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PsychAlive

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Sarah Adams is a social worker in Santa Barbara, CA. She earned her Master of Arts in Social Work at the University of Southern California and now works with youth and teenagers in Santa Barbara. Read More

Steven Aitchison

Steven Aitchison is the UK's top personal development blogger. He has a BSc in Psychology. He has written several books and guides for personal development. You can read more about Steven through his blog Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life. Read More

Diana Alonso

Diana Alonso is currently a senior at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she is pursuing a degree in Psychology. She is currently a Friday Night Live intern at the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. As an intern, she works with the youth at educating... Read More

Jo Barrington

Born in Washington D.C., Jo Barrington now lives in Santa Barbara, California. She has been interested in psychological ideas and theory from early in her life and for the last 26 years she has edited psychological books and videos, with a little creative writing on the side! Read More

Sam Bean

Samantha Bean is a student at the University of California Santa Barbara. Finishing up a degree in Comparative Literature and Professional Writing, Bean is pursuing the career path she has devoted herself to since she was a child: writing. She writes for PsychAlive as well as interns at the Santa Barbara Independent, and has her sights set on advocacy writing for social justice. Read More

Sonali Beaven

Sonali Beaven is a student in pursuit of a degree in both psychology and women’s and gender studies. She is currently a volunteer at CALM working with children who have endured trauma. She has also been certified in domestic violence counseling and youth psychological first aid. She aims one day to have a career in clinical psychology. Read More

Fred Branfman

Fred Branfman is a writer and political activist who only began studying his psychology in his ‘50s. He’d advise anyone to do it in their 20s, but has also found it’s never too late to start. He has found the ideas presented in Psychalive.org have vastly improved his energy and... Read More

Natalie Buchwald, LMHC

Natalie Buchwald, LMHC is the founder and clinical director of Manhattan Mental Health Counseling. As a practitioner of holistic psychotherapy, Natalie’s treatment approach places an emphasis on the mind-body relationship and is both experiential and pragmatic. Read More

Jason Chapman

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Marcus Clarke

Marcus has a degree in psychology, a master's degree in health psychology, he is a writer at Writerzone and has worked within the NHS as well as private organizations. Marcus started psysci a psychology and science blog in order to disseminate research into bitesize, meaningful and helpful resources that are interesting and insightful and often help people on the right track to improving their lives. Read More

Angelina Cruz

Angelina Cruz is a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara majoring in psychology. She works in the Vision Lab for the psychological and brain sciences department at UCSB, and volunteers at the Goleta Valley Hospital taking care of the elderly. Her goal is to use her... Read More

Caroline DeLoreto

Caroline DeLoreto, MFT, MA in Education and M.A. in Clinical Psychology, lives happily with her partner Adam in Santa Barbara, CA. She is the author of the children’s book, The Yawn That Went Around the World. She has worked as a Learning Specialist, Life Skills Teacher... Read More

Lena Firestone

Lena Firestone is a writer and new media specialist. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Irvine. She currently works at PsychAlive.org and leads private writing workshops in Santa Barbara, CA. Read More

Naomi Firestone

Naomi Firestone is writer, who blogs for the Huffington Post. She is interested in psychology and child development. Read More

Tamsen Firestone

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Sara Firestone, M.A., LMFT

Sara Firestone is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist working in private practice in Santa Barbara. Sara is experienced working with children, adolescents, and families, including parents experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety. Read More

Sarah Fraser

Sarah Fraser is an international executive coach and workshop facilitator at her London-based company, Happiness Express. She holds a diploma in Personal Performance Coaching, is a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and a certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)... Read More

Cameron Gordon

Cameron Gordon is a student at the University of California at Santa Barbara pursuing a double major in English and Spanish. Both passionate about writing and promoting the importance of mental health, Gordon aspires to attain a career centered around writing and education. Read More

Agnes Green

Agnes Green is a researcher for the sleep science hub Tuck Sleep. She holds two master’s degrees in the social sciences from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. She sleeps most soundly after a kettlebell workout, on a medium-firm mattress, to the sound of a drizzle wafting in through a cracked window in Portland, Oregon. Read More

Randi Gunther

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Melissa Haberman

Melissa got a Master’s degree in counseling and runs a small practice out of her home in the Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes about relationships and the power of positive thinking and living for a number of blogs. Read More

Doron Hafner

While writing mostly for Vision, Belief, Change that inspires people to live the life they want, the author is a certified NLP personal and business coach, experienced working with both entrepreneurs and business owners, and serving as a rehabilitation coach in a psychiatric institute. Read More

Kevin Hines

Kevin Hines is a speaker, author and advocate for mental and behavioral health. He is one of 33 Golden Gate Bridge jump survivors. He is the sole survivor actively spreading the message of living mentally well and the prevention of suicide. Kevin has spoken to over 300,000 people... Read More

Tyler Jacobson

Tyler is an experienced researcher and writer for organizations that help troubled teen boys. His writing offers real life experiences, humor, and hope for parents of difficult teens. Tyler enjoys bringing honest solutions to families looking for ways to heal. He helps parents by writing valuable information on topics such as education, social media use, behavioral and mental disorders, as well as addiction, Tyler has helped hundreds of families in need... Read More

Elise Jamison

Elise Jamison is an 18 year old from Canfield, Ohio. She will be attending the university of South Carolina honors college in the fall. Read More

Kristina Jansen

Kristina “Kristy” Jansen is Chief Content Officer at the Optimist Daily, a free positive news-service delivering solutions news to your inbox every day. She also produces a weekly radio show, Solutions News and serves as Chief of Staff at the Optimist Daily’s publishing partner, the World Business Academy. She holds a master’s degree in Psychological Anthropology from the University of California, San Diego and an undergraduate degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Read More

Mike Jones

Mike Jones is interested in alternative remedies and natural beauty. He writes on these topics for https://homeremedyshop.com/. Also, Mike wants to transition to raw-veganism so he's always checking for new health benefits of veggies and fruits. Mike is very active on Facebook and Twitter. Read More

Carolyn Joyce

Carolyn Joyce joined PsychAlive in 2009, after receiving her M.A. in journalism from the University of Southern California. Her interest in psychology led her to pursue writing in the field of mental health education and awareness. Carolyn’s training in multimedia reporting... Read More

Philip Karahassan

Philip Karahassan is a Psychotherapist and the founder of www.TherapyIn.London with a private practice in Cavendish Square, Central London. His blog, Philip on tech (www.philipontech.wordpress.com) has concerned itself with how the willingness and need to adopt technology into our lives has affected the society... Read More

Yael Kent

Yael Kent is a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara majoring in psychology and global studies. Yael is actively involved in intimacy and relationship research and works in the Close Relationships Lab for UCSB’s psychology department. Yael also works on campus at the UCSB... Read More

Gloria Kopp

Gloria Kopp is a psychology writer at Bigassignments. She loves writing about health, yoga and psychology, and is working on her Studydemic educational blog. Gloria is a regular contributor at Microsoft and Australian Help blogs.
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Avigail Lev, PsyD.

Avigail Lev, PsyD, is a psychotherapist, author, and executive coach in the Bay Area. She is the director of the Bay Area CBT Center, a clinic in San Francisco that provides Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for individuals and couples. She specializes in integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Schema Therapy and has coauthored three books... Read More

Colin Mattingly

Colin Mattingly graduated from UCSB with a BA in Philosophy in 2013. At the tail end of his undergraduate career, Colin found his intellectual curiosity aligning more closely with the field of psychology. Colin sees studying psychology as a natural continuation of the intellectual pursuits he embarked... Read More

Alexandra McKellar-Kirchoff

Alexandra graduated in 2012 from UCSB with her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Applied Psychology. She has always enjoyed studying psychology, specifically human interaction. She is currently implementing her leadership experience through her retail management position... Read More

Collin McShirley

Collin McShirley grew up in Santa Barbara, California. She attended UCSB and received her BA in Art History and later attended Antioch University and received her MA in clinical psychology. She is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who is certified and specializes in the treatment of disordered eating, body image... Read More

Tricia Moceo

Tricia Moceo is an Outreach Specialist for Recovery Local. She advocates long-term sobriety by writing for websites, providing resources to recovering addicts and shedding light on the disease of addiction. Tricia is a mother of two, actively involved in her local recovery community, and is passionate about helping other women find hope in seemingly hopeless situations. Read More

Rachael Pace

Rachael is a noted writer currently associated with Marriage.com. She provides inspiration, support, and empowerment in the form of her motivational articles and essays. Rachael enjoys studying about today's evolving forms of loving partnerships and is passionate about writing on all types of romantic connections. She believes that everyone should make room for love in their lives and encourages couples to work on overcoming their challenges together. Read More

Daniella Pavone

Daniella Pavone is an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She is majoring in psychology and minoring in applied psychology. The opportunity to be at UCSB has allowed her to pursue her love for learning, analyzing, researching information, and... Read More

Lee Phillips

Dr. Lee Phillips is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Dr. Phillips has worked in several mental health and substance abuse treatment settings including outpatient community mental health, inpatient treatment, and private practice for the past 11 years... Read More

Hilary Porta

Leaving behind a successful career as a corporate strategist, Hilary has spent the last decade diving deep into neuroscience, neuro-linguistic programming, cognitive behavior, industrial psychology, theology, and Advanced PSYCH-K®. She has used these modalities to help both everyday people and celebrities rewire the software of their minds so they can experience radical and rapid growth personally, professionally, and relationally. As a mindset expert, Hilary helps elite performers shatter their deepest limits and live their best lives. Read More

Marianne Riley, LGPC

Marianne Riley is a psychotherapist and a professor of psychology. Marianne work’s with a range of different issues, but specializes in body image, self-esteem, eating disorders, ADHD, anxiety and depression. Read More

Bethany Saltman

Bethany Saltman is an award-winning editor, writer, researcher, and consultant. Her work can be seen in magazines like the New Yorker, New York Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Parents, Town & Country, and many others... Read More

Madeline Sharples

Madeline Sharples has worked most of her life as a technical writer and editor, grant writer, and proposal manager. She fell in love with poetry and creative writing in grade school and decided to fulfill her dreams of being a professional writer later in her life. Madeline is the author of Leaving... Read More

Sylvia Smith

Sylvia Smith is a relationship expert with years of experience in training and helping couples. She has helped countless individuals and organizations around the world, offering effective and efficient solutions for healthy and successful relationships. Her mission is to provide inspiration, support and empowerment to everyone on their journey to a great marriage. She is a featured writer for Marriage.com, a reliable resource to support healthy happy marriages. Read More

Suzanne Stafford

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Maureen Sullivan

Maureen Sullivan writes for PsychAlive and has been on the staff of The Glendon Association, a nonprofit that promotes mental health education, since 2003. As a creative artist, healing is Maureen’s purpose. In addition to writing, she expresses through acting, dance, videography, music and other visual and performing arts. She has a BA in Creative Writing/Screenwriting from Southern New Hampshire University. You can follow Maureen on Instagram @maurvelouslife Read More

Megan Thiels

Megan Thiels is a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara majoring in Psychology and Communication. She is involved in the Greek community on campus and volunteers for various organizations in the Goleta and Santa Barbara area. In the future, Megan intends to pursue... Read More

Margie Ulbrick

Margie is a relationship counselor and communications coach who also works as a family lawyer specializing in collaborative and non-adversarial methods of dispute resolution. Her book, written with colleague Dr Richard Chambers, Mindful Relationships comes out early next year... Read More

Rachel Walsh

Rachel Walsh is pursuing her MA in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University of Santa Barbara where she also received her BA with an emphasis in Child Development and Education. She has worked with individuals who have developmental disabilities and their families for over 5 years, and has taught inclusive yoga... Read More

Amy Williams

Amy Williams is a free-lance journalist based in Southern California and mother of two. As a parent, she enjoys spreading the word on positive parenting techniques in the digital age and raising awareness on issues like cyberbullying and online safety. Read More

Elizabeth Wyatt

Writer, artist, and educator Elizabeth Wyatt has been teaching writing and literature for ten years, and making art since she can remember. She holds a B.A. in English from Southern Methodist University, and Master of Fine Arts and Master of Arts degrees in poetry and English, respectively, from the University... Read More

Jody Zarkos

An award-winning newspaper reporter, Jody Zarkos is the sports editor at KECH and KSKI Radio in Sun Valley, Idaho, where she resides with her husband and two children. Read More

Brian Zeng

Brian Zeng is the owner of Ponbee.com. He is an entrepreneur by spirit. Through Ponbee, Brian would like to share his insights on an array of topics related to business, e-commerce, digital marketing, and entrepreneurship. His recent collection of motivation quotes will surely help you to see failure and success in a different perspective. Read More

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