Dr. Darlene Viggiano

Dr. Darlene Viggiano is a clinical psychologist and experienced marriage and family therapist based in California. She earned a PhD in Psychology from Saybrook University in 2010 after completing a master’s degree in Psychology at National University in 1995. She holds a California license to practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist (CA LMFT 35420) and brings 18 years of clinical experience to her work; her license dates back to 1999.

Over the course of her career she has served as an Intensive Outpatient Program clinician, a case manager, and a clinical lead supervisor. She has also trained paraprofessionals and students in therapeutic methods for working with abuse, addiction, and related clinical concerns.

Her clinical work has included treating Adults Molested as Children, offering Batterers’ Intervention, supporting people with Dual Diagnosis, and addressing infidelity and perinatal substance abuse. She has facilitated programs in Anger Management and Couples Communication, and she integrates Clinical Hypnosis and mindful movement into treatment when appropriate.

Dr. Viggiano holds certification in Clinical Hypnosis from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and early in her career earned certification in the Duluth Model for Batterers’ Intervention. She has presented workshops in Jungian and Transpersonal Psychology and is the author of two academic books: Dreams and Dream-like Experiences: Their role in spiritual emergence processes, and Carrying On: A workbook for women who’ve lost a pregnancy.

She is a member of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and has previously been involved with the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the American Psychological Association Division 30 (Hypnosis), from which she received an Early Career Contribution Award.