Jonathan Gale, Ph. D.

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Achieve Fulfillment in Relationships and in Life
San Diego Psychologist, Dr. Jonathan Gale offers a unique form of psychotherapy. Whether you are an adolescent, adult, or a couple, Dr. Gale will help you understand your individual response to life's challenges, and through a collaborative working relationship, will assist you in making crucial changes that will enhance your life.
Dr. Gale utilizes a state-of-the-art eclectic and integrated therapeutic approach that is tailored to your individual needs and adapts to your progress in treatment. He will help you solve immediate problems as well as uncover the reasons you might be experiencing an unwanted pattern in your life. Either through Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy or Long-term Psychodynamic Exploration, Dr. Gale will help you identify the important issues, unravel maladaptive patterns, and achieve symptom alleviation and insight.
Dr. Gale primarily treats adults and adolescents. He is experienced in the treatment of a diverse array of people, encompassing various cultures, religions, spiritualities, ethnicities, levels of acculturation, and sexual preference.
In Individual Therapy you will work one-on-one with Dr. Gale, discovering yourself through in-depth, interpersonal work. To have successful relationships, hold down a good job, or make and sustain quality friendships, you must first come to some level of understanding and compassion within yourself. Individual psychotherapy can help you do this by exploring current relationship dynamics and allowing for the practice of new behaviors in the therapy setting. People seek psychotherapy for a number of reasons, including stress/anger management, adjustment difficulties, relationship problems, etc. You are not alone in whatever you are experiencing, and psychotherapy can help.
In Couples Therapy you will meet with Dr. Gale and your relationship partner to sort out interpersonal difficulties that have arisen as a result of your current relational dynamic. He will help you and your partner find a way to improve your relationship. The presence of both you and your partner will facilitate getting to the bottom of the issues because your relational dynamic will present itself in the therapy room. Individual psychotherapy often enhances couples therapy by allowing private, one-on-one interaction with Dr. Gale or another psychologist.
Dr. Gale also works in the business setting as an Organizational Consultant. If your company is experiencing challenges, such as employee conflict, high turnover, increased absenteeism, low morale, or declining job satisfaction, your company's overall productivity may be at stake. An organizational consultant such as Dr. Gale can greatly assist you in getting your company back on track for optimal performance.
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About Dr. Gale:

After receiving a Bachelor degree in Psychology from Dartmouth College, Dr. Gale earned a dual Doctoral degree in both Clinical and Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, CA.

Dr. Gale has written and facilitated trainings on Stress Management, Borderline Personality Disorder, Psychotherapy Skills, Cognitive Effects of Aging and Life Transitions. He has lectured on the Biological Bases of Behavior and Organizational Behavior. Dr. Gale currently conducts individual and couples psychotherapy, specializing in adults and adolescents. He is frequently interviewed in the media on various psychological topics. He offers his psychological services to companies as an organizational consultant.

Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association California Psychological Association San Diego Psychological Association