Margaret “Molly” Hunt, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY 28866) trained in cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based psychotherapies. She specializes in treating trauma and trauma-related diagnoses, such as borderline personality disorder (CPT, PE and DBT), and in treating anxiety and depression (CBT, ACT). In addition to her role as co-director of Santa Monica Psychology Group, Dr. Hunt is chair of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association Ethics Committee, and Clinical Faculty at UCLA, where she supervises doctoral students learning to provide therapy. Dr. Hunt received her B.A. with Departmental Honors in Human Biology from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA. Dr. Hunt completed pre- and postdoctoral training in the Veterans’ Affairs system in Los Angeles. Dr. Hunt’s doctoral research looked at the relationships between inflammation, stress, and depression. Additionally, she contributed to studies of the placebo effect in pharmacological treatment of depression. Her work has been published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity, Frontiers in Psychiatry, and The British Journal of Psychiatry, among others.
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