Dr. Masters is a licensed clinical psychologist with experience in private practice, community mental health, and residential treatment settings.  He earned his bachelors and masters degrees in psychology, and obtained his doctorate in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.  His dissertation focused on cognitive psychology in the area of decision-making and diagnosis with DSM-IV.  Additional areas of interest include dissociation, neuroscience, attachment theory, complexity theory, and the integration of current research with contemporary psychoanalysis.

Currently, he is a senior candidate in psychoanalysis at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, working towards a doctoral degree.  His service for the Southwest Psychoanalytic Society includes membership on the Board of Directors, Treasurer, and participation on various committees for that organization.  He is a member of the American Psychological Association.  His professional biography/resume is included in Marquis Who's Who in America, 2007. Earlier in his professional career he was a lecturer in astronomy at the Vanderbilt Planetarium in Long Island, New York. He also pursued an interest in Jazz music, graduating from the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles.  He has a strong interest in the arts.

Dr. Masters was initially trained in behavioral psychology, and worked professionally as a Behavioral Specialist and consultant for the Regional Center system of Southern California.  He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Pederson-Kraig Center in New York where he began supervision and training with psychoanalysts to develop a broader perspective in his clinical work.  This led to his current studies in formal psychoanalytic training at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis.

Currently, Dr. Masters works in a full-time private practice, emphasizing insight oriented and experientially based psychodynamic psychotherapy.  He also practices adult psychoanalysis in conjunction with his training at the ICP.  In addition to working with adults, he has specialties in working with children and adolescents utilizing play therapy, solution-focused, behavioral, and psychoanalytic approaches. He conducts psychotherapy with children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples.  He works with a wide range of clinical disorders and problems, and is available for consultation and supervision.