My Approach

Harry Stark, Ph.D.

Helping you reach your full potential

It’s not enough to achieve.  You are better when you know why you want to achieve.

A Guiding Philosophy for a Person’s Life

I have extensive understanding of and experience with both chronic and situational challenges (like anxiety and depression).  Additionally, I use clear theory and evidence-driven techniques to work with people coping with relationship, substance related, and mood related issues.

We all seek ways to experience ourselves moving forward toward goals that matter to us.  Some aspects of life can get neglected due to various forms of stress or just not being aware there are things to think about or pursue. These aspects of life focus on:

  • Relating with someone in the most genuine way one can.
  • Relating with your social environment.
  • Relating with your own creative productivity.
  • Relating with your Self.

Achieving goals in these areas of life can be challenging when you know you have to balance those goals with self-care and self-respect.

A combination of increased awareness of your own actions, new adaptive attitudes and skills, as well as identified healthy goals will be developed to build the courage to achieve fulfillment.  This will include seeing yourself in a valued and respectful manner and acting in a way consistent with that view.

Focusing on Solutions

How we see ourselves and the world around us...

…influences our beliefs, experiences, and choices.  Changing any beliefs, experiences, or choices, starts with experiencing ourselves and the environment differently.  That might mean finding new meaning in our experiences or developing healthy relationships that will promote growth and encouragement, which leads to change in actions.  Psychotherapy creates new experiences and promotes these changes.

Recovery and Growth

Changing course in life requires Awareness and Effort combined with a Plan.  As long as Awareness, Effort, and a Plan are in play, Progress is achieved and with it, Connection, Satisfaction, and Meaning.  Psychotherapy is designed to advance a person’s healthy growth.

Contact Dr. Stark Today

Contact Dr. Stark

Street Address:

20301 Ventura Blvd.

Suite 309

Woodland Hills, CA 91364

(818) 825-2743

info@drharrystark.com

Harry Stark, Ph.D. • 20301 Ventura Blvd. #309 • Woodland Hills, CA 91364
T: (818) 825-2743 • E: info@drharrystark.com