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PROVIDERS
Kellie Poynter, Psy.D. (Telehealth)
Kellie Poynter, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist, providing individual therapy and neuropsychological assessment to adolescents and adults. Dr. Poynter provides psychotherapy for the adolescent to geriatric age range, as well as individuals with chronic/severe mental illness, such as substance use, psychotic, cognitive, mood, and anxiety disorders. Her scope of services include helping individuals with phase of life transitions, relationships, and academic/career changes in a psychologically healthy way. Dr. Poynter’s treatment modality includes helping individuals express and understand their emotions through behavioral therapy and cognitive restructuring approaches. Her approach is best described as client-centered while incorporating mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques.
Dr. Poynter obtained her bachelor’s degree from Chapman University and her doctorate in Clinical Forensic Psychology from Alliant International University.
Bernard Schwartz, Ph.D. (Telehealth)
Dr. Bernie Schwartz is a licensed clinical psychologist who was the founder and director of the Student Psychological Services at Santiago Canyon College in Orange, California, where he worked for over thirty years. He has taught at the elementary, high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels, and has developed a number of specialties including sports psychology, parent-child relations, and has written on both subjects. Dr. Schwartz has extensive training in trauma therapy, as well as innovative approaches to anxiety and depression, including the use of clinical hypnosis. His approach focuses on assessing and utilizing client strengths and resources in the service of changing maladaptive patterns of behavior and thinking.
Currently, he supervises future therapists at several agencies in Orange County. Dr. Schwartz has published a number of research articles, which have focused on factors that lead to therapeutic success or failure and has conducted seminars throughout the country on this subject.
John Misa, Ph.D. (NB/LA/Telehealth)
John Misa, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist. He graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from UCLA and earned his M.A. in Psychology from Pepperdine University. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology/Palo Alto University in 2013. Dr. Misa has training and experience providing individual therapy to the adolescent and adult population. He has been involved in a variety of clinical settings which include working at the Stanford Depression Research clinic, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Portia Bell Hume Mental Health Center and Fremont Hospital. He has a particular interest in working with adults with Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Stress Management, OCD and Phobias. His treatment models focus on Skills based psychotherapy, CBT, DBT and Mindfulness.
At this time, Dr. Misa is only available for adult ADHD assessments.
Tran Luu Yang, Psy.D. (NB)
Dr. Luu Yang is a licensed psychologist as well as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She provides psychological assessments across the age spectrum and also specializes in pediatric assessments and autism evaluations. In addition to autism evaluations, Dr. Luu Yang also provides ADHD assessments, psychoeducational evaluations, assessments for standardized testing accommodations, and comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations.
Dr. Luu Yang obtained her B.S. in Psychology from UC Davis and earned her Psy.D. from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
Jonelle Sellers, Ph.D. (NB/Telehealth)
When she is not at Logical Behavioral Health, Dr. Sellers is a clinician at the Clinical Evaluation and Guidance Unit Orangewood Children and Family Center (CEGU OCFC) Tuesday through Friday. At CEGU OCFC, Dr. Sellers provides direct clinical services, which include crisis intervention; short-term therapy; individual, family, and group therapy; mental health assessments; and psychological testing to high-risk children, adolescents, and families involved in the juvenile justice system. Additionally, she provides clinical supervision for both pre- and post-doctoral interns. In addition to her experience working with children and adolescents, Dr. Sellers has experience working with a diverse range of college-aged youth, graduate students, and adults who are struggling with the rigors of graduate school, relationships, and family problems. Additionally, Dr. Sellers provides both couple and family therapy.
Nicole Johnson, LMFT (NB/Telehealth)
Nicole Johnson, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist who provides individual, family, and couple therapy. Nicole works with children, adolescents, and adults. Nicole embraces her role working with couples and enjoys helping couples grow individually and together. She also provides divorce counseling, co-parenting counseling, and family therapy. Nicole provides treatment for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, women’s issues, substance use disorders, trauma, domestic violence, and grief. Nicole will also provide faith-based Christian individual and couple therapy upon request. Nicole primarily utilizes cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques with an integrated mindfulness component and a humanistic, client-centered style.
Nicole received her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Arizona and earned her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Spurty Surapaneni, Ph.D. (NB/Telehealth)
Dr. Spurty Surapaneni is a licensed psychologist who is committed to providing a warm, genuine, and supportive therapeutic relationship. Dr. Surapaneni’s therapeutic approach is collaborative, relational, and client-centered. She enjoys working with both domestic and international adults (18 and older) and has extensive experience working with the Asian/Asian-American diaspora, especially the South Asian population. She treats conditions including: depression, anxiety, adjustment concerns, cultural/diversity issues, family/relational conflicts, and identity development. Dr. Surapaneni uses an integrative orientation to treatment that is rooted in insight-oriented, culturally-sensitive, and solution-focused interventions. Dr. Surapaneni is well versed in interpersonal therapy, multicultural therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Dr. Surapaneni received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Iowa State University. She completed her doctoral internship at the Iowa State University Student Counseling Services and her post-doctoral fellowship at the UC Davis Student Health and Counseling Services.
Ana Lesquives, Ph.D. (NB/Telehealth)
Psychological Associate Supervised by Oscar Oo, Psy.D., ABPP
Dr. Ana Lesquives is trained in evidence-based practices for psychotherapy and assessments with children and adults through the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Kaiser Permanente. She specializes in evaluations for ADHD, autism, learning disorders, personality/psychopathology, and pre-surgical evaluations. Dr. Lesquives is level 1 certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and is trained in Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi).
Dr. Lesquives is passionate about her work and is dedicated to helping people manage their symptoms and improve quality of life. When she isn’t working, her other passions include her fiancé, her dog Snoopy, her family and friends, and lots of walks on the beach.
Youssef Nakhla, Psy.D. (NB/Telehealth)
Psychological Associate Supervised by Oscar Oo, Psy.D., ABPP
Dr. Nakhla is trained in evidence-based practices for psychotherapy and psychological assessment services. His therapy services are grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), informed by Existential and Humanistic theories, while integrating useful and meaningful skills from CBT. Dr. Nakhla provides a space of genuineness and authenticity where clients can step back from their daily lives and rigid thought patterns to make contact with what is distressing to them and learn to be present with their own thoughts and feelings. Dr. Nakhla enjoys working with adolescents, adults, and older adults struggling with a variety of issues including identity, meaning, mood/anxiety disorders, trauma, and grief. Dr. Nakhla also provides competent psychological assessment services for ADHD, Autism, Learning Disorders, IQ, adaptive functioning, and personality.
Dr. Nakhla received his B.A. in Psychology from Concordia University Irvine, and his M.A. and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University.
Yuen "Rachel" Wu, Psy.D. (NB/Telehealth)
Psychological Associate Supervised by Cris Scaglione, Ph.D.
Dr. Yuen “Rachel” Wu has focused on providing psychological services in local college counseling centers (UCI, Cal State Fullerton, and Saddleback College), working with undergraduate and graduate students from domestic and international backgrounds. Dr. Wu treats individuals with early relational trauma, identity development issues, family of origin problems, relationship struggles, issues relating to adjustments/life transitions/acculturation, stress and high-pressure environments, emotional regulation, and developmental differences. Dr. Wu’s therapeutic approach is relational, client-centered, insight-oriented, and culturally sensitive. In therapy, she cultivates a warm, emphatic, and safe therapeutic environment to empower her clients to gain transformative insights, embrace positive changes in their lives and relationships, and support them to live fulfilling lives. Dr. Wu is fluent in both Cantonese and Mandarin.
Dr. Wu received her B.A.s in Psychology and Criminology from UCI, her M.S. from Columbia University, and her doctorate from Pepperdine University.
Vanessa Rodriguez, LMFT (Telehealth)
Vanessa Rodriguez, LMFT provides therapy services to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. She prioritizes creating a safe environment in which people can feel comfortable, safe, and heard. Vanessa takes a collaborative approach in helping individuals gain a deeper understanding of themselves, using evidence-based treatments, such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, and Person-Centered approaches. Some areas that Vanessa specializes in include depression, anxiety, interpersonal relationships, parent support, and personal growth. Vanessa recognizes the courage it takes to seek help and she values being entrusted with the vulnerability required to find peace and clarity in one’s life.
Cris Scaglione, Ph.D. (Telehealth)
Since 1985, Dr. Scaglione has been doing therapy, cognitive rehabilitation and neuropsychological assessments with people adjusting to brain injury, stroke, and other neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions (ADHD, learning disability, dementia etc.). Her approach is practical and varied, and in working with individuals, couples and families, she incorporates humanistic, trauma-informed cognitive, mindfulness and other evidence-based psychotherapeutic approaches, as well as suggestions for pacing, self-care and cognitive rehab.
Dr. Scaglione also has inpatient and outpatient experience in treating dual diagnosis, severe mental or physical illness/injury, mood disorders, and those dealing with trauma and loss. She treats adolescents to the elderly, and her work with them is pragmatic, evidence-based and eclectic, focusing on peoples' strengths and resources. Her training in anthropology, and personal background contributes a sensitivity to issues of identity and culture.
Jacquelyn Nguyen, Psy.D. (NB/Telehealth)
Dr. Jacquelyn Nguyen is a licensed psychologist with proficiency in providing therapy in English and Vietnamese. She graduated with a B.A. in Psychobiology from UCLA and received her Psy.D. in clinical psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She has worked in various settings such as private practice, schools, community clinics, and hospitals. She provides therapy for individuals, couples, families, court-ordered, and groups.
Dr. Nguyen is a certified parent instructor and helps families address issues related to effective communication, boundary setting, disciplinary/reward systems, and parent-child/interpersonal relationships. Dr. Nguyen provides grief therapy to children and adults using evidence-based practices. She has successfully treated children, adolescents, and adults with assorted issues related to social skills, relationships, acculturation, anxiety, depression, pain management, separation, and phase of life transitional stages.
Kim Boykin-Johnson, Psy.D. (Telehealth)
Dr. Boykin-Johnson is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience providing treatment to children, teens, adults, couples/families, and military families and veterans. Dr. Boykin-Johnson completed her undergraduate work at UCLA, earned her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, and completed an APA-accredited internship that focused on child abuse and trauma.
Dr. Boykin-Johnson works with individuals across the lifespan and treats anxiety, depression, mood disorders, grief and loss, trauma, life transitions, chronic pain, substance use disorders, and the universal challenges of aging. She helps couples dealing with trauma, infidelity, and improving the overall health of their relationship. Dr. Boykin-Johnson takes an individualized approach to treatment, focusing on symptom relief using evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Kimberly Hahm, LMFT (Telehealth)
Kimberly Hahm, M.A., LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist who enjoys working with children and adolescents as well as with the adult population. Kimberly primarily uses Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help children, adolescents, and adults with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and stress management. In particular, Kimberly has worked closely with a number of gifted individuals manage the stress and pressures of their academic work and expectations. Kimberly is also a certified Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Provider and can help provide parents with the support they need. In addition to her work with children and adolescents, Kimberly also enjoys the work she does with college-aged undergraduate and graduate students.
Andrea Che, Ph.D. (NB/Telehealth)
Dr. Andrea Che is a licensed clinical psychologist who is passionate about providing empathic support and a safe space for clients to discuss important life issues. Her therapeutic approach is client-centered, holistic, and collaborative. She enjoys working with English and Mandarin-speaking adults and adolescents, and she helps clients gain important life skills to heal and navigate through challenging situations. Some evidenced-based interventions she uses include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, life transitions, intergenerational conflict, relationship problems, culture/diversity issues, and adjustment to chronic health conditions.
Dr. Che received her B.A. in Psychology at UC Irvine, her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Neuropsychology at Palo Alto University, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the UC Davis Medical Center.
Anna Baumgartner, Psy.D. (NB/LA/Telehealth)
Dr. Baumgartner is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in individual psychotherapy, family therapy, school reintegration, neurocognitive testing, and pediatric consultation-liaison services. While her main theoretical orientation is rooted in evidence-based practices, such as CBT, she establishes a strong collaborative relationship to produce successful and long-lasting outcomes. Dr. Baumgartner focuses on symptom reduction and improvement in functioning across the lifespan, ranging from children and adolescents to adults. Some areas of expertise include developmental psychology, parent training, medical psychology, pain management, phase of life issues, and grief and bereavement.
Dr. Baumgartner graduated with a B.S. in Human Development from UC Davis, obtained her M.A. in Human Development and Education from George Washington University, and earned her Psy.D. from Pepperdine University with clinical training in child therapy, adult therapy, and psychological testing.
Veronica Montes, Psy.D. (NB/LA/Telehealth)
Dr. Montes is a licensed clinical psychologist whose professional experience encompasses working with the entire lifespan from children and adolescents, college students, middle-aged adults, and older adults in nursing facilities. She provides individual, family, couples, and faith-based therapy. Dr. Montes utilizes cognitive-behavioral treatment interventions, as well as a client-centered approaches to treatment. She focuses on assisting the individual to cope with their current stressors and also determining triggers for their stress response. Dr. Montes works to empower individuals to increase self-efficacy and make lasting changes through psychoeducation and evidence-based strategies. Dr. Montes provides treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma, and severe mental illness across the lifespan.
Dr. Montes earned her B.A. from the University of California, Irvine and her M.A. and Doctor of Psychology degree from the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University.
Saman Mohseni, Ph.D. (Telehealth)
Dr. Mohseni is a licensed clinical psychologist whose early career experiences included work as an ABA therapist for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. His professional experiences include working in various community mental health clinics with children and adults coming from a variety of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Dr. Mohseni is bilingual in English and Farsi and is sensitive to multicultural issues in treatment. Some conditions that Dr. Mohseni treats include mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, bipolar disorder, substance abuse disorders, psychosis, OCD, ADHD, disruptive behaviors of childhood, and parent support/training. Dr. Mohseni works with children, adolescents, family, college students, adults, and uses cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness-based, and DBT-informed treatment interventions.
Dr. Mohseni received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Irvine and his Ph.D. from The California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in Los Angeles, CA.
Christina Ortiz, Psy.D. (Telehealth)
Dr. Christina Ortiz is a licensed psychologist whose psychotherapy approaches are evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. Her specialty areas are anxiety, depression, insomnia, anger management, trauma, suicide, and substance addiction. To provide patients with a truly personalized experience, she creates tailored, individualized mental health plans geared towards results. She offers patients ready-to-use skills to self-regulate, change unhealthy habits, and act in compassionate ways towards themselves and others. She helps patients discover insights, harness their strengths, and make the needed changes to improve their mental health and quality of life. Her primary treatment methods are cognitive-behavioral and acceptance and commitment therapy. She integrates wisdom from other approaches, including dialectical behavioral therapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy. She received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University, considered one of the best Psy.D. programs in the country.
Salome Dubenetzky, Psy.D. (Telehealth)
Dr. Dubenetzky works with diverse populations and cultures, specializing in treating various clinical presentations, such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and women’s issues, such as reproductive issues and fertility. Dr. Dubenetzky believes in proactively seeking mental health treatment and the power of hope. She understands it is important for people to feel safe to express their feelings openly, and the insight gained into the relationship between one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can be vital. Dr. Dubenetzky is committed to recognizing one’s values and validating experiences in a non-judgmental way. She believes that with proper treatment, helplessness and hopelessness can be replaced with strength and excitement for the future.
Dr. Dubenetzky completed her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University of San Diego, her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at National University, and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at California Southern University.
Nick Leggio, Psy.D. (NB/Telehealth)
Nick Leggio, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist, providing individual therapy and psychological assessment to children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Leggio has experience providing psychotherapy to treat anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, mood disorders, ASD, ADHD as well as difficulties related to grief and loss. His scope of services includes helping individuals with phase of life transitions, relationships, and academic/career changes in a psychologically healthy way. He has worked in community mental health, outpatient centers, hospitals, and schools. Dr. Leggio aims to create a warm and nonjudgmental therapeutic environment utilizing cognitive, behavioral, and relational approaches.
Dr. Leggio obtained his bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from the University of Arizona and his doctorate in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Child and Adolescent Psychology from Adler University in Chicago.
Nick Leggio, Psy.D. (NB/Telehealth)
Nick Leggio, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist, providing individual therapy and psychological assessment to children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Leggio has experience providing psychotherapy to treat anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, mood disorders, ASD, ADHD as well as difficulties related to grief and loss. His scope of services includes helping individuals with phase of life transitions, relationships, and academic/career changes in a psychologically healthy way. He has worked in community mental health, outpatient centers, hospitals, and schools. Dr. Leggio aims to create a warm and nonjudgmental therapeutic environment utilizing cognitive, behavioral, and relational approaches.
Dr. Leggio obtained his bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from the University of Arizona and his doctorate in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Child and Adolescent Psychology from Adler University in Chicago.
Lisa Baldwin, LMFT (Telehealth)
Lisa Baldwin, LMFT has over 22 years of experience working with individuals in the process of life transformation and transition, such as navigating grief, relationships, career changes, illness, caregiving duties, and redefining one's purpose and goals in life.
Lisa takes a collaborative approach to help with self-esteem, anxiety, depression, feeling overwhelmed, and having difficult conversations, both personally and professionally.
Lisa has worked as a counselor at Soka University, an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University, and has been in private practice over the span of her career.
Lisa received her Bachelor’s degree from John Carroll University in Ohio and her Master of Arts degree from Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology in Clinical Psychology.
Alicia Aguirre, LMFT (Telehealth)
Alicia Aguirre, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 8 years of experience working in the mental health field. Alicia also has 8 years of experience working with adolescents in the criminal justice system enjoys working with underserved populations with limited access to resources, such as adolescents, minority and LGBTQ+ communities, and military families and veterans.
Alicia specializes in the treatment of depression, anxiety, and trauma. She enjoys working with individuals, couples, and families using an eclectic approach that allows her to align with individuals in order to meet their needs.
Alicia's philosophy is to emphasize rapport building to provide a safe and understanding environment without judgment, while also being direct, open honest, and caring. Alicia employs use of evidence-based approaches to treatment, such as CBT, DBT, Trauma-Focused CBT, and Client-Centered Therapy, based on what is clinically indicated.
Balwindar Kaur, Psy.D. (Telehealth)
Balwindar Kaur, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Kaur’s experience includes working with adults of all ages struggling with relationship and interpersonal difficulties, work stressors, life transitions, and trauma. Her therapeutic approach is strengths-based, collaborative, and holistic. She uses an individualized approach, incorporating evidence-based treatment to help clients successfully find balance and thrive. Dr. Kaur is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).
Dr. Kaur obtained her bachelor’s degree from Chapman University and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from University of La Verne. She has worked in various settings, including inpatient, forensic, corrections, long-term care facilities and outpatient community health clinics.
Caroline Rodriguez, Ph.D. (Telehealth)
Dr. Caroline Rodriguez is a licensed sport and counseling psychologist who is passionate about empowering individuals to unlock their full potential. Her professional experiences include working with Olympic, collegiate, and professional athletes, and she served as a sport psychologist for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) for 5 years. Dr. Rodriguez works with couples, individual adults, and college students from a person-centered orientation to provide treatment for anxiety, depression, identity issues, body image issues, sexual assault trauma, recovery from injury, and life transitions. She utilizes a person-centered orientation, integrated with multicultural, holistic, positive psychology, and motivational interviewing.
Dr. Rodriguez completed her M.A. in Management at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, her B.A. in Psychology at Stanford University, where she was an All-American and world-ranked swimmer, and her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Cyrush Akbar, M.S., AMFT (NB/Telehealth)
AMFT Supervised by Bernard Schwartz, Ph.D.
Cyrush Akbar is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with clinical experience providing services to children, adolescents, and adults by way of individual, couple, and family therapy. Cyrush is trained in evidence-based methods for the treatment of trauma, suicidality, depression, and anxiety, such as EMDR, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment Based Family Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Cyrush takes a collaborative approach in teaching skill-building techniques, managing stressors, challenging psychological barriers, and teaching intentional skills and thoughts.
Cyrush completed her M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy at Loma Linda University and is currently pursuing her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at Meridian University.
Maria Kasparian, LMFT (Telehealth)
Maria Kasparian is a licensed marriage and family therapist who works from the Jungian theoretical orientation, founded by Carl Jung. Through the Jungian approach, analysts use dreams, symbolism, and therapeutic dialogue to help uncover unconscious conflicts and promote self-realization. They work with the individual to find a deeper connection with oneself and identify familiar and maladaptive emotional and relationship patterns. Maria prioritizes providing compassionate care, safe exploration, and a non-judgmental therapeutic space to meet individuals where they are and explore these psychological constructs to also potentially help identify and integrate disowned parts of the self when therapeutically indicated.
Veronica Chavez, Psy.D. (NB/Telehealth)
Dr. Veronica Chavez is a bilingual psychologist fluent in English and Spanish. She has worked in various diverse and multicultural settings and is trained to improve parent-child relationships and interpersonal relationships. Dr. Chavez is trained and certified to provide Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) to treat trauma-related symptoms. Dr. Chavez also uses Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to reduce symptoms and impairments and improve overall functioning. Dr. Chavez values the importance of family therapy to restructure the family dynamic, improve bonding and attachment, and improve communication. Additionally, Dr. Chavez provides adult individual therapy to treat depression and anxiety-related symptoms, using CBT.
Psychological Testing
Logical Behavioral Health can help connect you with the right testing specialist in our group to provide psychological testing for the assessment and evaluation of Attention-Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD), Intelligence Testing, Specific Learning Disorders, Pre-surgical/Pre-procedural Evaluations, Personality Testing, Career Assessment Testing, Risk Assessment, and Autism Spectrum Evaluations.
When appropriate, psychological testing services can provide the necessary documentation for those who need a distraction-free environment, extended time on standardized exams, additional accommodations in the classroom, and use of technology to facilitate learning.
Psychiatric Services
Lilly Kao, M.D.
Dr. Kao graduated medical school in Ohio and has been in practice for over 20 years. She is board certified in General and Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Kao treats anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorder. Dr. Kao takes a conservative, holistic approach to treatment, often being judicious with prescribing controlled substances as a first line treatment option, and believes strongly that every patient being treated with psychiatric medication should also be participating in psychotherapy.
Dr. Kao is available on Saturdays for virtual telemedicine appointments.
Administrative Assistants
Giselle Rodriguez
Giselle Rodriguez has a sincere and committed interest in the field of mental health. She is actively working towards earning a degree in psychology so that she can serve the community as a licensed mental health professional someday.
Giselle manages various responsibilities such as billing and Electronic Health Record (EHR) management at Logical Behavioral Health. She is also available to assist with scheduling and questions about insurance.
Giselle enjoys learning more about the field of psychology, traveling, music, experiencing new things, staying active, and helping others. She is an avid animal lover and loves spending times with her dogs.
Hannah Llona
Hannah Llona is eager about exploring and contributing to the field of healthcare. She is a biological sciences major who has a strong interest in pediatrics.
Hannah’s scope of services at Logical Behavioral Health include answering phone calls, connecting patients with providers, and confirming insurance benefits.
During her free time, Hannah loves cooking meals for her friends, watching her favorite comfort shows, going to the gym, and meeting new people. She loves bonding with people over hot-pot and taking her dogs on walks.