“We are all the leaves of one tree.
We are all the waves of one sea.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Our team
CONSULTATION, SUPERVISION, TRAINING
Hollie Granato, Ph.D.
Dr. Hollie Granato (she/her) is strongly committed to the training and dissemination of evidence-based practice and has served as a consultant on several large-scale training grants for DBT and CBT. She is eager to provide consultation and supervision related to treatment of PTSD, substance use, and severe emotion dysregulation. She also offers specific training in DBT, CBT, and ACT. Hollie is dedicated to anti-racism and LGBTQ+ affirmative practices in her professional endeavors.
CONSULTATION, SUPERVISION, TRAINING
Christopher Hawkey, Ph.D.
Dr. Christopher Hawkey (he/him) is a DBT-LBC board certified clinical psychologist in California where he owns a CBT/DBT group practice. Christopher has extensive training in evidence-based interventions with a focus on providing CBT and DBT to adolescents, adults, parents, and families. Christopher has provided trainings on CBT, DBT, and FFT in a variety of clinical environments including Duke Hospital’s Inpatient Unit, UCLA Harbor Hospital, CU-Boulder Department of Psychology, and at the LGBTQ+ Centers of Long Beach and Coachella Valley. Christopher takes special interest in serving sexual and gender minorities including women and the LGBTQ+ community.
CONSULTATION, SUPERVISION, TRAINING
Mikaela Kinnear, Ph.D.
Dr. Mikaela Kinnear (she/her) provides consultation, supervision, and training to mental health practitioners in delivering evidence-based intervention to individuals of all ages who identify as being neurodivergent, particularly for children, adolescents, and young adults. She looks forward to offering forthcoming trainings in best practices for adapting current EBTs to accommodate neurodivergence. Consultation, supervision, and trainings with Mikaela are consistent with her behavioral approach to therapy, often involving active learning techniques including participation in skills clinicians are learning to teach clients, modeling therapeutic techniques, and role plays with feedback.
CONSULTATION, SUPERVISION, TRAINING
Amanda Loerinc Guinyard, Ph.D.
Dr. Amanda Loerinc Guinyard (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. She specializes in the delivery of CBT and DBT for adults and adolescents with anxiety disorders, depression, and pervasive emotion dysregulation. She has extensive training in prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy for PTSD and teaching DBT parent skills. Amanda provides training and consultation in CBT to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health professionals both nationally and internationally. Additionally, Amanda provides trainings on the inhibitory learning model and positive affect treatment.
CONSULTATION, SUPERVISION, TRAINING
Andie Murray, Ph.D.
Dr. Andie Murray (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist in California and is certified in CBT by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Andie was intensively trained in DBT during her postdoctoral residency at Harbor-UCLA hospital and was also trained directly by ACT researcher and expert, Dr. John Forsyth. Andie specializes in treating adolescent and adult clients who suffer from borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, and emotion dysregulation. Andie also specializes in treating members of the LGBTQ+ community.
CONSULTATION, SUPERVISION, TRAINING
Laura Rindlaub, Ph.D.
Dr. Laura Rindlaub (she/her) is a clinical psychologist licensed in NJ and NY. Laura specializes in using scientifically supported treatments for a variety of emotional and behavioral difficulties, particularly depression, anxiety, disruptive behaviors, trauma, and personality disorders. She has extensive experience using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with youth, adults, and families and is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). In addition, Dr. Rindlaub has training and experience with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A), and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). She has also led numerous trainings for school-based clinicians in the New York City public schools on the implementation of CBT in schools.
CONSULTATION, SUPERVISION, TRAINING
Sara Schmidt, Ph.D.
Dr. Sara Schmidt (she/her) is a DBT-LBC board certified clinical psychologist in WA and is authorized to practice inter-jurisdictional telepsychology through PSYPACT for individuals residing in participating states. Sara is a recognized expert in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) protocol for PTSD, and regularly provides training and consultation in these treatments both nationally and internationally. Additionally, Sara is the co-developer of the DBT Adherence Checklist for Individual Therapy (DBT AC-I), a tool that can be used by DBT therapists to evaluate the degree to which they are delivering DBT in a way that is consistent with the treatment manual. She has published several peer reviewed articles and book chapters on these topics.