Educational Background
B.A.          Cal Poly Pomona
M.S.W.      California State University, Long Beach

Sandra McClelland, LCSW has over 25 years of experience in social work and psychotherapy and has specialized in individual and group Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for the last 15 years. She is a founding member of the CBT clinic at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and has taught psychologists, social workers, physicians and nurses through Harbor-UCLA’s CBT Outreach Program. She is intensively trained in and supervises in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Standard Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders (CBT) and Prolonged Exposure for Post Traumatic Distress Disorder (PE).  Ms. McClelland received her BA in Social Work from Cal Poly Pomona and her Master of Social Work from Cal State Long Beach.  Her clinical interests are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Depression, CBT and DBT for Eating Disorders, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for Psychosis and Bipolar I Disorders.