Providers
Andie Murray, Ph.D.
Andrea (Andie) Murray (she/her) is a clinical associate at West Coast CBT and is a licensed clinical psychologist in California. Dr. Murray is certified in CBT by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and was intensively trained in DBT during her postdoctoral residency at Harbor-UCLA hospital. Dr. Murray has also been trained directly by ACT researcher and expert, Dr. John Forsyth. Dr. Murray specializes in treating adolescent and adult clients who suffer from borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, and emotion dysregulation. Dr. Murray also specializes in treating members of the LGBTQ+ community. Additionally Dr. Murray has experience treating anxiety, PTSD, and mood disorders. Dr. Murray’s past research focused on the relationship between eating disorders and sexual orientation.
Dr. Murray received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the University at Albany, State University of New York and completed her postdoctoral residency at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center CBT/Dissemination Program. Most recently, Dr. Murray was a clinical psychologist at CBT California before deciding to work closer to her home in south Orange County.
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Christopher Hawkey, Ph.D.
Christopher Hawkey (he/him/his) is the founder of West Coast CBT and is a licensed clinical psychologist in California. Dr. Hawkey has extensive training in evidence-based interventions with a focus on providing CBT and DBT to adolescents, adults, parents, and families. Dr. Hawkey is a DBT - Linehan Board Certified Clinician and has experience working with a variety of clinical presentations including anxiety, depression, emotion dysregulation, suicidal and self-harm behavior, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD. Dr. Hawkey takes special interest in serving sexual and gender minorities including women and the LGBTQ+ community. Dr. Hawkey’s past research focused on suicide and self-harm in bipolar adolescents and family factors in adolescents with mood disorders.
Dr. Hawkey received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder and completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Duke University School of Medicine, where he was the first-ever recipient of the Karen Wells Professionalism award. Dr. Hawkey then completed his post-doctoral residency at the Portland DBT Institute, which is the oldest free-standing DBT clinic in the world. Finally, Dr. Hawkey worked as operations director at CBT California before moving to south Orange County to start his own CBT/DBT practice.
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Mikaela Kinnear, Ph.D.
Mikaela Kinnear (she/her) is a clinical associate at West Coast CBT and is a licensed clinical psychologist in California. Dr. Kinnear has in-depth training in evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents, adults, and families with a focus on providing behavioral interventions including CBT and DBT-informed therapy. Dr. Kinnear has been trained to provide treatment for most major mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, and autism-spectrum disorders. Dr. Kinnear has a special interest in using evidence-based principles of change with individuals on the autism spectrum and has intensive training in the “AIM-HI” treatment for ASD.
Dr. Kinnear received her B.S. in cognitive science from the University of California, San Diego and her master’s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Kinnear completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral residencies at the Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. Finally, Dr. Kinnear served as the Director of Clinical Services at the San Diego State University Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Clinical Consultants
Dr. Blair Kleiber
Dr. Blair Kleiber (she/her) is the founder of Comprehensive Behavioral Health, PLLC and is a practicing psychologist licensed in both Texas and Washington State. Dr. Kleiber has extensive training in the provision of evidence-based treatments including CBT and DBT. In fact, Dr. Kleiber is a Linehan-DBT Board Certified clinician meaning that she has passed the rigorous certification process created by DBT’s creator, Dr. Marsha Linehan. Furthermore, Dr. Kleiber has also trained with some of the most highly respected DBT clinicians in the world including Dr. Kate Comtois, Dr. Jennifer Sayrs, and even Dr. Marsha Linehan herself! Finally, Dr. Kleiber is a faculty member at the esteemed University of Washington School of Medicine where she provides remote supervision to psychology and psychiatry residents. Dr. Kleiber serves as a clinical team consultant to West Coast CBT as a member of our CBT/DBT Consultation Team.
Dr. Hollie Granato
Dr. Hollie Granato (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Beverly Hills, CA and an assistant professor at UCLA in the David Geffen School of Medicine, as well as voluntary clinical faculty at the University of Southern California. Hollie has trained extensively with the treatment developers of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, and has published on the implementation of a DBT-PE protocol. Hollie has a strong commitment to the training and dissemination of evidence-based practice, and she currently serves as the clinical lead for DBT in Los Angeles county and the assistant training director for the doctoral externship training program at Harbor – UCLA. Hollie strives to serve the psychological community and is currently an elected board member of the Southern California Acceptance and Commitment Therapy organization, ACBS.org. In her spare time, as a certified yoga instructor Hollie offers donation based yoga classes to mental health providers seeking to decrease burnout and increase their own personal mindfulness skills practice. Dr. Granato serves as a clinical team consultant to West Coast CBT as a member of our CBT/DBT Consultation Team.