Ehsan Gharadjedaghi, Psy.D. (Dr. G) received his Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology in 2009 at the American School for Professional Psychology, Orange County. He finished his post-doctoral fellowship at the Department of Mental Health, Youth Resources Center, Long Beach Family Resource Center, and Adelante and Miramar Recovery Centers, Newport Beach, Ca. His dissertation and post-doctoral research focused on understanding, processing, and resolving therapy impasses for emerging and established therapists.

On a personal level, Dr. G is tri-lingual (Persian, German, English), multi-ethnic, and has lived, studied, and worked in numerous countries. He is married to a wonderful lady of Vietnamese origin, with whom he has a very intelligent, beautiful, and ambitious daughter, a future attorney in training. He enjoys swimming, dancing, traveling, and learning more and more.

In terms of clinical experience, Dr. G has worked with at-risk youth on probation and in high school educational settings, HIV affected populations (HIV+ and related spouses and familymembers), substance and sex addiction clients, trauma and domestic violence clients, the elderly, and couples suffering from emotional and sexual problems.

As far as clinical, therapeutic approach, Dr. G is an existential therapist who specifically enjoys couples and family therapy with a focus on Meditation, Gestalt therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Process Experiential Therapy, Object Relations and Self Psychology, and Advanced Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy. He frequently incorporates scientific models from neuropsychology in order to help his clients understand and manage their lives in a more holistic, realistic, and practical way.

Dr. G has taught at Argosy University, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and University of Phoenix. He has been named a Distinguished Professor for his outstanding contribution to student learning and sat on a few dissertation committees as regular member or chair. Dr. G also has served on the Board of Advisers in the Master’s in Counseling Psychology Program (MACP) and on the Mental Health Board of Orange County from 2014-2017.

Between 2014 and 2019, Dr. G founded a substance abuse treatment center providing full continuum of care from detoxification to intensive outpatient programming which at its peak included operations over six locations, 80+ staff members, and 70+ clients. From 2012 to 2022, he as also served as the Executive Director of Norooz Clinic Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, a community mental health center with a focus on providing affordable
healthcare as well as internship opportunities for emerging therapists. Furthermore, as part of his effort to reduce stigma around mental health, Dr. G has also founded and produced for TherapyVideos on Youtube, an online streaming media provider that aims at providing all inclusive, open access to therapy to anyone, at anytime, and anywhere. He also cofounded SocialtyPro, a social media marketing & strategy development company to help professionals maximize their use of social media in advancing their careers and helping people. Dr. G serves as the clinical director and operational consultant at American Addiction Institute of Mind and Medicine that specializes in Medication Assisted Treatment as well as Hollywood Medical Rehabilitation Center that operates as a Medical contracted Opioid Use Treatment facility. Lastly, DrG cofounded Syllaby.io, an integrated, AI-driven video marketing management application that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to successfully and consistently maintain social media presence for SMBs.

Today Dr. G works mainly as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice while maintaining a consulting position at MyPost, LLC, a research and consulting firm with specialty in continuing research on various topics including addiction, multiculturalism, communication strategies, online gaming, and sexual dimorphism