Kelly Yi, PhD

Dr. Kelly Yi completed his doctoral training from the clinical psychology program at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA. He is currently Associate Chair of the psychology doctoral Program at The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University, and also is a clinical supervisor at Stanford/The Pacific Graduate School of Psychology's evidence-based university clinic. Dr. Yi studied the psychology of religion and comparative religious/spiritual experiences as an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara, and in graduate school conducted original doctoral research on long-term mindfulness training and well being, examining the experiences of long-term practitioners and teachers.

Dr. Yi integrates mindfulness into all aspects of therapy and has trained with leaders in the fields of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Cultivating Emotional Balance. Additionally he holds expertise in working with trauma having been trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS). He also utilizes aspects of Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, Gottman Couples Therapy, and Imago Dialogue.