About Us


 


1-p1 Ellen R. Van Eck, PhD
Dr. Van Eck, a director of NPC, is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of bipolar disorders and pre-natal loss. She has extensive experience providing couple therapy with various marital issues.

 

 


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Shaelyn T. Pham, PhD
Dr. Pham has extensive experience treating depression and anxiety disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. Her special interests include working with survivors of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, as well as borderline personality disorder. She provides treatment based upon each patient's needs in the setting of individual, couple, family, or group therapy. Dr. Pham’s years of hospital and clinical work has well equipped her to treat patients with difficult problems such as eating disorders, schizophrenia, drug and alcohol addiction, and self-injurious behavior. She takes a holistic approach to help her patients achieve self-awareness, to find psychological well-being, and to develop healthy relationships with others.

 

 


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Sara Said, PhD
Dr. Said is a clinical psychologist specializing in psychological assessment and in the diagnosis and treatment of trauma. She is well grounded in trauma-informed theories and therapies. Dr. Said integrates developmental/attachment perspective, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural orientations, resiliency and systems approaches in her provision of individual, couple, group and family therapies. She works actively and collaboratively with her clients of all ages who may enter therapy for a variety of distressing symptoms, discover for themselves their own truths. Dr. Said’s experience includes working in inpatient program for adolescents who have suffered severe and chronic trauma, including sexual, physical and emotional abuse. In addition, Dr. Said works with the non-profit organization Program for Torture Victims (PTV) where she provides psychological evaluation and psychotherapy to survivors of torture and serves as an expert witness in immigration court. Dr. Said is well versed in multicultural issues and has a keen awareness and sensitivity to diverse needs and values of minority groups.

 

 


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Meghan Marcum, PsyD
Dr. Marcum is experienced in working with both adolescents and adults in treating a wide variety of individuals. Her works with these individuals with an emphasis on substance abuse and anxiety disorders. She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health centers in Southern California. Dr. Marcum takes a client-centered approach when considering individualized goals for treatment. Dr. Marcum provides individual and group therapy that integrates holistic wellness approaches, including mindfulness and meditation approaches.

 

 

 


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Heike Kholooci, PsyD
Dr. Kholooci is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of eating disturbances, LGBT and HIV/AIDS related concerns, and relationship difficulties. She works with individual adults, couples, and groups and focuses on an integrated mind-body perspective on health and illness. Dr. Kholooci has written in the area of mindfulness and its relationship to psychological wellbeing and specifically emphasizes its effects on one’s inner capacities for healing both body and mind.

 

 

 


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Fedra Tehrani, BA
Miss Tehrani is a doctoral candidate from Argosy University. While actively working towards her Doctoral degree, she is completing her internship with the Department of Mental Health. She has several years of work experience providing therapeutic services for diverse and underserved population. Miss Tehrani enjoys working with victims of trauma, domestic violence as well as highly at risk youth, treating substance abuse and mood disorders. She practices from a Cognitive Behavioral and Psychodynamic orientation treating client with attachment, interpersonal and developmental issues. Miss Tehrani is also fluent in Farsi and is dedicated to providing services for the Iranian community. As an active member of the American Psychiatric Association and the California Psychological Association she continues to be an active participant in advancing research and education in the field of psychology.