Linda Arbiter
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Linda Arbiter, MA, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California. She is certified in the treatment of addictions, domestic violence and sexual trauma.
Masquerading as a survival tool, addiction wears many masks: drug addiction, alcoholism, gambling, internet addiction, sex addiction, eating disorders, cutting and many more. Linda’s practice focuses on the effect that addiction has on relationships. Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment Theory and the principles of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, Linda helps clients to repair, build and maintain healthy relationships with oneself, with family members, with co-workers, with significant others and with peers.
Ms. Arbiter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Magna Cum Laude. She has earned a Master’s Degree in Public Health from California State University, Northridge and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles. She has spent the past five years as a clinician in addiction treatment with adolescents, adults and seniors facilitating individual, group and family therapy. She is currently working with emotionally and behaviorally challenged adolescents and their family members.
Linda is member of CAMFT (California Assoc. of Marriage and Family Therapists), AAMFT (American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists), CAADE (California Assoc. of Alcohol and Drug Educators), AYARN (Adolescent and Young Adult Addiction Resource Network) and WAAT (Women’s Association of Addiction Therapists).