{"formatVersion":"1.1","id":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/marina-edelman","path":"/people/marina-edelman","url":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/marina-edelman","title":"Marina Edelman, M.A.","family":"People profile","description":"Marina Edelman, MA is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern specializing in financial therapy and relationship issues.","language":"en-US","access":{"audience":"public","indexable":true},"provenance":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/marina-edelman","wordpressId":"6436","contentCompleteness":"complete","dateScope":"original-source"},"authors":[],"dates":{"datePublished":"2024-05-31T21:19:16Z","dateModified":"2025-07-31T21:35:56Z"},"content":{"html":"<nav class=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/\">Home</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people\">People</a></li><li><span aria-current=\"page\">Marina Edelman</span></li></ol></nav><div class=\"people-profile\" data-profile-template=\"person\" data-default-profile-view=\"contributions\"><header class=\"person-header\"><div class=\"person-overview\"><div class=\"person-identity\"><h1>Marina Edelman, M.A.</h1><p class=\"person-role\">Writer</p><p class=\"person-credentials\"><span class=\"person-credential-group\" data-credential-kind=\"degrees\">M.A.</span></p></div></div><img class=\"person-avatar\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/3587a7729f78ac15e318f3a7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" decoding=\"async\"></header><p class=\"person-summary\">Marina Edelman is a Marriage and Family Therapist with over 18 years of experience oinproviding therapy to individuals, couples, and families.</p><nav class=\"person-nav person-actions\" aria-label=\"Person profile\" role=\"tablist\"><a id=\"tab-about\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/marina-edelman#about\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"about\" aria-selected=\"true\">About</a><a id=\"tab-contributions\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/marina-edelman#contributions\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"contributions\" aria-selected=\"false\">Contributions</a></nav><div class=\"person-body\"><div class=\"person-content\"><div class=\"person-main\"><section id=\"about\" class=\"person-panel person-view\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-about\" tabindex=\"0\"><p>Marina Edelman, M.A. is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern in private practice in Westlake Village, CA and is a member of CAMFT. Marina gained her master's degree in psychology from Phillips Graduate Institute. She has been featured in broadcast, print and as a speaker on mental health topics.</p>\n<p>Marina utilizes a solution focused approach to therapy, which recognizes the individual as a whole. All aspects of the person are considered: behavior, cognition, beliefs, body sensations, imagining, and dreams. She holds the position that the client is the expert and her role is to be a facilitator to bring about a sense of awareness, improving the individual's contact with oneself and one's environment.</p><section><h2 id=\"education\">Education</h2><p>Phillips Graduate University<br>Master of Arts (MA), Psychology<br>2002 - 2004</p>\n<p>Temple University<br>Bachelor's Degree, Accounting and Finance<br>1989 - 1993</p></section><section class=\"person-regional-communities\" aria-labelledby=\"local-communities\"><h2 id=\"local-communities\">Local Communities</h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/local/westlake-village-ca\">Westlake Village, CA</a></li></ul></section><section class=\"person-related-communities\" id=\"topic-communities\" aria-labelledby=\"topic-communities-heading\"><h2 id=\"topic-communities-heading\">Topic Communities</h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/community/family-health\">Family Health</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/community/marriage\">Marriage</a></li></ul></section><section data-reference-list=\"\" data-reference-style=\"author-date-title-source\" class=\"article-sources\"><h2 id=\"references\">References</h2><ol><li id=\"private-practice-website\" value=\"1\" data-reference-number=\"1\" data-reference-format=\"393\"><em class=\"reference-title\">Marina Edelman.</em> (n.d.). 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