Featured Interviews

Neuropsychologist   Dr. Ronald Ruff is a San Francisco-based neuropsychologist with a myriad of psychology degrees – both undergraduate and graduate – from the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Dr. Ruff has also been a post-doctoral research fellow at both Oxford University and Stanford University. Dr. Ruff specializes in working with patients who have sustained traumatic brain injury and the Continue Reading

Transpersonal Psychology There is so much in this world that science still struggles to explain.  What we do know is that the mind is an incredibly powerful and complex part of our humanity.  It is a part of us that has the capability to heal and to shape our paths in life.  Dr. Ellie Zarrabian is a bit of a Continue Reading

Clinical Psychologist Dr. Joe Luciani has been a practicing clinical psychologist for more than thirty years and he specializes in self-coaching. Dr. Luciani earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology and has worked as a special education teacher for the Newark Department of Education, Director of Guidance at Englewood Cliffs College. He’s also the Continue Reading

Spiritual Psychologist We all tend to come face-to-face with our spirituality at some point or another.  Some of us choose to ignore it, others embrace it. However, all of us should at least try to understand spirituality in order to further understand ourselves and our humanity. Dr. Maurice Turmel is a man that has dedicated a large portion of his Continue Reading

Gerontologist Dr. Peter A. Lichtenberg is a clinical psychologist specializing in the field of gerontology who holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Washington University St. Louis and a master’s degree and doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Purdue University. He completed his post-doctoral training at the University of Virginia before beginning his career as an assistant professor in the Continue Reading

Cognitive Psychologist Dr. Scott B. Kaufman earned his bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon in 2003, received his master’s degree in experimental psychology from Cambridge University in 2005 where he was a Gates Cambridge Scholar, and completed his doctorate in cognitive psychology from Yale University in 2009. Now he is an adjunct assistant professor of psychology at New York University, where he teaches Continue Reading

 Psychometrician Dr. Kevin McGrew is the Director and Founder of the Institute for Applied Psychometrics (IAP) and has a master’s degree in School Psychology from Moorhead State University and his doctoral degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. He was a practicing school psychologist for 12 years, spent 10 years as a Professor of Applied Psychology at St. Continue Reading

Child Psychologist Dr. Kim Tompkins received her doctoral degree from The Pacific Graduate School of Psychology – Stanford University Doctor of Psychology Consortium program in 2008 and has been working as a child psychologist in San Francisco for two years. She recently served as Chief Resident at the Department of Psychiatry at Children’s Hospital & Research Center in Oakland and Continue Reading

Consumer Psychologist Adam Ferrier is a Consumer Psychologist with degrees in clinical psychology and marketing and he is also the Founding Partner at Naked Communications. Ferrier began his career working at a maximum security prison in forensic psychology and has since worked everywhere from advertising agencies to marketing consultancies and has even run his own private practice. In 2004, Ferrier Continue Reading

Rehabilitation Psychologist Sacramento Rehabilitation Psychologist Dr. Les Aria has a message for those who might be tempted to believe that rehabilitation psychology is really only counseling work. He explains that to be the best at rehabilitation psychology means going beyond just counseling. "You will need to integrate EMDR, Hypnosis, Biofeedback, and to really truly grasp Cognitive Psychology," Aria said. "Those things Continue Reading