“Being human is not about being any one particular way; it is about being as life creates you—with your own particular strengths and weaknesses, gifts and challenges, quirks and oddities.”
—Kristin Neff
Our team
Founder, Los Angeles
Rachel Fried, PsyD
Dr. Fried specializes in treating borderline personality disorder, trauma, OCD, and depression. Her patients often describe her as compassionate, validating, dedicated, and goal-driven. Dr. Fried works with adults, adolescents, and parents. She is the co-director of the Los Angeles office, where she sees patients in person and virtually.
Founder, Orange County
Julie Orris, PsyD
Dr. Orris is a founder of Evidence Based Therapy Partners and the owner and executive director of Evidence Based Therapy Orange County. She specializes in emotion dysregulation, borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, and trauma. Dr. Orris is also provides regular consultation, training, and lectures to professionals and students in the community. Dr. Orris works with her patients to create a treatment plan that allows for individualized care that validates the patient's input and learning style while also adhering to evidence based intervention. Dr. Orris is committed to helping people build a life worth living and believes that people are doing the best that they can AND that they absolutely CAN improve their lives.
Founder, Chicago
Jessica L. Schneider, PsyD
Dr. Schneider has expertise in treating emotion dysregulation, self-injury, depression, anxiety, trauma, relational aggression, parenting difficulties, and insomnia. Throughout her work, Dr. Schneider is seen as being collaborative, driven, authentic, and funny. She sees individuals’ potential and works hard to help them realize a valued life. She is the director of the Chicago office, where she sees both adolescents and adults, as well as serves Illinois and California residents via telehealth.
Founder
, Los Angeles
Marget Thomas, PsyD
Dr. Thomas has expertise in treating emotion dysregulation, anxiety, borderline personality disorder and self-injury. She greatly enjoys working with couples to improve their relationships and with parents struggling with dysregulated teens. Accepting, playful and balanced, Dr. Thomas sees the best in her clients and firmly holds them to their highest capabilities. She co-directs our Los Angeles program and provides individual and couples therapy in Los Angeles and Orange County, as well as serves California residents via telehealth.
Psychologist, Los Angeles
Aly Fisher, PsyD
Dr. Fisher specializes in treating bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, and anxiety. Her therapeutic style has been described by clients as genuine, warm, collaborative, and goal-driven. Dr. Fisher strives to empower clients to make meaningful changes, while also helping them hold self-compassion along the way. She is a staff psychologist in the Los Angeles office, where she sees adults and adolescents in person and virtually.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Angeles
Gia Chodzen, Ph.D.
Dr. Chodzen specializes in treating emotion dysregulation, trauma, anxiety, and depression. Her approach is collaborative, goal-directed, and empathetic. She aims to support clients by keeping them accountable as they make meaningful changes in their lives that help them get closer to their goals. She is a postdoctoral fellow in the Los Angeles office under the supervision of Dr. Alyson Fisher. Dr. Chodzen is available to see adults, adolescents, children, and parents in person and virtually.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Angeles
Nicole Davis, Psy.D.
Dr. Davis has experience treating emotion dysregulation, anxiety and borderline personality disorder. She is authentic, grounded and curious. Dr. Davis believes in the change process – she believes there is so much we are all capable of when we invest in our own psychology. She is postdoctoral fellow working under the supervision of Dr. Marget Thomas. Dr. Davis works in the Los Angeles office, where she sees adults and adolescents in person and virtually.
Supervised Clinician, Los Angeles
Shira B. Feinstein, AMFT
Shira Feinstein is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist working under the supervision of Dr. Rachel Fried. Shira specializes in treating individuals and couples navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, loss, parenting difficulties, and relationship distress. Shira’s approach is active, empathetic, and goal directed. She is a staff therapist in the Los Angeles office, where she sees clients in person and virtually.
Director of Operations, Orange County
Bernadette Steves
Bernadette is the Director of Operations at Evidence Based Therapy Orange County and provides administrative support to the Evidence Based Therapy Partners team. She is often the first voice a prospective client hears. She is patient and empathic in her engagement with clients and is dedicated to helping people navigate the search for the right provider on our team. Bernadette has worked for 20 years in business management and has recently made the decision to follow her passion and use her skills to help others find resources to building a meaningful life.
“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.”
—Rachel Naomi Remen