Featured Interviews

Therapist / Clinical Psychologist In addition to being a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a published author, media commentator, and one of Dr. Oz’s featured experts. In 2003 she received two prestigious awards; the “Emerging Scholar” Award presented by the American Association of University Women and the CSULA Continue Reading

Clinical Psychologist Shaelyn Pham, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist who is also an author, coach, and speaker. She earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the California Graduate Institute, and has been in practice for over 10 years. It was during her decade of practice that Pham founded her company: “Psychological Services and Holistic Health, Inc.” (PSHH) and succeeded Continue Reading

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Carly DeCotiis, MA, NCC, LPC, ACS, made the decision to become a counselor when she was a senior in high school. Due to significant struggles she had with a close family member, she learned as a teenager what it felt like to be on “the other side of the couch.” As a young person, DeCotiis believed that Continue Reading

Clinical Social Worker / Psychotherapist Careers in psychology vary greatly (even within a specific field)…one moment you could be discussing relationship issues with a patient, and then spend the next day hosting a cable television show. These are just some of the things that Pandora MacLean-Hoover has done so far throughout her psychology career. MacLean-Hoover is a clinical social worker Continue Reading

Clinical Psychologist Psychologists not only work in an office setting, but also encounter a variety of opportunities to spread their wings in other arenas. As a clinical psychologist and certified life coach specializing in relationships, Dr. John Duffy has been in private practice for the past 15 years. Over the course of his career, Duffy has published a book, and Continue Reading

Eating Disorder Therapist Some therapists see a wide variety of client issues during their work, then there are therapists like Sarah Blake who work with a specific set of clients on a very specific issue. Blake has always been sure she liked helping others and she was pretty sure even as a young girl that she wanted to work with Continue Reading

Career Counselor All it took was a volunteer match service and a short stint teaching job search classes to low-income clients for Janet Scarborough Civitelli to realize that career counseling was what she wanted to do. Now she runs her own successful career counseling business, maintains an informational and helpful website, and is set to publish her first book sometime Continue Reading

Sex Psychologist In a buttoned-up profession like psychology, it's not rare to find psychologists with a sense of humor, but it can be difficult to find psychologists who are trying it out as a second career. Dr. Brian is a rare individual who can easily use psychology jargon when called upon, but would prefer to work the room at some Continue Reading

Substance Abuse Counselor CASACs (Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselors) often go into the industry with the goal of helping people with their addictions.  Addiction can be an amazingly difficult problem to treat.  It often takes a strong minded, experienced counselor to  help patients find their way through this sort of issue. Donna Mae Depola's story comes from a place Continue Reading

Sex Therapist To many of us, and to society in general sex is often quite a taboo subject.   There is nothing necessarily embarrassing about a person's sex life, but it tends to be a very private matter that many people simply do not like to discuss. Dr. Rachel Needle works as a Sex Therapist.  Her work as a psychologist Continue Reading