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Phil Stark, LMFT

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Phil Stark, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Los Angeles. He is also an author and screenwriter, with credits such as Dude, Where’s My Car?, That ‘70s Show, and South Park.

Books by Phil Stark, LMFT
Recent Posts
The Rising Waters of Change
We know change is unavoidable and that things will inevitably change over the course of our lives, but sometimes, it takes more than this knowledge for us to finally act.
Meditate With Me
Personal Perspective: What's it like to listen in on someone else's meditation session?
Programming Your Life Macro

In therapy, we can create shortcuts to use in real life to help avoid conflict and create better outcomes.

In therapy, we can create shortcuts to use in real life to help avoid conflict and create better outcomes.

The Safety of the Path

A Personal Perspective: How we deal with the possibility of big changes in life is the step before how we deal with the actual experience of those changes.

A Personal Perspective: How we deal with the possibility of big changes in life is the step before how we deal with the actual experience of those changes.

Emotional Deep-Tissue Massage

A massage might reveal sources of pain that we wriggle around to avoid. Likewise, we might avoid painful subjects that are the ones we most need to talk about in therapy.

A massage might reveal sources of pain that we wriggle around to avoid. Likewise, we might avoid painful subjects that are the ones we most need to talk about in therapy.