About Kelsey Milano
I am a Registered Associate Marriage & Family Therapist (#132945) working under the supervision of Margaret J. Bezucha, LMFT (#100194).
I received my B.A. in Theater Arts at UCLA and I earned my Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute’s Depth Psychology program. For my graduate thesis, I published my research on the failures of the binaries in the medical and mental-health systems serving Trans* patients, and the contemporary psychoanalytic theories aiming to answer these failures. As a Trainee at Counseling West, I received comprehensive training in areas of adult attachment presentation and asset-based counselling. Next, I worked at Valley Community Counseling Clinic, which provided extensive clinical guidance in classical and contemporary psychoanalytic theory and therapy techniques. At the Los Angeles Institute and Society of Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS) I completed the Altered States of Body and Mind program, examining eating disorders, addictions and compulsions through a contemporary psychoanalytic lens. I continue to seek learning opportunities with the circumstances and needs of my patients in mind.
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2023-present
Scholars Committee Co-Chair
Early Career Committee member
Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies,
2021-2024
Former member of the Student Society and Community Relations Committee
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The Scholars Program helps early career professionals connect with multiple areas of interest within SPPP and providing opportunities for cross-committee engagement, mentorship, and research.
Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis Adult Psychoanalytic Fellowship
The Psychoanalytic Fellowship Program is designed for individualswho have a significant interest in psychoanalysis as a body of knowledge and as a framework with which to understand and carry out therapeutic efforts.
The Combined Fellowship Program focuses on the study of psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory and technique as a body of knowledge and framework to help understand and carry out therapeutic work with children, adolescents and their families.
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Dignity Health-Glendale Memorial Hospital, Volunteer
Organized and participated in a weekly panel for patients with histories of substance abuse, who were interested in recovery tools and education.
826 LA, Volunteer
Mentored and supported teenagers with their schoolwork and other interests, as well as read to young children on weekends, to encourage literacy and creativity outside of theinstitutional framework.
Los Angeles Unified School District, Substitute Teacher, English and Language Arts
Taught English Composition and Language Arts as a long-term substitute teacher (30+ days) to Junior and Senior level averaging 30 students per class, six classes a day. This also included grading, revising the syllabus to meet accreditation standards, and created interdisciplinary/comparative writing projects.