Melinda White - Professional Profile
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Melinda White is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has worked extensively with adults with ADHD, anxiety, depression, social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorder and panic disorder. Her focus with children has been on ADHD and anxiety. She is a certified cognitive therapist and founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She has been an affiliate of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy. Melinda is also a professional member of the Anxiety Disorders Association and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. She served for two years as the Educational Coordinator for the U.C. Berkeley site of the National Institute of Mental Health’s multi-modal treatment study of ADHD. She was a special education teacher for 15 years and has a life credential as a learning disability specialist. She is currently in private practice in Berkeley, California.
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Professional Associations
- Academy of Cognitive Therapy, founding fellow
- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy
- Anxiety Disorders Association
- California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder Association, professional member
- East Bay California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
- N.CA CBT Network- Steering Committee
- Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
- Tourette Syndrome Association
- Trichotillomania Learning Center
Ilyana Romanovsky - Professional Profile
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Ilyana Romanovsky is a registered marriage and family therapy intern, working in Melinda White's private practice in Berkeley, CA. She completed a rigorous graduate training program at San Mateo County Behavioral Health Clinic with an emphasis on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and evidence-based treatments. This included Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in addition to mindfulness basedan approaches to wellness. Among her clinical interests are anxiety, depression, trauma (including PTSD), mood disorders, relational and family problems as well as issues surrounding grief and loss. She remains active in the areas of research, writing and training as part of her commitment to stay current in the provision of evidence-based treatments. Her style of work is primarily goal-directed, collaborative and individually tailored to meet each client’s unique needs.
She offers Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) which contains aspects of both behavioral and cognitive treatments. CBT focuses on helping people modify their thoughts and behaviors to bring about meaningful change. CBT is a structured, directive approach to psychotherapy where treatment plans are developed for each individual, and each session has an agenda to organize the discussion of specific problems. CBT is problem-oriented, which means the focus is on solving present problems. There is a great deal of research literature on the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral interventions for various types of disorders.
For further information, please visit www.berkeleymentalhealth.com.
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