Team

Lisa Blum, Psy.D. (PSY#19790) is a licensed clinical psychologist and ICEEFT-Certified Therapist and Supervisor. Dr. Blum is in private practice in Pasadena, where she works with couples, families, individuals and business partners wishing to strengthen their relationships. She works often with the LGBTQ community, and couples building families in non-traditional ways.  She has worked extensively with parents and children, teachers and staff both in clinical and community settings, where she has consulted on the development of programs to support families.  Throughout Dr. Blum’s career, she has been involved in teaching, research, and practice in the field of sexuality. Dr. Blum utilizes Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in her work to help couples and families strengthen relationships and build deep and lasting connections.

Dr. Blum’s previous experience includes: Supervising Psychologist at the Institute for Girls’ Development in Pasadena; Supervising Psychologist for Children’s Hospital - Los Angeles; Staff Researcher at the UCLA Center for Adolescent Health Promotion; and Director of Education for the HiTOPS Teen Health Center in Princeton, NJ, where she designed educational programs for teens, parents, and teachers on healthy adolescent development. Dr. Blum holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in Psychology from Rutgers University and a Bachelors degree in Psychology with honors from Cornell University.

Learn more about Dr Blum here.

Silvina Irwin, Ph.D. (PSY#19710) is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified EFT Trainer, Therapist and Supervisor in private practice in Pasadena, CA. In her clinical practice, Dr. Irwin specializes in working with survivors of childhood and adult trauma, focusing on healing and recovery at the individual level, as well as addressing the impact that traumatic experiences have on intimate relationships in her work with couples. Dr. Irwin also provides treatment for mood and anxiety disorders and relationship and family distress. She works with individuals across the lifespan, including children, teens, and adults. In addition to providing clinical services, Dr. Irwin trains and supervises therapists nationally and internationally in EFT and offers the entire series of prerequisite courses for certification in EFT. Dr. Irwin also conducts workshops for professionals in the community, including the police department, Office of the District Attorney, therapists and psychology trainees at various centers, and medical staff at local hospitals, to name a few.  

Dr. Irwin was trained and mentored by Dr. Sue Johnson in her development as an EFT trainer. Dr. Irwin was an intern at Harvard Medical School, completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of San Francisco, California Medical School. She received her Masters and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Prior to her work in private practice, she was a psychologist at the University of San Francisco providing clinical services, supervision, teaching and training, as well as conducted research on best-practices in the treatment of child trauma.

To learn more about Dr. Irwin, please visit her website at www.drsilvinairwin.com. 

Therese Spellman, M.A. (LMFT 127099) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the EFT Resource Center. Therese specializes in helping couples learn to truly see and hear each other in order to reconnect and deepen their relationship. In addition, Therese has experience working with adult individuals undergoing difficult or challenging life transitions and the uncomfortable emotions they produce, as well as with people suffering from trauma, past or present.

Therese earned her Master’s Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Phillips Graduate University. She also holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Psychology and Women’s Studies from California State University, Northridge. Therese developed her sensitivity to the subtleties of body language and emotional expression from practicing body work for over 20 years as a licensed massage therapist.

Please feel free to give Therese a call if you would like to discuss working together.