Charley Lang M.A.

  • Associate Faculty
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • B.A. Liberal Studies
  • M.A. in Psychology
  • Phone: 323-463-4630
  • E-mail: Contact Charley Lang M.A.

Educational History
M.A., Clinical Psychology
Antioch University Los Angeles

B.F.A., Drama
Catholic University of America

Biography
Charley Lang, MFT, has worked collaboratively with individuals, couples and families to fashion new, preferred life-stories for the past fifteen years in his psychotherapy private practice. He is currently Director of the Postmodern Therapy Training Program at the California Family Counseling Center, where he trains and supervises therapists in the many collaborative, resource-oriented practices associated with narrative therapy. As Associate Professor of psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles, he teaches Human Sexuality, Narrative Therapy, Couples Counseling, and Contemporary Theories of Personality, among others. He is also Director of the B.A. Psychology Concentration at Antioch. He was a mental health supervisor for many years at the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena, and is co-author of Narrative Therapy with Couples: Promoting Liberation from Constraining Influences for Wiley & Sons. Always on the lookout for new, inspiring alternative stories, Lang produced and directed the award-winning documentary films Live To Tell: The First Gay & Lesbian Prom in America, Battle for the Tiara, and Gay Cops: Pride Behind the Badge. www.dakotafilmworks.com

Human Sexualities, Contemporary Modes of Counseling, Couples Counseling, Brief Therapy, Introduction to Narrative Therapy, Gay & Lesbian History in Documentary Film, Postmodern Psychotherapies, Personality Theories II

Awards & Recognition
Gay Cops: Pride Behind the Badge (2003): Winner Best Documentary: Provincetown International Film Festival HBO Audience Award, Fire Island Film Festival Grand Jury Prize

Battle For the Tiara (1998): Winner Best Documentary: Outfest Los Angeles, Santa Barbara Film Festival, Sydney Queerdoc International Film Festival

Live To Tell: The First Gay & Lesbian Prom in America (1994): Winner Best Documentary: Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, Outfest Los Angeles, Chicago LGBT Film Festival, National Education Media Award, Cine Golden Eagle Award