Hanna Levenson, PhD, has been specializing in the area of brief psychotherapy as a clinician, teacher/trainer, and researcher for 40 years. She is the author of more than 75 papers and two books, the Concise Guide to Brief Dynamic and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (2002) and Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice (1995), which was selected by the Behavioral Science Book Service as a "book-of-the-month." She also has four professional videos, Making Every Session Count (1999), Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy (2008), Brief Dynamic Therapy Over Time (2009), and Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: An Integrative Perspective (2017). In 2000, she founded the Levenson Institute for Training, a center where mental health practitioners can receive in-depth training and certification in integrative, focused therapy. Dr. Levenson is a professor of psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. From 1991 to 2011, she was director of the Brief Psychotherapy Program at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, and from 1979 to 2000, she was clinical professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine, and director of the Brief Psychotherapy Program at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Dr. Levenson's professional career reflects a dialectic between intrapsychic and relational perspectives, insight and experiential learning, and clinical practice and scientific inquiry. Originally specializing in personality theory and social psychology at Claremont University (PhD 1972), she later retrained in clinical psychology at the University of Florida, Coral Gables, then interned at Langley Porter Institute (University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine). In addition to her teaching and writing, she maintains a private practice in Oakland, California, and is also a certified therapist and supervisor in emotionally focused couples therapy. Dr. Levenson is a member of APA and a fellow of Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy), the California Psychological Association, the Society for Psychotherapy Research, the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, and the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy. In 2011, she was presented the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology as a Profession Award by the California Psychological Association.
