Dr. Michael Franzblau MD. I first met him at the Academy of Magical Art... yes, he is not only a magician with cards and prestidigitation but, is a great Doctor who helped me through some very emotional and hard time in my life with depression, anxiety, and stress. He also has become a friend. If you need some serious counseling and help in everyday challenging situations like I did. He is the number one man on my list. His love for his patients are great, he is soft spoken and to the point. He will also uses hypnosis to open up you inner self. Who knows he might even use a magical effect to help you with your problems. He believes in alternative help with maybe an ERA four legged friend, to calm your anxiety and stress... ours is a cat named Sophie our ERA[emotional support animal]. See photos below of myself performing magic as stress relieving and our stress relieving animal Sophie. It is amazing who these things and help to keep your mind on something else besides anxiety, stress and depression. It is better for me then having to take medications that can cause other situations...and besides these are not addictive like some meds can be. Thank you Doctor for all your suppose, magic, and help. If it was for you in my trying times who knows what would have happened to me. read more

Michael Franzblau, MD - I am also a magician and Dr. Michael used his doctor magic on me. - Psychiatrists Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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ha i tried to post more than one photo,... only this came through. im not walking as much as you mentioned i should try but i did leave the house today and drinking energy drinks (as alwsys, it helps!!) what can i say thanks for being around and always supportive and an active runner & a writer! hear, hear! i'll try walking more and leaving the house more -- anyway!! therapy session!! i meant to say -- YOU'RE GREAT!! and everyone should go to you or at least try and meet with you at least once, give you a shot! try to work it out; even price wise! He (you) gave me a free visit for my birthday and since ive been a longtime client - and even after my payment plan of oweing him after 2-3 years!!! i know!! a very long time!! it was during covid / after / well i had just paid my last bill! anyway, super sweet :) okay well - just wanted to say he was a blessing. really a nice guy. and thank you Dr. Franzblau read more

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Michael Franzblau is one of the most brilliant and thoughtful analysts I ever had the pleasure to meet I've had several different therapists -more than a few and Michael is beyond effective. he's so sensitive and so smart and so knows his stuff that I recommend him to anyone who has any kind of problem read more

Amazing doctor. Strongly recommended him. Love his attitude and you'll learning a lot. He's helping me walk through a really difficult time.

Dr. Franzblau is exceptional at what he does. I find value in our sessions as he is a very knowledgeable and wise man. I had not tried hypnosis before, yet I gave it a try with Dr. Franzblau and it helped me tremendously with physical and psychological symptoms. I definitely recommend him. read more

Dr. Franzblau is an exceptionally brilliant professional. He is very detail oriented, was interested to learn the smallest and deepest details about my life and the issues that brought me to him. He is a very knowledgeable, wise, and insightful. I gave hypnotherapy a try with Dr. Franzblau and it seemed helpful, although I may need more sessions. I definitely recommend him. read more

Excellent. Helpful amusing. Available. Responds to email. Therapy does not stop in the office visit. No insurance accepted. In a private home w no annoying secretaries etc. street parking always read more

I have been struggling with depression for a while before seeing Dr. Franzblau. My previous doctor was contracted with my insurance and when I lost it, I had to find another doctor. This was a gift from the Universe! After seeing so many doctors, I finally met a true professional with a mission to help others in pain. He saved my life and I will be grateful forever. I miss our sessions and I hope, I can see him, again (sans depression). He definitely deserves more than 5 stars. He is one of the best doctors I have ever met and I could not recommend him more. If you suffer from any mental issues, do yourself a favor and see Dr. Franzblau. You will get your life back. read more

I went to Dr. Franzblau years ago because all of a sudden, after having been a world traveler my whole life, I had a panic attack getting on an airplane. As soon as I landed back in LA I called an old therapist in hopes that she might have a recommendation for a hypnotherapy genius. She said "Not only do I have a recommendation...he's the best!" In one session the multi-layered issue was almost gone. In two or three sessions it was a thing of the past. I have sent a few friends to him and they all agree with me. Dr. Franzblau is an inspiration. Dr. Franzblau keeps it light while keeping it deep. He gets you as far down as you need to dive while also reminding you that life really is truly worthy of celebration. He will get you to the place where you remember that. read more

This man is a true gem. He isn't one of those docs with a loose pen for prescription drugs and send me on my way. He actually cares. He has a way with people, and quite honestly, he is a healer of the soul. read more

I've known many therapists over the years, and I have to say Michael really stands out. He's empathetic, intelligent and intuitive - frankly, these traits are missing from far to many of the Doctors I've worked with. And it made it a real joy to drive to Beverly Hills and work with Michael. In addition, Michael's skillful use of hypnosis in our sessions not only convinced my of the viability of that technique - but of it's real relevance in helping us get in touch with, as Dr. Franzblau says, "The hidden pathways of the mind". Through working with Michael, I was able to get a much better grasp on the hidden levers that control my own behavior. And frankly, who WOULDN'T want THAT? read more

I have never written a Yelp review before, but I feel compelled to sing Dr. Franzblau's praises from the top of a lighthouse. This man is one of the most remarkable human beings I have ever met. . I have struggled with a mood disorder and anxiety for 30 years, and have been seen by psychiatrists for the past 15. I have been treated by a number of different doctors over the years, and thought I knew the difference between a "good" psychiatrist and a "bad" psychiatrist. . Well, Dr. Franzblau blew the curve. The depth of his caring, knowledge and insight is staggering - no, "staggering" doesn't capture it. . That's just it - aside from prescribing medication (which he does, too), he works in the areas of the mind that go beyond words. Using anecdotes, jokes, and even magic tricks (!), he unravels the threads of early childhood experience in ways that actually heal - not just treat symptoms. . In the few months that I have been seeing him, I have rediscovered myself - and liked what I found. . He does not take insurance directly, and submitting the statements he provides to my insurance is a bit of a pain, but it is sooooo worth it. . If you are looking for a mental health provider, do yourself a favor and call him. read more

I am a physician specialist who developed hyperacusis and tinnitus about 2 1/2 years ago as an adverse side effect of medications. I was advised by 2 ENT surgeons that there was no good treatment for this condition and I must learn to live with it. The neuro-otologists said that there are some things that can improve tinnitus including a low sodium diet and sometimes steroid therapy as well as hearing aids. I searched the literature and began to find some things that were helpful and many that were not. I am pleased to say that hypnosis has been very helpful for me. I have been treated by 2 prior therapists who definitely helped me but eventually the improvement reached a plateau and I stopped after about a year. I met Dr. Michael Franzblau at the Los Angeles Tinnitus Support Group that has meetings at the UCLA medical plaza. He is very insightful and compassionate and I learned that he is a psychiatrist who specializes in psychotherapy psychoanalysis and hypnotherapy. I decided to ask him to use hypnosis to try to further improve my tinnitus with several goals in mind. My first goal was to try to sleep longer each night because when I wake in the middle of the night my tinnitus is the loudest and it is often difficult to go back to sleep. I also wanted to record the hypnosis sessions so that I could replay them at night when I wanted to go to sleep. My second goal was to further reduce the intensity of the tinnitus or the annoyance factor. I also wanted to decrease the use of ear phones and recorded sounds that help mask the tinnitus. My third goal was to be able to improve a ventricular arrhythmia. I could benefit from taking a beta blocker but each time I tried my tinnitus would get worse. I decided to ask Dr. Franzblau if he could help me with the abnormal cardiac rhythm and to be able to take a beta blocker without increasing my tinnitus. I had 5 sessions of evaluation and hypnosis. The first 2 were effective in allowing me to take the beta blocker without increasing my tinnitus. The 4th session has been the most effective at allowing me to sleep quickly and for a longer duration increasing from an average of 3-4 hours to an average of 6-8 hours. I now rarely wake up before daylight. I also noted a general reduction in my tinnitus intensity which I abbreviate as Ti in my daily record. I now have entire days when my Ti0-1 which is when I can barely hear it and I have periods when I don't notice it at all. I have not had to repeat the other recorded sessions and I use the 4th hypnosis session every night. I am very pleased with his use of hypnotherapy for my tinnitus and I found Dr. Fransblau to be highly skilled thorough and compassionate. These are the highest compliments that I believe I can give to another physician. I will always be grateful for his skill and care and I expect that there may be other times when I will ask for his help in the future. read more

Although I have not seen Dr. Michael Franzblau in some 35 years his kind and compassionate care saved my life. I was first recommended to him when I had no income or insurance, his response was, "your recovery comes first". I was his patient and He stayed with me for over a year and a half. Dr. Franzblau is a scholar, a natural born healer, and the most caring individual. read more

A few sessions of hynotherapy with Dr. Franzblau have helped me enormously with my tinnitus. It was making me very anxious, but now the anxiety is gone, and I hardly notice the tinnitus at all. If i do, i can "switch" my attention elsewhere very easily. read more

Dr. Michael Franzblau is an extremely effective hypnotherapist. He uses his many years of experience in the field of psychiatry to achieve his goal of reducing his patients' pain. He has been successful in reducing the various pains I have been experiencing for at least 38 years, including those caused by a 40 foot fall, three open heart surgeries, post operatic neuropathy, tendonitis, and arthritis. Dr. Franzblau has given me back my spirit, by giving me a real working alternative to the required opiates. He reduced some enormous pains I experience as outcomes of a very long series of accidents and operations to nearly nothing. Dr. Franzblau and the recordings he made for me, are giving me many near pain free days, as well as nights of true sleep, and a renewed interest in living life to its fullest. Everything may have started with a ledge giving way at Black Star Canyon waterfall and 'landing' 40 feet lower shattering my hip on a boulder in February '75 ... After eight weeks in traction for broken hip and pelvis, an infection may have been pulled in when pins were removed. This infection eventually settled on my aortic heart valve. That valve was replaced twice; with a xenograph in '77 and later with a St. Jude mechanical valve in '87. The later causes me to have to take the anticoagulant Coumadin daily. Following my psoas major muscle failing June 1st of 2010 , and because of that not being able to lift my right knee more than about 5 degrees, I fell in my home and was hit by my walker. This resulted in compartment syndrome in my right thigh, doctors equate compartment syndrome pain to the pain experienced at childbirth. The doctors that wanted to treat this extreme pain had a very hard time diagnosing it correctly, because I was not able to lift my right knee due to the above falling of my right psoas major. This psoas major injury was actually not even vaguely diagnosed until February of 2013. However its symptoms camouflaged the described standard symptoms of compartment syndrome until the doctor walked in at a pain spike resulting from the Dilaudid medication running out. At that time they decided that the pain and swelling was caused by compartment syndrome (2 compartments), and an emergency decompression fasciotomy was performed (08/15/10). The predicted 18 month recovery period for this surgery turned out to be much longer. This may have been caused by still not being able to walk without a cane, and physical therapy not being possible, since "I don't have a leg to stand on" due to the psoas major still being atrophied, and an enormous, open heart operation. The later had resulted from the very thorough pre-artificial hip revision operation check at Harbor UCLA. The echocardiogram showed a very large aortic aneurysm (7.8 cm) and dissection (7/06/'11). This aneurysm and dissection was operated on by another amazing doctor, the chair of cardio-thoracic surgery at Harbor UCLA (11/15/'11). Since this last operation, my pains have included neuropathy of the compartment fasciotomy scar; arthritic pain near the vertebral column after having the rib cage forced open for more than ten hours, neuropathy at the open heart surgery's bypass scar that needed to be in the left groin (cardiac operation on the aorta does require that bypass to occur far away from the worksite); pain around the '06 total hip implant that replaced the badly broken original; and arthritic pain still occurring in the right shoulder on which I landed during the fall that many years ago. Even though I still need to take the daily doses of medication prescribed by the Harbor UCLA pain clinic, Dr. Michael has made it possible to WANTto get up and enjoy each day without taking the break-through medication that were required to survive physically, as well as mentally. read more