Amara Brook, PhD, ABPP

I am a neurodivergent licensed psychologist and Director at Flow Neurodiversity Affirming Psychological Services (flowps.com), a private practice serving clients in California and all 40 PSYPACT participating states. I am also Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. My passions are helping people understand themselves through psychological assessment and reach their goals using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) tailored to be optimally effective for their neurotype and other dimensions of diversity. I specialize in assessing and tailoring DBT for Autistic people and ADHDers. I enjoy providing training and consultation to other clinicians, helping them understand neurodivergent people and learn how to provide neurodiversity-affirming assessment and therapy. Recently, I was a guest on Charlie Swenson’s “To Hell and Back” DBT podcast discussing autism, neurodiversity, and ways of tailoring DBT to help Autistic clients reach their life-worth living goals. I received my bachelor's degree from Harvard, PhD from the University of Michigan, and advanced clinical training from CSPP. I have completed numerous advanced trainings in Psychological Assessment, DBT, and CBT and am Board Certified in Behavioral & Cognitive Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). In the past, I served as Director of Postdoctoral Training, Supervisor, DBT Team Coordinator, and Embedded Psychologist in Emergency Medicine at Kaiser Santa Clara. I also provided clinical services at VA medical centers, and schools. I was also a psychology professor at Santa Clara University and taught a graduate-level DBT course there. When I'm not practicing psychology, I love playing with my dogs and exercising in nature.

Rachel Leah Kraus, LCSW-C

​I am a licensed clinical social worker in private practice (www.krauspsychotherapy.com) serving clients virtually throughout the state of Maryland for therapy and throughout the United States for executive function coaching. I work from a DBT-informed approach and have a special interest in working with clients who have a borderline and/or OCD diagnosis on top of an Autistic, ADHD, or AuDHD neurotype utilizing a neurodiversity affirming approach. I received my bachelor's degree in Psychology (Ecopsychology) from Mount Holyoke College and my Master's in Social Work from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. I am a Social Work board approved supervisor through the State of Maryland. I have participated in numerous advanced trainings in DBT, been providing DBT informed treatment since 2008 in various contexts including schools, residential treatment facilities, hospitals, and community mental health clinics before transitioning exclusively to private practice. I currently provide consultation to clinicians around the country and lead several consultation groups where I teache clinicians how to utilize the neurodiversity affirming approach when interacting with clients. When I'm not doing DBT or training others, I love learning about and riding rollercoasters!