Zachary Bein, Psy.D.

Psychologist | Clinical

1401 21st Street R Sacramento California, 95811 Show map

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Dr. Zack Bein is a psychologist in the Dan Brown/David Elliott lineage of clinicians who believe strongly in the “3 pillar” approach to healing relational and attachment difficulty in adults. This method, termed Integrative Attachment Therapy (IAT), involves the use of co-created secure imagery with Ideal Parent Figures (IPF). He also has clinical experience with substance abuse/dependence, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, impulse-control disorders, psychotic disorders, and several personality disorders. His doctoral research was deverloping a mindfulness treatment for post-combat veterans with addiction and posttraumatic symptoms. At the University of California, Berkeley, Zack worked in the schizophrenia lab, examining the relationship between memory, emotions, and negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.

Education and Training

University of Cal, Berkeley BA 2010

CSPP Los Angeles MA 2012

CSPP Los Angeles PSY.D. 2013

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Zachary Bein, Psy.D.

Zachary Bein, Psy.D.'s Expert Contributions

My Latest Posts

The Preoccupied Dilemma
No Room for a Mind of One’s OwnThe Preoccupied DilemmaIf you or someone you know could benefit from this work, please contact us, as we have both one-on-one treatment, groups and workshops, and even self-paced courses.The Preoccupied Attachment StyleThe first of the insecure attachment styles...
Working with Difficult Mind-States
One of the more common questions I get from my clients and students is how to deal with unpleasant emotions and mind states as they arise in meditation and throughout the day. It’s a big question with many right answers. And the answers differ, depending on the context and the client’s...
On Cultivating Positive Emotions
Often, we are driven by emotion in ways we are not even aware of, especially in a time of crisis like we are in now. So, it’s important to spend some time checking in with our emotional experience. This can be done in a very direct way through meditation. By inviting your emotional life into your...
Some Practical Suggestions for How to Take Care of Your Mental Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Some Practical Suggestions for How to Take Care of Your Mental Health During the Coronavirus PandemicIn times of crisis, it becomes important to develop and draw on our inner strength. The forced pause on all of our lives has created a paradigm shift that calls for an entirely new set of priorities...
The Integration of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and the “Three Pillar” Method of Healing Attachment Disturbances in Adults; via Integrative Attachment Therapy (IAT) Zack Bein, Psy.D.
AbstractThe Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) provides valuable information about the patient’s childhood experiences that were problematic for the development of attachment security. This chapter will review the AAI and illustrate its usefulness to the therapist practicing Integrative Attachment...
The Integration of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and the “Three Pillar” Method of Healing Attachment Disturbances in Adults; via Integrative Attachment Therapy (IAT)
The Integration of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and the “Three Pillar” Method of Healing Attachment Disturbances in Adults; via Integrative Attachment Therapy (IAT)Zack Bein, Psy.D.AbstractThe Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) findings provide the Integrative Attachment Therapist (IAT)...

Areas of expertise and specialization

Attachment disturbances in adultschildhood traumaAdult Attachment Interview (AAI)Ideal Parent Figure (IPF)Integrative Attachment Therapy (IAT)Schema Therapy

Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association

Treatments

Traditional psychotherapy, Three Pillars therapy, Ideal Parent Figure (IPF), Integrative Attachment Therapy (IAT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Internships

Tarzana Treatment Center

Fellowships

Sovereign Health of California

Professional Society Memberships

American Psychological Association

Professional Affiliations

Spirit Rock Mediation Center, Awakening Truth Non-Profit

What do you attribute your success to?

I have done decades of work on myself, being exposed to what it is like to be "on the other side of the couch," and have been told that I have an easy-to-warm personality, making my patients feel safe right away.

Areas of research

Adult Attachment Interview (AAI)

Awards

Psy Chi - The International Honors Society in Psychology

Teaching and speaking

Professional PresentationsThe 2023 Changes in the Three Pillar Model Initially Developed by Brown & Elliott, 2016.Many things are evolving in the field right now. One of those things, for example, is that the original 3rd pillar, enhancing collaborative abilities, will now be the 1st pillar, which used to be Remapping the Internal Working Model using Ideal Parent Figures (IPF). Collaboration is going to be the new 1st pillar because of the decades of research that shows that regardless of the intervention, the factor that accounts for the most variance in change is the quality of the relationship between the patient and the therapist. We are not here to teach a technique. This is a psychotherapeutic model and tool, and should be treated as such.Mindfulness Treatments for the Addiction Process2019 Betty Ford West Los AngelesPresented to clinical staff and patientsAdult Attachment Theory Assessment and Treatment2018 Chicago School of Professional Psychology Los AngelesPresented to clinical staff and studentsA Pilot Study of an 8-Week Mindfulness-Based Treatment for Veterans with PTSD and Substance Abuse2014 Alliant International University Los Angeles Presented to Clinical Staff

Favorite Place to Vacation

Thailand

Hobbies / Sports

Jiu Jitsu, making music, working out, being with my fiance

Favorite professional publications

Co-creating secure attachment imagery toenhance relational healingDavid S. ElliottATTACHMENT: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis, Vol. 15, June 2021: pp. 3655.

Areas of research

I am writing a chapter in the upcoming sequel to the seminal text, "Clinical Applications of the Adult Attachment Interview" by Miriam and Howard Steele. I will be detailing how AAI findings are to be shared with patients.