Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the Founder and Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a Professor in the Child Study Center of Yale University. He is the lead developer of RULER, an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that has been adopted by nearly 2,000 pre-K through high schools across the United States and in other countries. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).

As a researcher for over 20 years, Brackett has focused on the role of emotions and emotional intelligence in learning, decision making, creativity, relationships, health, and performance. He has published 125 scholarly articles and received numerous awards and accolades for his work in this area. He also consults regularly with corporations, such as Facebook, Microsoft, and Google on integrating the principles of emotional intelligence into employee training and product design. Most recently, he co-founded Oji Life Lab, a corporate learning firm that develops innovative digital learning systems on emotional intelligence.

Brackett’s mission is to educate the world about the value of emotions and the skills associated with using them wisely. “I want everyone to become an emotion scientist”, he says. “We need to be curious explorers of our own and others’ emotions so they can help us achieve our goals and improve our lives.”

Kevin is a mental health advocate and educator, global speaker, best-selling author, award-winning filmmaker and entrepreneur who reaches audiences all over the world with his story of an unlikely survival and his strong will to live. He is one of only thirty-six (less than 1%) to survive the fall from the Golden Gate Bridge.

In 2016, Mental Health America awarded Kevin their highest honor, The Clifford W. Beers Award for his efforts to improve the lives of and attitudes toward people with mental illnesses. Previously, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Council of Behavioral Health in partnership with Eli Lilly. Kevin has also been awarded by SAMSHA as a Voice Awards Fellow and Award Winner, an Achievement Winner by the US Veterans Affairs and received over 30 U.S. military excellence medals as a civilian.

Kevin sat on the boards of the International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF), the Bridge Rail Foundation (BRF) and the Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHASF) and on the Survivors Committee of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 

Previously, he was a board member of the Northern California Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and was a two-term member of San Francisco’s Mental Health Board. He has spoken in congressional hearings alongside Patrick Kennedy in support of The Mental Health Parity Bill. He continues his policy work as an Ambassador to the National Council for Behavioral Health.

In the summer of 2013, Kevin released his bestselling memoir titled Cracked Not Broken, Surviving and Thriving After A Suicide Attempt. He is currently producing a documentary entitled Suicide: The Ripple Effect. 

Kevin’s will to live and stay mentally well has inspired people worldwide. His compelling story has touched diverse, global audiences within colleges and universities, high schools, corporations, clergy, military, clinicians, health and medical communities, law enforcement organizations, and various industries. Thousands have communicated to Hines that his story helped save their lives. He has reached millions with his story.

His story was featured in the 2006 film The Bridge by the film director and producer Eric Steel. 

Kevin believes in the power of the human spirit and in the fact that you can find the ability to live mentally well. His mantra: “Life is a gift, that is why they call it the present. Cherish it always.”

Tamra Burns Loeb, Ph.D., is a Counseling Psychologist, behavioral science researcher, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM). She was the recipient of a UCLA DGSOM COVID-19 Research Award and an American Lung Association COIVD-19 and Emerging Viruses Research Award. She conducts qualitative, integrated mixed-methods, and quantitative research to document disparities in the social determinants of health, identify barriers to health care access and utilization, and inform public health messages to achieve health equity. Along with Drs. Wyatt and Chin, she was the recipient of the UCLA Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS) Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 2021 Manuscript of the Year Award for the manuscript, How Mental Health Professionals Can Address Disparities in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. She currently teaches a Fiat Lux Undergraduate Seminar on Internet Access as a Human Right: Health, COVID-19, and Internet Inequities.

Former professional football player, author, speaker and now Marriage & Family Therapist Intern With over 10 years of highly skilled and acclaimed mentoring and success stories, public speaking and most important, real-life in the trenches business experience, Jay Barnett's views are radically different. Jay appreciates and shares with his mentees that leadership is a moment-to-moment choice and not about titles and positions.



The author of the best-selling, Finding Our Lost King and Queens: Strategies for Empowering Our Futures Kings and Queens. Best-Selling Author of Letters to a Young Queen: Redefining Their Throne, Barnett’s poignant letters to young Queens have been shared with young girls around the world, creating conversations of healing, self-love, self-worth, confidence and personal victories. Also, Hello King a book for young men guiding them to claim their throne. And now Jay is on board to release his highly anticipated new book, Identity Crisis: A discussion around social media impact on personal identity.

Jay has created a personal and social development program called K.I.N.G. Program for incoming freshman males at Texas Southern University.

Yekusiel Kalmenson is the Founder and CEO of multiple behavioral healthcare companies in Southern California and Arizona.
Among these is Renewal Health Group, a family of comprehensive addiction treatment centers, Montare Behavioral Health, a dynamic brand of mental health treatment centers, and Zenith Behavioral Health, a collection of high-quality psychiatric hospitals and adolescent treatment facilities.

In addition to these responsibilities, Kalmenson hosts a bi-monthly podcast for Montare Media called Discover U, which highlights complex mental health and chemical dependency issues in interviews with industry professionals, experts, and renowned authorities in various behavioral health fields. The podcast is available on all platforms.
Always interested in broadening and deepening the industry standard, Kalmenson is the creator of a cutting-edge diagnostic tool for chemical dependency issues called “Discovery Model.” He is partnering with Yale University to assess its efficacy.
Kalmenson is a Yale Chabad Scholar, a skilled facilitator, teacher, counselor, and speaker, who has previously provided chaplain services to prisons, local groups and remote villages throughout the world. His diverse experience as a rabbi, chaplain, and CEO has inspired his passion and deep understanding of the necessity for effective mental health treatment and long-term sobriety.

Dr. Wyatt is a clinical psychologist, sex therapist and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. She was the first person of color to receive an NIMH Research Scientist Career Development Awardee for 17 years. She has conducted national and international research since 1980, funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, state and private foundations.

Dr. Wyatt is Director of the UCLA Sexual Health Program, an Associate Director of the UCLA AIDS Institute and coordinates a core of behavioral scientists who consult with other researchers to recruit underserved populations and conduct research that effectively incorporates socio-cultural factors into HIV/AIDS research. The program also provides workshops on mentoring and investigation to conduct research and find success in academic settings. Dr. Wyatt has received numerous awards and honors for her scientific accomplishments, mentoring, and teaching. She has also testified before the United States Congress ten times on issues related to women's health and overall health policy. She was the first African-American woman to be licensed as a psychologist in the state of California.

Dr. Marlon Rollins grew up in Muncie, Indiana home of the Middletown studies. At the age of 21, he was ordained as a minister (Elder) in the Church of God in Christ, Inc. He is a licensed mental health counselor and a licensed professional clinical counselor, holding a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and a PhD in Educational Psychology from Ball State University. He was a recipient of the Human Achievement Award from the Center for Leadership Development in 2014. He has been a member National Association of Crisis Organization Directors (NASCOD) as well as a member of the Steering Committee for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. He has over 15 years’ experience in behavioral healthcare. He has worked extensively in for-profit and nonprofit sectors. He moved to California in 2016 and has been both a COO and CEO in some of the largest psychiatric and addiction hospitals in California. Dr. Rollins has been instrumental in developing suicide prevention protocols and procedures in EMR platforms as well as providing various trainings. He aided in the implementation of a SAMHSA Garrett Lee-Smith Grant with the Zero Suicide Institute in a large integrated healthcare system. He is a board member of the United Loss Survivors International. Dr. Rollins' sister who was a nurse, Amber Rose Rollins, died by suicide in 2013. He has dedicated his professional career to raise awareness about the stigma around mental health and substance use disorders. In his spare time, he enjoys trips to the oceanside, hiking, fitness, the fine arts, writing and photography.

Guru Yogiramesh is a Himalayan master with 45 years of experience from India. Yogi is an International Celebrity Guru to the stars and laughing icon of You Tube. He is a founder of laughing yoga/ universal yoga for the last 25 years in Palm Springs, CA. For more info.
https:// www.laughingyogi.org

Dr. Dorothy Chin is Associate Research Psychologist with the UCLA Center for Culture, Trauma, and Mental Health Disparities, whose research examines the effects of community and interpersonal trauma, including race-based trauma and discrimination, on psychological functioning among minoritized populations. Currently she is an investigator on the HBLI-funded grant on enhancing patient and organizational readiness for cardiovascular risk reduction among ethnic minority patients living with HIV. A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Chin serves as Member-At-Large of APA Div 56 (Trauma Psychology) and writes for Psychology Today about psychological issues from a multicultural, working class, and women-centered perspective.

Miguel Rivera is a musician, mentor, teacher, and translator. He has 4 bilingual anthologies of the Maya K’iche’ poet Humberto Ak’abal published: “Poems I brought down from the mountain” U.S. 2001, “Tejiendo las huellas” Uruguay 2006, “El animalero” Guatemala 2008, “In the courtyard of the moon” Tia Chucha Press, U.S. 2021.

Miguel is a member of the "Guild of Future Architects", an organization dedicated to collaboratively shaping a kind, just, inclusive and prosperous world, a member of the core group of teachers at "The Great Mother Conference" since 2010, and a current board member of "Shade Tree", a mentoring group in Los Ángeles.

Miguel is also on the Board of Directors of "Wolf Connection", an organization dedicated to re-establishing neglected relationships between nature and humans. He is also a former member of the Board of Directors of "Soldier's Heart" an organization dedicated to working with Veterans (2013-2015).

Dr. Michele is Michele Cooley-Strickland, M.Ed., Ph.D. She’s an award-winning licensed psychologist, researcher, and podcast co-host. She joined the UCLA faculty in 2009 and is now on staff as a Project Scientist in the David Geffen School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. She’s also been on faculty at Johns Hopkins University since 1996, first as an Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor, and now Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Mental Health in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Michele is a therapist in her boutique private practice – Doctor Michele, LLC – specializing in anxiety disorders and helping people build life skills that empower them to become their best selves. Her personalized approach is tailored to help each client achieve emotional and behavioral health and wellness in a way that’s authentic, sustainable, and joyful.

Dr. Michele earned a Master’s degree of education in clinical and school psychology from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Virginia. She was born in France and reared primarily in Virginia.

Dr. Michele has been a psychologist, professor, and researcher for over two decades, giving over 100 regional, national and international presentations and publishing over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and clinical treatment intervention manuals. She has served the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on advisory committees, extramural review committees, and has been the principal investigator of multiple federal research grants. She is currently the co-PI of a UCLA study entitled, “Sex, Cookies, & COVID.” Dr. Michele has served on many panels and task forces for national professional organizations (e.g., American Psychological Association, Anxiety Disorders Association of America), as well as held elected positions.

Dr. Michele has appeared as an expert psychologist on the Physical Health episode of the Oprah Winfrey Network’s (OWN) spotlight series, “Speak Sis.” She’s also been an expert on KTLA-5 (Los Angeles) and the nationally syndicated Extra! television show as an Extra! Life Changer. Dr. Michele has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC’s Today Show, CNN, and CBS Early Show to discuss her family’s relation to our third American president, Thomas Jefferson. Dr. Michele is an eighth-generation descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.

Dr. Michele is the co-host of “The She Built It Podcast with Melanie & Dr. Michele,” which began in January, 2019 and airs in over 50 countries. The show targets women to help them take leaps in their life, career, and community (link HERE).

Dr. Michele believes in community service, was a Sunday School teacher for 7 ½ years, and holds an elected office on the Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa del Rey/Playa Vista, serving as the board Vice-President. It’s a quasi-governmental agency of the City of Los Angeles representing over 55,000 residents. Dr. Michele is also a member of the Board of Trustees and Chair-Elect at Marymount High School in Los Angeles, which is celebrating its 100th year educating girls. Dr. Michele is also a member of the Advisory Board of Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills, which is celebrating it’s 50th year of service.
Dr. Michele is a mother of two daughters, has a 2-year-old goldendoodle, practices kickboxing, yoga and weight lifting, loves to cook, bake, and volunteer in her daughters’ schools, and – when there’s time – paint.

John Sovec, MA, LMFT is a nationally recognized expert on the topic of creating affirmative support for the LGBTQ community and is the author of Out: A Parent’s Guide to Supporting You LGBTQIA+ Kid Through Coming Out and Beyond. He is the clinical consultant for The Life Group LA , adjunct faculty at Phillips Graduate Institute and guest lecturer at Alliant University, Cal State Fullerton, and USC School of Social Work. In 2019, John was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

John Sovec, is a highly sought after speaker and media expert, and provides training for corporations, community agencies, schools, non-profits, and professional consultation on LGBTQ competencies.

John is a nationally recognized expert on creating affirmative LGBTQ support with his work featured on The Riki Lake Show, OWN, FOX, The Advocate, Bravo, LA Talk Radio, The Washington Post, and columns for Huffington Post, Medium, and Good Therapy. He is the host of OutTalk, a monthly web series for OutCare Health.

Dr. Williams is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Director of the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab. Dr. Williams has a broad background in clinical neuroscience and is triple board-certified in general neurology, general psychiatry, as well as behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry.

In addition, he has specific training and clinical expertise in the development of brain stimulation methodologies. Themes of his work include (a) examining the use of spaced learning theory in the application of neurostimulation techniques, (b) development and mechanistic understanding of rapid-acting antidepressants, and (c) identifying objective biomarkers that predict neuromodulation responses in treatment-resistant neuropsychiatric conditions.

He has published papers in high-impact peer-reviewed journals including Brain, American Journal of Psychiatry, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Results from his studies have gained widespread attention in journals such as Science and New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch as well as in the popular press and have been featured in various news sources including Time, Smithsonian, and Newsweek. Dr. Williams received two NARSAD Young Investigator Awards in 2016 and 2018 along with the 2019 Gerald R. Klerman Award. Dr. Williams received the National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists in 2020.

Margot has a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University and is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor specializing in treating adults and adolescents with eating disorders. Margot has additional training in DBT, Trauma-Resiliency Model, and SPARCS. Margot began her career in eating disorders in 2012 as an advocate and mentor and has since worked as a therapist and manager in eating disorder treatment, written over 1,000 articles for Eating Disorder Hope website, and ghost-written a book for Registered Eating Disorder Dietitian Robyn Goldberg. Margot enjoys spending time outdoors, reading, and spending time with her two dogs and cat.

Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) www.uclahealth.org/marc. She is the author of, The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering your Natural Awareness, and the co-author, with Susan Smalley, PhD, of Fully Present, the Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness. Called by the LA Times “one of the nation’s best-known teachers of mindfulness,” she has taught mindfulness since 1999 in a variety of settings including hospitals, universities, corporations, non profits, and schools in the US and Asia. A sought-after speaker, she developed the evidence-based Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPS) curriculum and the Training in Mindfulness Facilitation, which trains mindfulness teachers worldwide. She is a founding board member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association.

Her work has been mentioned in the New York Times, O Magazine, Bloomberg, the Los Angeles Times, CNN.com, Women’s Health, and in a variety of magazines, books, and journals. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1989, including a year as a Buddhist nun in Burma. Currently Diana’s most challenging and rewarding practice involves trying to mindfully parent a pre-teen. More recently, Diana’s meditations were featured on the California governor’s Covid-19 Response website. She can be found at www.dianawinston.com and on the UCLA Mindful, Waking Up, and Ten Percent Happier Apps.

Andrew Susskind is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Brainspotting and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Certified Group Psychotherapist and Author based on the Westside of Los Angeles since 1992 specializing in trauma and addictive, compulsive behaviors. His recent book It's Not About the
Sex: Moving from Isolation to Intimacy after Sexual Addiction (Central Recovery Press, 2019) joins his workbook From Now On: Seven Keys to Purposeful Recovery (2014).

Dr. Martha B. Koo, M.D., completed her undergraduate studies at Princeton University and her medical training at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She obtained her psychiatry residency training at the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Institute and her subsequent psychoanalytic training at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Koo is double Board Certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. She is also CIIS certified in psychedelic assisted therapy and an adherence rater for MAPS psychedelic research. For over 25 years, Dr. Koo has enjoyed her private practice, providing outpatient psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and pharmacological treatment for individuals, couples, and families. A pioneer in the development and application of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Dr. Koo is the founder and CEO of Neuro Wellness Spa, where she offers rTMS, Magnetic E-Resonance therapy, iv ketamine, Spravato, iv nutrition, and photobiomodulation as novel interventions for treatment-resistant mental illness. Dr. Koo is also the Medical Director at Clear Recovery Center, a residential detox and intensive outpatient treatment center for individuals struggling with mental health, addiction, and dual diagnoses. She is on the Board of Directors of the Clinical TMS Society and the Beach Cities Health District and is an active lecturer at the New Center for Psychoanalysis.

Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz is a research psychiatrist at the School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles and one of the world’s leading experts in neuroplasticity.

Decades ago, he began to study the philosophy of conscious awareness, the idea that the actions of the mind have an effect on the workings of the brain. Jeff’s breakthrough work in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) provided the hard evidence that the mind can control the brain’s chemistry. He has lectured extensively to both professional and lay audiences in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Jeff’s books include The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force and the bestseller Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, the seminal book on OCD.

His new book You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life is now available. Jeff was the co-organizer of the 2007 international conference on neuroleadership. He is based in Santa Monica, CA.

In april of 2017… her life was turned up side down when her loving father unexpectedly took his life.
Aleksei was lost and confused, a victim of unfathomable loss & she knew that my life would never be the same. After experimenting with unhealthy “coping mechanisms,” she decided to get help. Aleksei joined a Suicide Loss Survivor Group and her grieving pathway completely elevated. Archer was so inspired by the courage of my fellow survivors who shared their stories that she knew that this was where the real healing would begin.

Today, she is dedicated to becoming the face & voice of suicide loss awareness in entertainment. As the number of suicides increase every year, and exponentially in the since the lockdowns due to Covid-19, the number of suicide loss victims increase are sky rocketing at an alarming rate. So in 2020, Archer created a community outreach venture and a docu-series called “Mourning Glory”, where they provide free mental health care & community for suicide loss survivors through camaraderie, conversations & compassion

Brogan Rossi has been working in the field of mental health for the last 10 years. She grew up with a
mother that has been fully devoted to her career in the field of eating disorders. It was only a matter of
time before her passion would be ignited. She can vividly remember being twelve years old and part of
her their youth advisory committee where they were piloting educational workshops created to
promote eating disorder prevention and body image awareness. Brogan spent nearly three years as part
of Dr. Guido Frank’s brain research team at the Children’s Hospital studying the neurological
underpinnings of eating disorders and spoke at the Academy for Eating Disorders in Prague as well as
the Renfrew Conference. She has her Master’s Degree in Healthcare Leadership and Administration
from the University of Denver and is passionate about advocacy, education, and raising awareness for
mental health. She has her 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher license and teaches yoga in a variety of
different settings with a body positive approach. Brogan is a co-owner and Chief Collaboration Officer
at The Recovery Box: a business developed to create tangible tools for both mental health and eating
disorder recovery. It is her passion to bridge the gap between treatment and life making mental health a
day to day priority to live the most empowered life possible.

Dr. Wendy Oliver-Pyatt uses a bio-psycho-social model to help patients with all types of mental health conditions and a variety of undiagnosed health problems, move onto a pathway for a healthful, creative, and meaningful life. She provides and oversees psychiatric assessments and treatment, a variety of psychological modalities of care, functional and integrative medicine, and traditional medical interventions, to deliver exceptional care to all of her patients. Dr. Oliver-Pyatt believes that the relationship between the patient and their doctor, therapist, and entire treatment team must be built on knowledge, compassion, and empathy.

Described by colleagues as warm and wise, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt is known for her holistic approach to psychiatry—an approach that marries compassionate care with scientifically sound, multi-dimensional treatment, that explores and heals the underlying factors that drive whatever the conditions are faced by her patients.

A clinician, educator, and advocate, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt discovered her passion for psychiatry her third year in medical school while treating a psychotic patient at Brooklyn King’s county hospital. Originally intending to be an OBGYN, she found herself assigned a young man who was suffering from hallucinations and delusions.

As she saw the stunning impact that treatment and psychotropic medication had on this individual and the relief his healing brought his entire family, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt discovered her true calling.

She later realized that it was her own experience healing from an eating disorder that fostered her deep sense of compassion for those facing psychiatric challenges and disorders and passion for helping them transition back to mental health.

Though deeply interested in the neurobiological basis of mental health conditions, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt recognized the importance of relationships, connections, and attachment to wellbeing, and, therefore, also placed great value on the role of psychotherapy. Thus, at a time when mental health professionals generally had to choose between being pharmacologists or analysts, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt wanted to find the meeting ground, where she believed the greatest healing could occur.

Dr. Oliver-Pyatt received her specialty training at New York University-Bellevue Hospital in New York City, where she served as Chief Resident. She has held faculty positions at New York University, Albert Einstein School of Medicine and University of Nevada School of Medicine.

She was the Medical Director for the State of Nevada Division of Mental Health and Disability Services where she created a holistic, whole-person approach to mental health care. She served as Medical Director and Chief of Staff of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health and has received Senatorial Recognition for her work as a psychiatrist and commitment to the mental health community.

A leader in the field of eating disorders, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt, has developed innovative eating disorder treatment programs, served as the AED Advocacy Committee Chairman, and Co-authored AED Guidelines for Obesity Prevention. She is a Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorder and Fellow of International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. She serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals and is current Chair of the Board of Directors of the Binge Eating Disorder Association.

She founded Center for Hope of the Sierras, and is Co-Founder, Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer of Oliver-Pyatt Centers, which include: The Comprehensive Eating Disorder Treatment Centers for Women; Clementine Adolescent Treatment Program; and Embrace, the Binge Eating Disorder Treatment Program.

Dr. Oliver-Pyatt served on the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations Technical Advisory Committee, has given frequent presentations at national and international eating disorder conferences, and has been featured on WebMD.

Dr. Hamlin Emory is recognized as a pioneer and specialist in applying EEG & QEEG data to the treatment of each patient. He is devoted to helping persons improve their physical health and achieve wellness through personalized treatment. Dr. Emory has extensive clinical experience in general medicine and psychiatric medicine. He has served as director of psychiatric programs for adolescents and adults, and as medical director of several psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment centers for eating disorders and substance dependence in the Los Angeles, California area.

Specialty: Adolescent and Adult Neuropsychiatry
Sub-specialty: Neuropsychiatry & Neuro-Physiologic Medicine
Faculty: Assistant Clinical Professor, Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Education/Training:
Undergraduate: Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, B.A., 1959-1963
Medical: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, M.D., 1963-1967
Graduate: Naval Aerospace Medicine Institute, Pensacola, Florida, Flight Surgeon, 1968-1969
Internship-Surgery: Vanderbilt University, Medical Center and Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, 1967-1968
Flight Surgeon, U.S. Navy: 1st Marine Air Group, Republic of South Vietnam; 1969-1970
Chief Medical Officer: Naval Air Station, NATO Base, Sigonella, Sicily, 1970-1972
Residency in Adult Psychiatry: University of California, Los Angeles, Brentwood Veterans Administration Hospital, Los Angeles, California, 1972-1974
Fellowship in Child Psychiatry: Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, 1974-1976

Board Certification: Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry
Professional Affiliations:
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Electrophysiology Society
American Psychiatric Association
So. California Psychiatric Society
American Neuropsychiatric Association
Reviewer for "Clinical EEG and Neuroscience",
the official journal of the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society.

Dr. Emory collaborates with physicians across medical specialties. He also teaches
psychiatrists, internists, family physicians, neurologists and addiction medicine physicians how to employ his neuro-integrative approach in their clinical practices.

Dr. Lauren is licensed psychologist, relationship coach, consultant, author, educator, activist, and international speaker. Dr. Lauren has dedicated herself to Women’s Empowerment, the field of LGBT-Affirmative Psychotherapy & is a pioneer in Lesbian-Affirmative Therapy. Her first book: Lesbian Love Addiction: Understanding the Urge to Merge and How To Heal When Things Go Wrong is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. You can get a free excerpt at lesbianloveaddiction.com. She has a private practice in Beverly Hills and Woodland Hills and is currently offering Online Master Classes for Lesbians looking to find their Soulmate. She is also on West Hollywood's Gay and Lesbian Advisory Board serving the City of West Hollywood. Articles written by Dr. Lauren have been featured in numerous mental health magazines. She is currently working on her second book about Internalized Misogyny and How to Heal the Trauma of Growing Up in a Sexist World. Her most recent passion is her podcast which she cohosts with community activist, Alana Roshay called The Consciousness Salon where they look at social justice issues from a psychological lens. Her website is drlaurencostine.com.

Jeff Davis is a writer-producer-director who created the series Criminal Minds for CBS, Teen Wolf for MTV, and is currently Showrunner for the Sarah Michelle Gellar starring series, Wolf Pack, on Paramount Plus.

Like the audience it targets, Davis’ new show is open in discussing and depicting the generalized anxiety disorder that affects lead character Everett Lang (Armani Jackson). Before he witnesses a catastrophic wildfire and receives a mysterious and gigantic animal bite, Everett deals with the everyday trials of surviving high school. The series opens with him on a crowded school bus, covering his head as he attempts breathing exercises and talks on the phone to his therapist. Some advice from Davis’ brother —“Anxiety is basically evidence of your body working at peak condition” — is even referenced in the scene.

“The rule in writing is always to introduce a character by what they want,” Davis says. “So what he wants is to get rid of his anxiety. What he needs is to learn that anxiety is a tool and that you can’t get rid of anxiety.”

Don Estes is a professionally trained neuroscientist who has lectured worldwide on sensory science, vibrational therapy and the new physics. He is founding CEO of InnerSense Inc., and inventor of VibraSound®, Sensory Resonance™ and other transformational technologies which have been featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, ET, Beyond 2000, Next Step, Science Frontiers, and many other media. His book…Transformation Via the Human Algorithm, and its master illustration…The Absolute Scale of Relative Cosmic Reality are the basis for this presentation.

Don Estes is a certified medical technologist, laboratory director and neuroscientist who has lectured worldwide on sensory science and vibrational medicine. He has appeared on CNN, NBC, ABC, Entertainment Tonight, Science Frontiers, and the Discovery Channel hits Beyond 2000 and Next Step, which won an Emmy award in 1994. In addition, his work has been featured in Wired, Computer Design, and Los Angeles Magazines and many other national and international media. He is also the author of many articles as well as a book called Harmonic Law: The Science of Vibration, which is illustrated by a large wall chart titled the Absolute Scale of Relative Cosmic Reality, one of the most complete compendiums of scientific and philosophical knowledge ever assembled.

He is founder and director of InnerSense, Inc. and inventor of VibraSound Sensory Resonance technologies used by both professional and nonprofessionals all over the world for music and sound therapy, relaxation, entertainment and expanded states of mind. His intellectual property is garnered from over thirty years experience in the unification of science, philosophy and religion and includes theories, proprietary knowledge and patents in the fields of light, color, sound, music and algorithmic automata. His unique combination of experience in both the hard and soft sciences represents the essence of true neuroscience.

In addition, he has consulted with hundreds of rejuvenation retreats, day spas, mind spas, medical professionals and location based entertainment facilities worldwide, having personally designed, built and operated three award-winning facilities called InnerSpace, MindWave and Aha! Spa.

InnerSense has recently revolutionized vibrational therapy by advancing the field beyond frequency and time into the phase domain where the complex world we experience is formed out of real and imaginary automatons. Effecting change at this level influences the entire history of any issue back to its origin and can lead to the actualization of potential…the current goal of evolution, and the essence of transformation. This process can has also been used to design and develop a futuristic alembic, which restructures water that provides serious solutions to environmental pollution and rehabilitation, both internal and external. Science now truly stands at the threshold of a new understanding of reality…one where intention and choice are primary to manifestation.

Don currently lives the Aha! Experience on a daily basis with his wife and two children in Santa Monica, California. His goal is to bring his special talents to bear on the vision of effecting true and lasting change in the world through innertainment, integration and transformation.

Rae began her journey in the Eating Disorder world when she joined an Eating Disorder awareness
group at her alma mater, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She continued to be heavily involved in
eating disorder awareness and prevention while she completed her undergraduate degree in
psychology. Rae went on to study counseling psychology and earned her Masters in 2018. During her
time in graduate school, Rae served as the Graduate Assistant for PREVENT, a sexual assault and
relationship violence prevention program on campus. Through this role and her involvement in the
students’ Women’s Center, Rae’s passion for providing tools and resources to help others heal
continued to grow. Shortly after returning to Colorado, Rae joined forces with Erin Benner and Brogan
Rossi to build The Recovery Box. The Recovery Box bridges a gap in the mental health field by
designing innovative tools that support recovery by adding tangibility to abstract clinical ideas. Rae
serves as Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, where she takes her love of academic research and clinical
expertise to inform the creation of each tool. Rae also acts as the Social Media Coordinator in which
she facilitates authentic and recovery-focused content creation for The Recovery Box online
community. Outside of The Recovery Box, Rae is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado
specializing in Eating Disorders, Weight Stigma, and Sexual Trauma. She utilizes Acceptance
Commitment Therapy, Feminist Theory, and experiential techniques to help her clients heal their
relationships with food, body, and themselves. Rae’s unique use of sarcasm, honesty and bold creativity
provides an individualized experience that encourages personal growth. Rae has an intense passion for
learning and innovation. She is grateful she gets to do both each day in her work.

Brad Zehring, DO is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disorders. He completed his psychiatry residency from the University of Arizona – Phoenix Campus.
He is the Chief Medical Officer for Montare Behavioral Health awhere he can continue his focus on leadership, mentoring, and expert psychiatric care to patients with psychiatric disorders and eating disorders.

Dr. Gabbay is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who specializes in the following: substance use and eating disorders; adolescent mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. Dr. Gabbay earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics and also underwent medical school training at UCLA.

After medical school he completed both general adult psychiatry residency and fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He has had extensive training within the realm of emergency psychiatry room, inpatient, residential and outpatient treatment settings. His clinical experience encompasses medication management and therapy services to a diverse range of clients, with specialized intensive clinical training with dual diagnosis clients. Prior to joining Destinations to Recovery, Dr. Gabbay served as Attending Psychiatrist for Center for Discovery Adolescent Group residential homes in the South Bay. He also has extensive experience treating low socioeconomic and foster care patients through The Help Group and Penny Lane Mental Health Centers.

Dr. Gabbay currently works as Destinations’ Chief Medical Officer where he is passionate about the care he provides and strives to constantly self-educate through continuing medical education trainings/self-directed learning, as well as teaching his colleagues. Dr. Gabbay’s philosophy towards medication management follows a holistic, interdisciplinary approach. Clinical information is gathered from multiple sources (client, family, school, therapist, nursing and outside referral sources) in order to make an informed decision regarding a definitive diagnosis and appropriate medication recommendations. Dr. Gabbay evaluates all clients whether they are prescribed medication or not.

In his spare time, Dr. Gabbay loves to swim and play basketball. He frequently will spend spare time hiking with his wife. He is a huge fan of comic book movies (both Marvel and DC Comics) and 1980’s popular music. His family has been known to chuckle on more than one occasion at his Spotify music list.

Bill Scott is considered one of the pioneers in the field of neurofeedback beginning his career in the 1990s when the field was still very young. He is a Board Certified Neurotherapist and Instructor, has been featured as an EEG Biofeedback Expert on CBS’s The Doctors and Discovery Science, lectured at the American Psychiatric Association five times, and presented research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science as Principal Investigator of a UCLA study.

The aforementioned UCLA study is one of the largest randomized controlled trials in the field of EEG Biofeedback, and was conducted during his appointment as a UCLA Staff Research Associate V. In 2005 the results of the study were published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

In 1993, Bill also worked as Principal Investigator and first author of an addiction research project with another well-known pioneer in the field, Dr. Eugene Peniston, where they yielded an unprecedented 79% success rate with Native American alcoholics. The Psychiatric Times published a feature article interviewing Bill about this landmark study. The Scott-Peniston Protocols are still referred to by the names of the original scientists (see above timeline for the complete evolution of these protocols).

Considered a foremost authority on alpha-theta (an invaluable protocol for PTSD, phobias & fears, anxiety, peak performance, etc.), Bill was asked to teach and consult with Dr. John Gruzelier and his team in preparation of their study designed to improve the musical acumen of students at the Royal Conservatoire in London. The results of this research project have since been incorporated in the school’s mandatory curriculum. Bill has also contributed a chapter on alpha-theta in Jim Robbins’ book, A Symphony in the Brain. Athletes from around the world, including Olympians and World Cup Champions, continue to consult with and follow Bill’s alpha-theta protocols for peak performance.

He has also been published in the January 2000 issue of Clinical Electroencephalography (EEG), an official journal of the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS), and the September 2011 Journal of Neurotherapy on developments in EEG analysis, protocol selection and feedback delivery.

Bill Scott has taught more than 3,000 neurofeedback practitioners around the globe since 1995. Classes have been taught on behalf of EEG Spectrum, BrainMaster, Stens, Lexior, Thought Technology and BrainPaint®. Bill continues his research and innovative developments in the field of EEG Biofeedback as CEO of BrainPaint®.

Erin studied Psychology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During her
undergraduate years, she became heavily involved with eating disorder outreach and found a passion
for connecting people to resources and one another. Putting her entrepreneurship studies to work, she
helped build a company called The Recovery Box. Founded in 2017, The Recovery Box bridges a gap in
the mental health field by designing innovative tools that support recovery by adding tangibility to
abstract clinical ideas. Erin holds the role of Chief Architecture and Design Officer, where she is able to
leverage her creative eye to support product design by bringing ideas into the physical space, as well as
supporting The Recovery Box from a business lens by ensuring the start-up has a strong foundation
from which to grow. Outside of The Recovery Box, Erin’s professional experience began in

Dr. Fong is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.

Dr. Fong completed his undergraduate and medical school at Northwestern University in Chicago. He then came to UCLA and finished his residency in adult general psychiatry in 2002 and was the first accredited addiction psychiatry fellow at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute (2002-2004).

He is the co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program (UGSP). The purpose of this program is to examine the underlying causes and clinical characteristics of gambling disorder in order to develop effective, evidence-based treatment strategies.

Since 2009, he has been the director of the UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, a one-year accredited program that provides clinical training in addiction psychiatry.

Finally, he is part of the faculty leadership of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, a multidisciplinary effort to examine the full impact of cannabis on the body, mind and brain.

Norman completed his B.A. at Yale University where he studied music and psychology, and was the recipient of a Mellon Fellowship for Research in Psychiatry. He completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at UCLA, where he was the recipient of an individual National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health to study the neurobiologic underpinnings of emotion recognition and understanding in Autism. Most recently he has been involved in a multi-site, longitudinal study of children and adolescents at risk for developing bipolar disorder.

In conjunction with his research, Norman has developed an expertise in treating and teaching about psychiatrically complex populations, multi-modal treatment, and diagnostic assessment. While rooted firmly in empirically supported approaches, he has incorporated practices emphasizing somatosensory integration and that draw from eastern and traditional medicine with our current knowledge of the neurobiologic and cognitive processes underlying anxiety, mood, trauma and eating disorders. He has endeavored to develop a clinical approach that focuses on the exploration of meaning as a path to healing and that honors an individual’s’ own narrative and journey.

Norman is a frequent, national speaker and educator, and is a passionate advocate for eating disorder awareness and translating research into clinical practice. He was the co-founder of the Reasons Eating Disorder Center and is a regular national speaker, educator, and advocate for eating disorder awareness. He is on the Board of Directors of the Eating Disorders Coalition, the Eating Disorder Advisory Council for the Joint Commission, and the Clinical Advisory Boards for Recovery Warriors, Spectrum CBT, and Tikvah V’Chizuk. He is the National Director for Program Development for Reasons Eating Disorder and Center for Change.

Thorald and Isaac Koren are on a mission to hear the World’s song, one Big Voice at a time. With over twenty years of experience recording, teaching, empowering others through transformational leadership and touring the world as The Kin and The Brothers Koren, their work continues to grow and expand the space for creative expression, leading people towards a more embodied life experience. Over the course of their musical careers as The Kin and The Brothers Koren, they are grateful to have experienced performing live on Conan, earning a Gold Record and performing to over a million people while touring with Coldplay, Pink, Rod Stewart and Bon Jovi. Now, their mission has shifted to one that seeks to include many voices, as they listen and study the transformative effect of music on human wellbeing.

Chris Tompkins is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, TEDx
speaker, and author of the best-selling book, Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent’s
Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground. Chris has a Master of
Arts in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University with a specialization in
LGBTQ Affirmative Psychology.

Prior to becoming an LGBTQ affirmative therapist, Chris bartended for 11 years
at a popular bar in West Hollywood, CA while teaching social-emotional learning
(SEL) throughout Los Angeles County at high schools, after school programs, the
Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Homeless Youth Shelter, and Los Angeles Central
Juvenile Hall.

In addition to being a therapist and author, Chris is an LGBTQ advocate. He
writes a blog on Psychology Today called, “LGBTQ Affirmative Psychology,” to
help mental health professionals best support their LGBTQ+ clients.
Chris is a regular guest on popular podcasts and his work has been featured on
HuffPost, Psychology Today, Healthline, Giddy, NAMI, Learning for Justice,
Elephant Journal, and Scary Mommy.

Jeremy is a Transformative Breathwork Practitioner, Sober Coach, and Personal Trainer.