Joanna Poppink, MFT, created this site. Joanna is a California, Florida, Oregon, and Utah psychotherapist, speaker, and author of Healing Your Hungry Heart: recovering from your eating disorder. She specializes in eating disorder recovery for adult women with an emphasis on building a fulfilling life beyond recovery.

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Joanna Poppink, MFT. Joanna is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in eating disorder recovery, stress, PTSD, and adult development.

She is licensed in CA, AZ, OR and FL. Author of the Book: Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder

Appointments are virtual.

For a free telephone consultation, e-mail her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 310-474-4165

Joanna Poppink is a licensed psychotherapist since 1981, serving clients virtually in California, Florida, Oregon and Utah. 

She creates a physical and emotional  professional environment that helps adult women develop psychological health and live successful and satisfying lives. The shared goal is for women to experience joy in their pursuits and their relationships based on a healthy and sturdy sense of self.

Joanna Poppink, MFT, Los Angeles psychotherapist, eating disorder recovery; author of Healing Your Hungry Heart. Licensed in California, Florida, Oregon and Utah.

Professional Associations

• Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
• Allan Schore, Ph.D. Professional Study Group on Affect Regulation
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
• Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA)

Joanna Poppink, private practice psychotherapist

Certificates and Continuing Education Units 

2020                                                                 

Certificate in Ecopsychology...................................................12.0
Andy Fisher, PhD, Craig Chalquist, PhD, Linda Buzzell, MFT
Pacifica Graduate Institute
801 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108
Provider CAMFT Therapists #67021
April 24, 2020

Ethics and Boundary Issues ....................................................5.0
An ethics course
William A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director, CE4Less.com, Inc
APA approved for continuing education
June 12, 2020

Mandatory Abuse Reporting ....................................................1.0
An ethics course
William A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director, CE4Less.com, Inc
APA approved for continuing education
June 17, 2020

Telemental Health Practice........................................................6.0
William A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director, CE4Less.com, Inc
APA approved for continuing education
October 4, 2020

Intimate Partner Violence in Culturally Diverse Groups............3.0
and Special Populations
A cultural competency course
William A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director, CE4Less.com, Inc
APA approved for continuing education
October 4, 2020

Practice with Diverse Populations: ........................................ 2.0
Tools for Cultural Competence
William A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director, CE4Less.com, Inc
APA approved for continuing education
October 4, 2020

Texas State Board of Examinrs of Marriage and Family
Therapists
Jurisprudence Exam 
eStrategy Solutions
October 9, 2020

Certificate of Completion _ AZ Statutes
Center for Credentialing & Education
CCE-Global Learning Management System
October 10, 2020  12:46 a.m.


Preventing Medical Errors: Best Practices for Mental...............2.0
Health Professionals
William A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director, CE4Less.com, Inc
APA approved for continuing education
October 12, 2020

DSM-5: A Comprehensive Overview ........................................5.0
William A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director, CE4Less.com, Inc
APA approved for continuing education
October 12, 2020

Florida Laws and Rules ............................................................3.0
William A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director, CE4Less.com, Inc
APA approved for continuing education
October 12, 2020

The Neurobiology of Substance Use, Misuse, and Addiction.. 1.0
William A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director, CE4Less.com, Inc
APA approved for continuing education
Octoer 16, 2020


2019

Reflection on Bidirectional Influence  ....................................... 2.0
in the Matisse/Picasso Relationship and in Clinical Practice
Linda Carter, MSN, CN
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
January 23, 2019


A Psychological Perspective Events………………...................2.0
:Wolfgang Pauli’s Dreams –The Archetypal Foundation of Science
Gary Sparks, M.A., M. Div.Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
January 25, 2019

A Psychological Perspectives Event: …………………………...4.0
The Psychoid Archetype in Erotic Transference
Gary Sparks, M.A., M.Div
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
January 26, 2019

What Do Our Dreams Tell Us About Ourselves  …...................5.0
That WeDon’t Already Know? An Introduction to 
Jungian Dream Work
Michal Aizenman, M.A.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
March 23, 2019

60 hour Certificate Program in Jungian Studies
Current Topics in Analytical Psychology
CG Jung Institute of Los Angeles
awarded June 18, 2019    not accredited

Taking Your Life Back: Steps …………..........…........……….3.0
 to the Recovery  Of a Personal Journey
James Hollis, Ph.D.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
June 15, 2019

Living Life More Fully  …........................................…………2.0
in the Shadow of Mortality
James Hollis, Ph.D.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
June 14, 2019




2018

Jungian Certificate Program at Jung Institute, 2017-2018 ..................80 credits
Los Angeles, CA  
granted June, 2018
summary: Sept 9, Oct 7, Nov. 18, Dec. 9, 2017
Jan. 20, Feb. 10, Mar. 10, April 14, May 16, June 9, 2018


Psyche's Response to the Intersections of Cultural............................  2.0
Complexes: Mexican-American Male Identity Formation
John Valenzuela, Ph.D.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
March 7, 2018

Global Interdependence v. Social and Political Fragmentation..............2.0
Seth Wigdor Robbins, M.D., M.P.H.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
March 16. 2018

Paradise Lost...Paradise Regained ........................................................2.0
Jacob Zighelboim, Ph.D., Robert Moradi, M.D.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
April 30, 2018

Unexamined Male Libido ....................................................................... 2.0
James Gooch, M.D., JoAnn Culbert-Koehn, LCSW, Barry Miller, PhD
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
April 23, 2018

Reading Goethe' "Faust" from the Point of View of Jung's ......................16.00
Analytical Psychology
J. Gordon Nelson, Ph.D.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
April 4, 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30


Nightmares, a Demonstration - Part 2 ......................................................2.0
Robert Moradi, M.D.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
April 16, 2018

Clinical Conference on Trauma...............................................................,.5.5
Susan Frankel, PhD, Michael Gellert, LCSW,
Sachiko Taki-Reece, EdD, Pamela Power, PhD
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
May 14, 2018

Reclaiming the Lost Soul of the Athlete ................................................. 2.0
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
David Burston, MFT
CE Provider #PCE318
May 18, 2018

Keeping the Pulse ALIVE:  Clinical and Spiritual Exploration in the........2.0
Aftermath of the Orlando Mass Shooting
Naomi Azriel, M.F.T.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
June 15, 2018

Dreams, Buddhist Theory and Individuation: A Dialog ......................  3.0
Master Dingkong, PhD, Patricia Katsky, PhD and
Sylvia Xu, PhD
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
July 2, 2018

Introduction to Jungian Sandplay week-end .......................................10.0
Hariet Friedman, M>A>, Marion Anderson, PhD,
Gita Morena, PhD
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
July 2, 2018

Childhood Innocence: Racial Prejudice and Shaping of Complexes ......3.0
Fanny Brewster, Ph.D.
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
Oct. 6, 2018


Introduction to Sandplay, Part 2 .............................................................10.00
Harriet Friedman, MFT, Marion Anderson, Ph.D,
Gita Morena, Ph.D, MFT
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
Oct. 26 & 27, 2018

Ethics and Boundary Issues - 2018 ..........................................................3.00
Ce4Less.com Provider # 1115
William A. Cook, Ph.D. Director
Nov. 16, 2018

Suicide Assessment and Treatment ........................................................3.00
Ce4Less.com Provider # 1115
William A. Cook, Ph.D. Director
Nov. 16, 2018

Our Ecological Self: Restoring the Bond between ................................... 3.00
Inner and Outer Nature
Shanti Mayberry, HHP, PhD
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
November 19, 2018

The 'As If' Personality and the Deadened Mother ................................... 4.00
Susan Schwartz, PhD
Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA
CE Provider #PCE318
December 15, 2018


2017



Eating Disorders Program – Session IIB ……………………………………7.5
Driven to Excess: Altered States of Bopdy and Mind
Margaret A. Fetting, PhD
LAISPS Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalysis
Provider # PCE311
Weekly on Thursdays 1/5 – 2/2/17