Jennifer Robles, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Training
Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Jennifer Robles received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the Ohio State University. She has provided Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to a wide variety of clients throughout her graduate and post-doctoral training. Dr. Robles completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, during which she provided treatment to clients with chronic depression utilizing the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) model, and also to clients with Borderline Personality Disorder using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Dr. Robles is currently a licensed psychologist in private practice. She specializes in treating clients with anxiety and mood disorders using a variety of (CBT) techniques.
Mary Read, M.D.
Board Certified Psychiatrist
Dr. Mary Read is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and in addition to serving as the Medical Director of CBTC, she is also the Medical Director of the adult outpatient psychiatry clinic at Harbor-UCLA. Dr. Read received her medical degree from the While becoming a CBT therapist As the director of CBT Spanish speaking services at Harbor-UCLA Registered Psychological Assistant to Jennifer Robles, Ph.D. Dr. Gorgorian is the Director of Adolescent DBT Services at CBTC and an Assistant Director of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinic at Harbor-UCLA Medical 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. Dr. Holler completed her Psy.D. in clinical psychology at Dr. Jakle completed her PsyD in clinical psychology at Katherine J. Williams, M.A.
Elizabeth Gonzalez-Jaskulak, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Elizabeth Gonzalez-Jaskulak is Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Cal State University Northridge in 1993 and her Master’s in Social Work from UCLA in 1996.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Ulises Ramirez, LCSW is a Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT) and is on the faculty of UCLA where her serves as a clinical instructor of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the School of Social Work. Mr. Ramirez was also certified by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) as a Cognitive Therapist for a national study on depression. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Masters in Social Welfare (MSW) from UCLA. Mr. Ramirez completed the intensive training in DBT and in Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP). He is a Clinical Social Work Supervisor and the Director of Social Work Training at Harbor-UCLA. Through the Latino Behavioral health Institute (LBHI), Mr. Ramirez has performed training workshops on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Latinos. His area of expertise is treating depression and anxiety disorders in English and Spanish. He is also one of the founding clinicians of the Spanish-speaking DBT Program at Harbor-UCLA.
Alina Gorgorian, Ph.D.
Director-- Adolescent DBT Program
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Wendy Chan, Psy.D.
Co-Director Friends and Family Program
Postdoctoral Fellow
Registered Psychological Assistant to Lynn McFarr, Ph.D.
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Dr. Chan is the Co-Director of the Friends and Family program and a postdoctoral fellow at CBTC. Dr. Chan completed her Psy.D. in clinical psychology at
Rhea Holler, Psy.D.
Co-Director Friends and Family Program
Postdoctoral Fellow
Registered Psychological Assistant to Lynn McFarr, Ph.D.
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Katy Jakle, Psy.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Registered Psychological Assistant to Lynn McFarr, Ph.D.
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She was intensively trained in CBASP by Dr. James P. McCullough in 2007. She also completed training in empirically-supported treatments for chemical dependency and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while on clinical internship at the
Intake Coordinator
Katie Williams, M.A. is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at UCLA. She is currently in her second year of training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) in Harbor-UCLA's adult outpatient clinic, and also has training in Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She conducts research at Harbor-UCLA and UCLA on couple interventions and interactions and evidence-based supervision.
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