In addition to my forty years of experience with Stanley Keleman and his work, I have trained in EMDR therapy which I incorporate into my work.

Since first meeting Stanley in1980, I regularly participated in individual sessions, teaching programs and professional consultation. I learned a lot from sharing my ‘somagrams’ with him, some of which inspired drawings in Emotional Anatomy. I was also a member of a men’s group for over ten years. Over the years I viewed Stanley as a mentor; now as a man in my mid 70’s I live with the Formative Process as a core identity. The five step process of learning to manage my shape is a regular activity in addressing the daily challenges of living. Always remembering Stanley’s words: ‘form or be formed’, I work with the body I have and I honor that. I offer my clients the lessons I have learned in my own life. I’m always delighted to work with an individual or couple who are open to exploring somatically who they are and how they impact others and are impacted by others.