Michael R. Pines, PhD

Dr. MICHAEL R. PINES, PhD is a LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST
Dr. Pines has extensive experience helping adolescents and adults at risk for suicide and helping them develop supportive relationships. He often involves parents, caregivers, health providers, supportive teachers and others to achieve successful recovery. As a retired mental health consultant with the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Dr. Pines has the knowledge and unique access to educational resources and solutions.
Dr. Pines thinks that many individuals in the community experience challenges associated with the entertainment industry. Competition and intermittent periods of unemployment often increase stress among individuals, couples, and families. Divorce and other separations challenge parents, children, and youth.  He believes that supportive counseling can help.
As a seasoned mental health practitioner and adjunct professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Dr. Pines also assist mental health …professionals to identify adolescents at risk for suicide and manage different aspects of treatment and recovery. This often involves helping clients recover from grief and loss.
SPECIALTY
Anxiety, behavioral issues, career counseling, child or adolescent, coping skills, depression, divorce, emotional disturbance, grief, parenting, suicidal ideation, teen violence
Treatment Preference
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Family Systems, Humanistic Therapy
Parakletos By Your Side
We believe that life is the plurality of experiences: joy and sorrow, excitement and fear, faith and doubt, strength and weakness, pride and shame; and these truths converge–creating the essence of the human being.
You can find various resources for your behavioral and mental health needs. We serve to a full range of life stages: 0-5 infancy to toddlerhood, early to late childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle and late adulthood, and the elderly.
We specialize in treating cognitive, behavioral, emotional and interpersonal difficulties arising from home, community, school and the workplace.

Parakletos By Your Side

317 E Foothill Blvd Ste 208

Arcadia

CA

91006

USA

(626) 650-9899

https://theparakletos.org/site/

• Psychology
• Psychotherapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Life Coach

• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Psychological and Neuropsychological Tests
• Psychological counseling
• Psychological Testing and Evaluation
• Therapy Services
• Mental and Behavioral Health Counseling and Referrals
• Autism & Developmental Screening
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Behavioral Therapy
• Family Counseling
• Marriage Counseling
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Sleep Study
• Coping Skills
• Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)

• Men's Mental Health
• Women's Mental Health
• Children with developmental disorders
• ADD/ADHD
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Addiction
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Family Conflict
• Adult & Childhood Trauma
• Suicidal thoughts
• Narcissistic Personality
• Antisocial Personality
• Peer Relationships
• Relationship challenges
• Relationship Issues
• Difficulty Relating to Others
• Mood Disorders related to gender dysphoria