Ulises Ramirez, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Ulises Ramirez, LCSW received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Masters in Social Welfare (MSW) from UCLA.  He is a Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT) and was also certified as a Cognitive Therapist by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for a national study on depression.  He is on the faculty of UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs where he serves as a clinical instructor of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the Department of Social Welfare. He is the Director of Social Work Training and a Clinical Social Work Supervisor at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Mr. Ramirez was intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in 2000 and is one of the founding clinicians of the Spanish-speaking DBT Program at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.  He was also intensively trained in Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) by Dr. James P. McCullough in 2007 and has received extensive training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).  Mr. Ramirez is currently in the process of becoming certified in Prolonged Exposure (PE), a treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).  Mr. Ramirez has performed training workshops and presentations on CBT and DBT with the Latino population, including at the Latino Behavioral Health Institute (LBHI).

Alina Gorgorian, Ph.D.
Licensed Staff Psychologist

Dr. Gorgorian is a Licensed Staff Psychologist at CBTC and Clinical Director of Clearview Treatment Center. She also serves as an adjunct professor of psychology at Pepperdine University’s School of Psychology and Education. Dr. Gorgorian is Secretary of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Society of Southern California. Dr. Gorgorian completed her Ph.D. in counseling psychology at Fordham University in New York and her internship at the Sepulveda VA in Los Angeles. She received extensive training in DBT, substance abuse and eating disorders at Bellevue hospital in New York City. She currently supervises and teaches graduate students and psychiatry residents in DBT, CBT, CBASP, and ACT. Dr. Gorgorian has special expertise in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) with children and adolescents. Dr. Gorgorian's clinical interests include chemical dependency, chronic mental illness, eating disorders in adolescents and adults, acculturation gaps within ethnic minority families and intergenerational conflict.  Her research interests include assessing outcomes for DBT patients within community mental health settings, Evidence-Based Supervision effects on trainees, acculturation issues among minority adolescents and intergenerational conflict, Crisis Resolution in CBT, psychological effects of miscarriage, and the multicultural personality.

Jamie D. Bedics, Ph.D.
Director of Research
Licensed Psychologist



Dr. Jamie Bedics is a psychologist and supervisor at CBT California – Beverly Hills.  He received his B.A. in psychology from Penn State University, his M.S. in clinical psychology from the University of Utah, and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, CA.  He completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the DBT Center of Seattle where he was trained and supervised by the leading experts and trainers in DBT.  Over the past four years he has participated in research with the treatment developer, Dr. Marsha Linehan, at the University of Washington where he examined the role of the therapeutic relationship and self-concept change during DBT.  In collaboration with Dr. Linehan, his current research interest involves the evaluation and dissemination of evidence-based clinical practices, including DBT, during graduate training.  Dr. Bedics is also an assistant professor and director of the Master of Science in Clinical Psychology program at California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA, and member of the DBT Clinic at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA.

Sandra McClelland, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Sandra McClelland, LCSW has over 25 years of experience in social work and psychotherapy and has specialized in individual and group Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for the last 15 years. She is a founding member of the CBT clinic at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and has taught psychologists, social workers, physicians and nurses through Harbor-UCLA’s CBT Outreach Program. She is intensively trained in and supervises in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Standard Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders (CBT) and Prolonged Exposure for Post Traumatic Distress Disorder (PE).  Ms. McLelland received her BA in Social Work from Cal Poly Pomona and her Master of Social Work from Cal State Long Beach.  Her clinical interests are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Depression, CBT and DBT for Eating Disorders, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for Psychosis and Bi-Polar I Disorders.

Wendy Chan, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist
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Dr. Chan is the Co-Director of the Friends and Family program.She completed her Psy.D. in clinical psychology at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California and completed her internship at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina. Dr. Chan also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in forensic psychology at Patton State Hospital and a clinical fellowship at CBTC. She continues to apply third-wave behavior therapies in individual treatment, group therapy, clinical supervision, and agency/staff trainings.She is currently on staff at Patton State Hospital as well as CBTC. Dr. Chan received extensive CBT, DBT, and CBASP training early in her graduate career at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, under the supervision of Dr. Lynn McFarr (Beck Scholar). She was intensively trained in CBASP by Dr. James P. McCullough in 2007. Her current research interests include applying emotion regulation skills in correctional environments, effective treatment for antisocial personality disorder, reducing violence in populations with severe mental illness, and the effective application of cognitive behavior therapies in real-world settings.