Dr. Craig Shifrin is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice based in Springfield, Missouri. In his clinical practice, he works with a diverse array of clients, including people of many cultural backgrounds, ages (adolescents to older adults), races, elasticities and sexualities.
He is qualified to treat clients with a wide variety of problems including, but not limited to:
- Forensic Psychology
- Criminal Evaluations
- Sex Offenders
- Addictions
- Domestic Violence
- Risk Assessments for Juvenile and Adults
- Psycho-Educational
- Neuro-psychological
PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH:
Dr. Shifrin combines warmth, empathy and humor with empirically grounded clinical techniques. He uses a combination of cognitive, solution-oriented, family systems and feminist therapy philosophies to guide his expertise. When dealing with Forensic Psychology cases, his approach is sophisticated and straightforward as his role as an expert requires collaboration with attorney's, judges, and the overall court system. Dr. Shifrin's clinical practice is supported by years of experience in developing practical application of sophisticated clinical techniques. His overall core prinicipal is that each client has within them the resource and strength to improve their lives in the desired direction. By focusing on the client, he empowers their abilities to self-regulate.
CLINICAL PRACTICE:
Dr. Shifrin uses a combination of cognitive, solution-oriented, family systems and feminist therapy philosophies to guide his clinical work. His approach is supportive and collaborative which involves the clients in decision-making and goal-setting exercises. Dr. Shfrin is also a strong believer in the role of culture in mental health. He addresses the impact of societal oppression, racism, sexism, homophobia, poverty, and other forms of discrimination and hostility on his clients' current circumstances and functioning.
Dr. Shifrin's underlying belief is that clients have within them the resource and strength to improve their lives in the desired direction. With any new client, he focuses primarily on the their present functioning and goals for the future. The history of the client is explored briefly as it relates to current patterns that may be problematic in moving forward. Dr. Shifrin sees his role as helping clients get unstuck in the desired change process while empowering efficiency doing such tasks. These exercises are performed through application of sophisticated clinical techniques developed and perfected over the past 15 years.
Dr. Shifrin Clinical Practice includes therapy with:
- Individuals
- Couples
- Families
Clinical Overview:
- Therapy options consist of 10-20 sessions (typically).
- Long-term and customized therapy sessions are available depending upon the client's situation.
- Primarily works as a "non-managed" care facility and does not routinely provide information to insurance companies.