CalPsychiatry Presents: Mindstories Dr. Josephine McNary

Merle Yost is a psychotherapist, author of six books, and teacher. His last book is "Facing the Truth of Your Life", and he is here promoting his new workshop series, "Seven Steps to Powerful Boundaries".
He has been a private practice therapist for over 30 years and specializes in trauma, men sexually abused as children, gynecomastia, and bi and gay heterosexually married men.
After growing up in a cult and being sexually abused as a child, his healing journey led him to help others claim their power and lives. He is an Approved Consultant in EMDR, a San Francisco Gestalt Institute graduate, has a Masters in Counseling Psychology: Transpersonal Specialization, and a BA in Management.
 
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Dr. Jennifer Montesi (mon-teasy) is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a full time private practice in the LA area. She specializes in the treatment of OCD, partner relational problems, and the overlap between couple distress and OCD. She has a particular specialty in treating Relationship OCD (or R-OCD). She spent 2 years working the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and thus is also well-versed in treating trauma, addiction, and the range of anxiety and mood disorders. In her practice, Dr. Montesi focuses on showing up in a way that is both warm and challenging with her clients and emphasizes the therapeutic relationship above all else. In addition to her work with clients, Dr. Montesi is a Clinical Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychology where she supervises doctoral students in their clinical training. In her free time, Dr. Montesi loves being with her 3 young kids, baking, and being outdoors.
 
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Dr. Taylor is a licensed clinical psychologist (CA PSY 29909) who focuses on ways to provide evidence-based, effective, accessible mental health services to specific target populations, from adolescents to Veterans. Her areas of interest include postpartum mental health, anxiety, depression, crisis management and app development.  She has a B.A. in psychology from Stanford University, a Masters of Public Health (Community Health Sciences) from UCLA, and a Psy.D. from the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium. When not at work, Katie spends time eating Baskin Robbins Winter White Chocolate ice cream and chasing her three children (and often doing both of those things simultaneously).
 
Julie Ursic, JD, MSW a licensed attorney and associate clinical social worker in private practice in Hermosa Beach and San Pedro. She specializes in treating perinatal mood disorders including anxiety and depression using evidence based approaches and enjoys working with the pregnant and postpartum populations. She also utilizes CBT-I to help clients experiencing insomnia and sleep difficulties. With her 17 yrs experience at a law firm, Julie has a special interest in working with clients in high stress professions trying to manage the work/life balance. 
Julie completed her B.A. in Communication Studies and minor in Applied Developmental Psychology at UCLA followed by her JD at Loyola Law School and MSW at USC. Julie applies her experience as an attorney and mother of 3 including multiples to provide a behavioral approach to manage the impact of stress, depression, and anxiety on daily life.
 
Katherine Taylor, PsyD, MPH
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Rebecca is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice who focuses on trauma and anxiety. Originally from Chicago, she worked in "the biz" for over ten years before changing careers into psychotherapy. She received her Masters in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University with a focus on Trauma. Rebecca studied various approaches to relational trauma and grief in an effort to create a new integrative approach to intimate safety related wounds.
Rebecca utilizes EMDR with both couples and individuals to address complex and single incident trauma. Somatic approaches are her preferred method for aiding clients with regulation issues. Rebecca has a virtual and in-person practice with a diverse group of associates, all of whom are strength-based and relational. Both in and outside of session, Rebecca utilizes humor and a wellspring of knowledge about sci-fi and fantasy to connect with others.
 
Rebecca Doppelt, LMFT
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Danielle Keenan-Miller, PhD, is a psychological scientist, teacher, and therapist. She spent more than a decade as the director of the UCLA Psychology Clinic, where she trained graduate students in evidence-based psychotherapy. She has written more than a dozen scientific articles, and is the author of the Binge Eating Prevention Workbook. She has a private practice in Los Angeles, CA, where she blends the art and science of psychotherapy.
 
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Meet Rachel Fleischman – licensed social worker, psychotherapist, registered expressive arts therapist, workshop facilitator and speaker who over the last two decades has supported thousands of humans to deepen their creativity, feel understood, and love themselves fiercely. Through her private practice, Bliss Counseling, and a unique movement system she developed called Dance Your Bliss, Rachel works with individuals and couples and has expertise in crisis management, trust, body image, premarital and marital issues, sex therapy, depression, anxiety, life transition, and panic disorder, to name a few.
Fleischman is currently developing new e-books and coursework surrounding; Sleep Health, Body-Centered Psychotherapy and Mindfulness Workshops. She has developed the Relaxed and Real model for psychotherapists. She can regularly be found leading international workshops and programs at conferences, corporate retreats, and wellness centers such as the Esalen Institute, the Omega Institute’s Women and Courage Conference, Canyon Ranch, the Naropa Institute’s Hakomi Conference, the Hollyhock Retreat Center, UCSF Women's Health, Rancho La Puerta Spa, and the International Dance Therapy Conference.
Her sought-after mental health expertise has been featured on numerous podcasts and in magazines such as Verywell Mind, Best Life, Psychology Today, Martha Stewart, and Parade, to name a few.
Rachel also aims to give back to her local community by volunteering at the San Francisco Public Libraries and leads a variety of pro-bono movement activities at organizations such as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
 
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"Your Body Speaks Its Mind" - Stanley Keleman
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