Bringing proven practices to people everywhere
OUR MISSION
For too long, improving one’s mental health hasn’t been as accessible as it could be—and we’re here to change that. At Therapy Notebooks, we’re bringing expert therapists, clinical psychologists, and researchers together to deliver proven mental health tools and practices to more people—so that anyone can start feeling better.
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OUR VALUES
Trust
We believe that trust should be earned, not given. And we are committed to continually earning that trust by delivering the highest standard of clinical knowledge and human insight to the masses.
Empathy
We operate from the belief that positive change is possible, sustainable, and inclusive of relapses and setbacks. Every experience deserves empathy and we strive to always be honest and open in all that we do.
Impact
We create tools that meaningfully impact people's lives and we'll never make something just because it's easy or convenient. Our products are made by experts, informed by their clinical and real-world experiences. All that we do is backed by our desire to make positive change achievable for all.
Empowerment
We want to leave people feeling empowered. Capable and self-assured on their path of awareness and growth. By creating products that are easy-to-use, educational, and accurate—grounded in the most up-to-date research—we can bring this sense of accomplishment through all our products.
OUR GUIDING PRODUCT PRINCIPLES
Our notebooks are based on a robust body of peer-reviewed research studies of the highest level of rigor (randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, and case-controlled studies). We work with experienced researchers and clinical psychologists to hand-select the most important findings and mental health tools to make our products as effective, accessible, and easy-to-digest as possible.
Since 2020, we have worked with hundreds of clinical psychologists, licensed therapists, psychiatrists, and researchers to make our products. We work with people who combine the academic rigor of their respective disciplines with their professional experience helping real, everyday people. Every product we develop is led by one or two expert leads, with an additional handful of experts that review and edit the content for accuracy, readability, and comprehensiveness.
We’ve experienced firsthand how overwhelming it can be to sift through the sheer volume of online articles and academic journals to find resources to feel better. Even when you do put in the time, it's hard to understand how to implement those concepts into our daily lives.
At Therapy Notebooks, we are committed to making tools that real people with everyday needs can understand and actually put into practice. We share early concepts and manuscripts of our products with real customers to ensure that our notebooks are truly useful, and stand the test of real life.
Why experts love Therapy Notebooks
As stigma around mental health has decreased, there's been such a need for reliable sources to disseminate information. While that is a lot of our work as clinicians in individual therapy, I also have no interest in gatekeeping this information or shrouding it in mystery. I love to be a part of someone's mental health journey and to facilitate insight and those "aha" moments. Therapy Notebooks allows us to bring these moments to a much wider audience.
Diana Hu, PsyD
Lead Therapist for The Therapy Journal
I love having the impact of working with clients one-on-one but we have so many great tools, techniques, and resources in psychology at-large. In session, I get to take treatment protocols and therapeutic interventions and customize them in a flexible way to fit the needs of the client sitting in front of me. Not everyone can access good quality clinical care so Therapy Notebooks helps these tools and protocols reach a much broader audience than I ever could as an individual.
Emory Strickland, PsyD
Lead Therapist for The Field Guide for Depression
My clients who use Therapy Notebooks are seeing faster improvement in symptoms, deeper, more meaningful personal insights, and we're achieving a more fruitful and deep therapy session as a result of deep thinking. What that means is even those who are accessing individual care are seeing more meaningful progress when they bring these tools into their everyday.
Hod Tamir, PhD
Lead Therapist for The Anti-Anxiety Notebook
I am just so tickled that in the age of digital and virtual everything, Therapy Notebooks has made a commitment to helping people in a simpler, more nostalgic way—through journaling. There is so much to be said about putting our deepest emotions and thoughts on paper, and I love that Therapy Notebooks does this while integrating evidence-based techniques into the experience.
Jessica Yu, PhD
Lead Therapist for The After-Trauma Notebook
OUR TEAM
Hod Tamir is a developmental psychologist and licensed mental health counselor. His practice, The WĪSR Place, focuses on wellbeing, identity, sexuality, and relationships. After completing his PhD in Psychology at Florida International University, Hod worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Tamir is now focused on clinical practice, teaching, and developing tools to make mental health treatment more accessible.
Diana Hu is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Seattle area. She has experience working in a variety of settings, including college counseling, community mental health, and partial hospitalization programs. Diana focused her graduate training on CBT-based therapy modalities, and psychological evaluation for adults. She currently focuses on helping adults strengthen their relationships, navigate intergenerational cultural differences, and feel empowered to lead meaningful lives.
Emory Strickland is a licensed clinical psychologist in Washington State and currently works at the Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle (EBTCS) in the Anxiety Center. He has significant experience delivering evidence-based treatments and working with clients struggling with a range of anxiety and related disorders including, OCD, panic disorder, depression, GAD, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, PTSD, and body-focused repetitive behaviors.
Jessica Yu is a licensed clinical psychologist whose roles as a strategy lead at a worldwide virtual care company, private practice clinician, and advisor to various mental health organizations are centered on increasing access to evidence-based care. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and incorporates the principles and techniques from these modalities into her treatment of those with anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.
Brandon Tong is a licensed clinical psychologist working in California’s Bay Area. He was drawn to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy because of its scientific approach to problems of general suffering. Brandon was trained by many top-notch and expert clinicians with ties to University of Pennsylvania, one of the top research centers in psychology, and is an anxiety clinician, providing powerful treatments by educating and empowering patients.
Rachel Brenner received her PhD in Counseling Psychology with a Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Psychology from Iowa State University in 2018. She worked as an Assistant Professor at SUNY Albany (2018-2020) and Colorado State University (2020-2022). Her academic research primarily examined how people respond to distress and how these responses impact mental and physical health. In July 2022, Rachel became a Staff User Researcher for Twilio. Using her research and psychology background, she conducts user research and mentors junior researchers to help Twilio develop user-friendly products and build a more connected world.
Asaf Mazar, PhD is a behavioral scientist studying how people form desirable habits and break undesirable ones. His work seeks to understand how to spark behavior change in real-world settings. He received his PhD in social psychology from the University of Southern California, working with Dr. Wendy Wood, and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, working with Dr. Angela Duckworth. He enjoys playing piano and spending time with his family and their assortment of adorable furry creatures.
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