Dr. Josh Lichtman, DO
Biography
Dr. Joshua Lichtman is a dual board-certified psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist with more than 20 years of clinical experience treating a wide range of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Throughout his career, he has worked in and helped develop several programs, including intensive outpatient programs, clinical detoxification facilities, and inpatient residential treatment centers. He has also helped develop community support programs to help with recovery, and he co-wrote the bestselling book, “The Write Method”, which helps patients to include writing as another tool for their recovery.
Dr. Lichtman has extensive expertise in addiction psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and interventional psychiatry, with a particular focus on treatment-resistant mood disorders, co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders, and integrative approaches to mental health treatment. In addition to his work in addiction medicine and psychiatry, he continues to actively practice emergency psychiatry in the Emergency Department at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, where he evaluates and treats acute psychiatric emergencies.
He currently serves as the Substance Use Disorder Medical Director for Clear Behavioral Health, where he specializes in addiction medicine that supports our full continuum of substance use care, including medical detox, inpatient rehab, as well as outpatient addiction and dual diagnosis treatment.
Although Dr. Lichtman primarily focuses on psychiatry, addiction medicine, TMS, and psychopharmacology, he is also trained in multiple modalities of psychotherapy, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), EMDR, and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. He has served as a clinical instructor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and has been recognized as a Southern California Super Doctor for 12 consecutive years (2015–2026). He was also recently inducted into the Southern California Super Doctors Hall of Fame.
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