Dr. Goodman holds PhD, s in Psychology and Music, is a certified Hypnotherapist, certified Biofeedback Technician and certified Disaster Mental Health Response Specialist. He is a graduate of the Chicago School of Psychology formally the California Graduate Institute as well as the Hypnosis Motivation Institute. When on faculty at UCLA, Dr Goodman served as lecturer, clinical instructor and clinician working as the chief health and pain consultant in the Orofacial Pain Department of the UCLA Dental School.
Dr. Goodman while holding a Doctorate in Music from the University of Southern California, is trained as a concert pianist and specializes in the treatment of performance anxiety. Dr. Goodman is the author of a publication entitled: The Efficacy of Hypnosis for the Alleviation of Performance Anxiety and the Improvement of Performance Quality in Solo Classical Pianists. Don is also a member of the Performing Arts Medicine Association and provides workshops to musicians, actors, athletes, etc., offering private sessions to individuals all with the goal of enhancing performance and ameliorating discomfort and/or anxiety. Don’s life philosophy is that we as human beings are all subject to the effects of our emotions. The illnesses, pains and emotional challenges that we experience are often the expression of deep unspoken feelings and emotions. Once we can understand and get in touch with those emotions, expressions, feelings, and even thoughts, we can begin the process of healing.
Dr. Goodman combines his long training in music and influences of composers and professors of the past and present with the influences of John Sarno, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Steven Hayes and Freud to bring the best healing possible to both mind and body.
