Dr. Hekman is a licensed psychologist who provides psychoanalytic psychotherapy to adults, couples and older adolescents. She is also a trained psychoanalyst and provides psychoanalysis to both adult men and women.

1141 Arden Road
Pasadena, CA 91106-4143
Phone 626.796.6672
​License PSY 9791
Email [email protected]

Dr. Carol Hekman

Dr. Hekman has practiced psychotherapy for over 30 years. She received her BA in Psychology from UCLA and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology. Her first full-time internship was at the VA Hospital in Long Beach, CA, with an emphasis in medical-neuropsychology.  She completed a second full-time internship at the USC Medical Center, with a focus on  psychoanalytic psychotherapy.  Dr. Hekman received a doctorate (Psy.D.) in psychoanalysis from the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, now the New Center for Psychoanalysis, where she is a core faculty member and a training and supervising analyst.

Dr. Hekman is certified by the American Psychoanalytic Association as a Training and Supervising analyst and is a Fellow of the American Board of Psychoanalysis. 

 

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Information about:
Individual Psychotherapy
Couples Therapy
Psychoanalysis

My Practice
My treatment approach is patient centered which means I  focus my attention on the emotional experience of the individual.   My psychotherapy practice consists of individual men, women and older adolescents.  I also offer couples therapy to individuals in various partner  relationships. My training as a psychoanalyst allows me to provide people with an opportunity to work more intensely in formal psychoanalysis.  I strive to appreciate the unique individual and  work to create a collaborative, respectful and interactive relationship with my patients.  In an environment  of trust and confidentiality, I work to help individuals and couples discover and change aspects of themselves that interfere with their finding satisfaction in  love and work.