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My approach is to provide you with Support, to leverage Wellness and motivation for Change, to facilitate personal Growth and relational Wellbeing, to provide Feedback, and to respectfully assist in your Search for Meaning - all in order to help you resolve current problems and long-standing patterns.

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  • Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time
    Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time
    by Pavel Georgievich Somov, Ph.D.
  • Present Perfect: A Mindfulness Approach to Letting Go of Perfectionism and the Need for Control
    Present Perfect: A Mindfulness Approach to Letting Go of Perfectionism and the Need for Control
    by Pavel G. Somov
  • The Lotus Effect: Shedding Suffering and Rediscovering Your Essential Self
    The Lotus Effect: Shedding Suffering and Rediscovering Your Essential Self
    by Pavel Somov
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    Experience:

    I am a licensed psychologist in private practice. I hold a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the State University of New York (at Buffalo), with a total of 15 + years of clinical experience (9 of which are post-licensure, first client in 1994).

    I have trained and worked in a variety of clinical settings, which include: psychiatric hospitals, university counseling center, county jail, community mental health centers, family medical practice, cancer hospital, veterans' hospitals, pain clinics, and private practice.

    I offer an eclectic treatment approach that consists of: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Meta-Cognitive Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectic and Behavioral Therapy, Logotherapy, Mindfulness-based Therapy, Brief-Dynamic Therapy, Motivational Interviewing Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).

    Publications [Books]

    Reinventing the Meal (New Harbinger, 2012, in press).

    Smoke Break (New Harbinger, 2011, in press).  Somov, P.G., Somova, M. J.

    The Lotus Effect: Shedding Suffering and Rediscovering the Essential Self (New Harbinger). Somov, P.G. (November 2010)

    Present Perfect: from Mindless Pursuit of What Should Be to Mindful Acceptance of What Is (New Harbinger). Somov, P.G. (June 2010)

    Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating, One Meal at a Time. In stores November 2008, New Harbinger Publications. Somov, P. G. (2008)

    Recovery Equation: Motivational Enhancement, Choice Awareness, Use Prevention: an Innovative Clinical Curriculum for Substance Use Treatment. Somov, P.G. & Somova, M. J. (2003)

    Publications [Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals]

    Somov, P. G. (2008)
    A Psychodrama Group for Substance Use Relapse Prevention Training.
    The Arts in Psychotherapy, 38, 151-161.

    Somov, P.G. (2007).
    Meaning of Life Group:Group Application of Logotherapy for Substance Use Treatment.
    Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 32 (4), 316 - 345.

    Somov, P.G. (2000)
    TimePerception as a Measure of Pain Intensity and Pain Type.     Journal of Back & Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 14(3), 111-121.

    Somova, M. J., Somov, P.G., Lawrence, J. L., & Frantz, T. T. (2000).
    Factors associated with length of stay in a mid-sized, urban hospice.
    American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 17(2), 99-106.

    License/Certifications:

    Licensed as Psychologist in PA
    Certified in Rational Hypnotherapy


    Professional Affiliations:

    American Psychological Association (APA)
    Greater Pittsburgh Psychological Association (GPPA)
    Pennsylvania Psychological Association (PPA)

    Military Service:

    Independent Special Purpose Motorized Brigade (OMSBON) ofthe Ministry of Interior of the Soviet Union (1987-1989)