About

Dr. Shirah Bale is a licensed clinical psychologist in Ventura, California. She obtained her doctorate in clinical psychology from California Lutheran University and completed her predoctoral internship in health service psychology at IU Health, Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana. Following her internship, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Community Memorial Health System in Ventura, CA.

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Dr. Bale has extensive experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds in primary care clinics, medical hospitals, and community counseling centers. She employs a warm, interactive, and empathetic approach in her practice, utilizing principles of self-compassion, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral therapy to help her clients gain a more profound understanding of themselves. Working collaboratively, she assists her clients in exploring their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and how they relate to their relationships with themselves, others, and the world.