About Dr. Lee

Dr. D. Lee Stoltzfus (Dr. Lee), the founder and CEO of L.I.F.E. Management Systems, has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Marriage and Family Therapist in Southern California for over 30 years and an Executive and Management Coach for over 25 years. His practice is currently located in the Greater Los Angeles area and serves clients nationwide.

Dr. Lee works with individuals, families, couples, leaders, organizations and teams using an eclectic approach drawn from classical and current, leading edge theoretical orientations, such as psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral, attachment theories and organizational development. He believes that one of the keys to successful coaching and psychotherapy is being really present and available to support the client’s growth and development.

Skill building and homework assignments are also a regular part of his treatment strategies, including journaling, meditation, exercise, assertiveness, and other stress management and self-care skills. These are tailored to meet the specific needs of each client, team or organization.

Since Dr. Lee also has a master’s degree in Theology, he is quite open to the spiritual needs and concerns of his clients, as they many times seek greater meaning, purpose, passion, power, forgiveness, and transcendence in their daily lives. Seeing clients achieve greater integration of mind, body, emotions and spirit, he says, is a true peak experience!

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  • For the past 25 years, Dr. Lee has worked extensively as an organization and management development specialist. Lee has been involved in helping organizations; their leaders, work teams and employees work more collaboratively and effectively.

    He is Senior Executive Coach and served as an adjunct staff member with the world-famous Center for Creative Leadership in San Diego for over 10 years. He also served as Director of Coaching Services and Sr. Vice President at Oaktree Consulting in La Cañada, CA.

    Currently, he is President of his own firm, L.I.F.E. Management Systems, a full-service human development company offering Executive Coaching, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy, Counseling, Consulting, and Training and Development Programs.

    In these venues, Dr. Lee has provided team building, assessment, feedback and coaching to hundreds of supervisors, managers, and executives from publicly traded, closely held, family owned and non-profit corporations such as Unocal, Caterpillar, SBC, AT&T Wireless, Toyota, General Motors, Los Angeles County, the US Forest Service and many others.

  • Dr. Lee is a dynamic, informative and entertaining professional speaker. He has been a featured speaker and workshop leader at national and state conventions for corporate, civic, religious and professional groups.

    Dr. Lee speaks with a down-to-earth viewpoint that mixes a contagious blend of warmth, humor, knowledge and excitement.

    He speaks on such diverse topics as The Keys to Effective Leadership Skills, The Secrets of Winning Teams, Time Management for Personal and Organizational Success, Stress Management, and Managing for Peak Performance. His clients include Fortune 500 companies, closely held and family owned businesses, and professional and trade associations.

    He is a featured author in The Great Communicators, a 300-page anthology on communication and presentation skills published by Royal Publishing in Los Angeles. Dr. Lee was also an expert contributor in the Monrovia Living Magazine.

  • Dr. Lee is the author of several scholarly research reports, journal articles, a weekly newspaper column on Marriage and Family and has been published in the Los Angeles Psychologist Magazine. He has also been a guest on radio and television talk shows in the areas of Marital and Family Enrichment, How to Deal with Difficult People, Managing for Peak Performance, and Growing Your Family Business: A Relative Matter.

    He held a National Teaching Fellowship at Simmons College in Boston before coming to California, where he taught in the Social Science Department at Pasadena City College for five years. He then served as a Clinical Associate Professor at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology in Pasadena for six years.

    Dr. Lee holds both an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology and an M.A.T. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He also earned his M.S. degree in Corporate Communications and Public Relations from Boston University.

  • Dr. Lee has the ability to support and motivate people to take wise risks and produce positive changes. He inspires others to take charge of their life and their work. He believes that any dream can be transformed into reality and that “Relief is spelled RISK.”

    Dr. Lee knows that wise, manageable and appropriate risks lead to the desired RESULTS!

  • American Psychological Association (APA) (Member)

    APA’s Division 13, Society of Consulting Psychology (Member)

    Los Angeles County Psychological Association (Member)

    Glendale Area Mental Health Professionals Association (Member)

    SFV EAPA (San Fernando Valley Employee Assistance Professionals Association) (Board Member)

    Listed in the National Registry of Health Care Providers in Psychology

More Information

To learn more about any of these services offered by L.I.F.E. Management Systems, please contact Dr. D. Lee Stoltzfus at drlee@leestoltzfus.com