Our Team

Dr. Sones is a double board-certified psychiatrist and psychotherapist with expertise in mood disorders, trauma, ADHD, psychosis, and complex diagnostic cases. He provides psychiatric oversight, medication management, psychological testing, and integrated concierge care to Bodhi Casa residents in need of ongoing psychiatric support. Dr. Sones trained at UCLA and also serves as a Clinical Instructor at the David Geffen School of Medicine.

His approach blends psychotherapy, genetic testing, and lifestyle interventions with a focus on long-term stability, clarity, and individualized treatment. He has also worked extensively in street psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and with individuals facing housing instability—bringing deep compassion and rigor to each relationship. Dr. Sones coordinates with our internal team and therapists to ensure psychiatric support aligns with daily structure and broader recovery goals.

Jack is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than a decade in behavioral health. His clinical work centers on two areas that are often treated separately and frequently show up together: substance use and psychosis. He works with people in early recovery and long-term recovery, with young adults experiencing a first episode, and with the families trying to make sense of what is happening.

His approach is direct and steady. He is interested in what is driving the behavior, what a person wants their life to look like, and what level of care will get them there, including being honest when outpatient therapy is not enough.

As co-founder, Jack built Bodhi Wellness Collective around a simple standard: clinicians chosen for real skill, working as one team, with therapy, psychiatry, and testing coordinated around the person. He leads operations and oversees clinical standards across the practice.

Outside the office, Jack is an avid golfer and spends as much time on the course as his schedule allows.

Colby holds a Bachelor's in English Literature from Pepperdine University and a Master's in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles, with additional training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy under Dr. Charles R. Swenson. A former Fulbright Scholar, he brings a global perspective to a practice rooted firmly in the South Bay.

He specializes in substance use disorders, depression, anxiety, OCD, and trauma, and works across attachment theory, DBT, CBT, ERP, and Internal Family Systems. His years in residential treatment shape how he works now: a calm, non-judgmental room where people can look honestly at what they want their lives to be, with an approach built around the person rather than the diagnosis.

Colby is also a firm believer in time outdoors as part of mental health, and a lifelong surfer who spends most of his free time in the Pacific.

Josh earned his Master's in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles. He spent several years providing field-based psychotherapy to homeless veterans as part of a Full Service Partnership program with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, work that placed him alongside people managing substance use and severe mental illness in genuinely hard circumstances.

He works primarily in CBT, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and psychodynamic and relational approaches. He also brings personal knowledge of addiction and what it does both to the person living with it and to the family around them, which lends a nuance that training alone does not provide.

Josh is a father of two. Outside of work he trains hard, spends time outdoors, and goes to a lot of live music. He holds to a simple conviction: whatever the problem is, changing the quality of your mind changes the quality of your experience.

Nimalee holds a master's in psychology from Pepperdine University and a master's in psychology with an emphasis in professional clinical counseling from University of Massachusetts Global. She also completed three years of doctoral coursework and training in clinical psychology at Pepperdine.

She has worked across the full continuum of care, in shelters for unhoused people, hospitals, residential and outpatient treatment centers, and schools, supporting people through mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders, trauma, and substance use. Her approach is collaborative and nonjudgmental, in a room that welcomes both irreverence and raw emotion, and she practices in a culturally attuned way that is affirming of all identities.

Her conviction is that we cannot shame ourselves into lasting change, and that change comes instead through acceptance. Outside of work she sings in a choir, does interior design, and swims with her golden retriever.

Carissa holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles. She completed the three-year Somatic Experiencing Professional Training through Somatic Experiencing International and is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), with additional training in Polyvagal Theory.

Somatic Experiencing is a body-based approach to trauma and chronic stress. Rather than relying on talk alone, it works with what stress does in the body: the racing heart, the bracing, the shutdown, the sense of never fully settling. Carissa helps clients notice how emotions, memories, and protective patterns show up physically, and works in small, paced steps toward new experiences of safety and choice.

Her work starts from the understanding that the nervous system adapts to help us survive. She meets those responses with curiosity and compassion rather than treating them as something to fix, and pairs somatic work with IFS and mindfulness so clients can work with both the body and the parts of themselves that took on protective roles. Alongside trauma, she works with anxiety, depression, grief, chronic pain, burnout, life transitions, and recovery.

Carissa also has specialized training in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP), which brings horses into the work as partners for noticing connection, boundaries, and nervous system states in real time.

Her own recovery informs the work. With more than a decade of sobriety, she knows from experience that healing is rarely linear and that lasting change asks for patience and self-compassion. She believes healing is less about becoming someone new and more about reconnecting with the parts of ourselves that were lost, protected, or forgotten along the way.

Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT No. 144999. Employed by Bodhi Wellness Collective, PC, and supervised by Jack Foley, LMFT.

Dr. Hai is a California licensed psychologist and the founder of Neuro Assessment Center in Los Angeles. He earned his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology and completed postdoctoral training in neuropsychology through Fielding Graduate University, and is a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

A significant part of his clinical work has been assessment within residential treatment settings, where people often arrive with multiple diagnoses, complicated treatment histories, and symptoms that could have several possible explanations. His approach emphasizes careful differential diagnosis and the integration of cognitive, psychological, developmental, medical, and contextual information.

He believes assessment should extend beyond diagnostic labeling. His evaluations are built around the specific clinical question and designed to clarify how different aspects of functioning interact, what those patterns mean in daily life, and how the findings translate into practical recommendations for treatment. His areas of focus include attention and executive functioning, ADHD and autism spectrum differentials, trauma-related conditions, mood and personality functioning, learning differences, memory concerns, and cognitive changes associated with medical or neurological conditions.

His assessment experience also includes fitness-for-duty, disability, academic and testing accommodations, conservatorship, and professional competency evaluations, including high-stakes evaluations of physicians, surgeons, clergy, and other licensed professionals. That work has shaped his emphasis on diagnostic precision, functional capacity, and the real-world implications of findings.

Dr. Boveda is a California licensed psychologist. She completed her master's and doctoral degrees in counseling and psychology at the University of Utah, following an undergraduate degree at Florida International University. She is the founding psychologist of a neurodivergent-informed psychological testing practice and the founder of a company providing qEEG brain mapping and neurofeedback services nationally.

Her particular expertise is neurodevelopmental assessment of girls and women on the autism spectrum. Autistic girls are identified later and less often than boys, in part because they frequently mask more effectively and present differently from the profile most screening tools were built around. Many arrive having been told for years that what they have is anxiety, or that nothing is going on at all. Recognizing that pattern is a specific skill rather than a general one.

Her assessment work also covers nonverbal learning disorder, executive function difficulties, developmental trauma, and family dynamics, across psychological and neuropsychological evaluation. Much of her experience is with children, adolescents, and young adults in residential, therapeutic boarding school, and wilderness programs, where presentations tend to be layered and earlier explanations have often already failed.

She speaks regularly at conferences on autism and neurodevelopmental assessment. Her stated aim is to help clients and their families understand their own profile of strengths and struggles, rather than to hand them a label and send them away.

Reid brings over a decade of experience in addiction, coaching, and men’s emotional health. His compassionate, direct style blends CBT and deep relational work to help clients feel safe while being challenged. He is also a parent, athlete, and advocate for practical transformation.

Rodman is known for his dynamic, psychodynamic approach to therapy, blending trauma-informed work, EMDR, and relational insight. He specializes in PTSD, self-worth, grief, addiction, and family systems healing. Rodman brings an engaging, collaborative presence into every session.

Julia blends psychodynamic therapy, DBT, mindfulness, and art therapy to help clients navigate anxiety, trauma, codependency, and emotional dysregulation. Her grounded, empathetic presence supports long-term growth and nervous system regulation.

Ben draws from narrative therapy, mindfulness, relapse prevention, and his personal recovery journey to help clients build self-awareness and internal strength. His sessions feel safe, honest, and deeply compassionate—meeting young men exactly where they are.

Sam specializes in trauma, EMDR, attachment work, IFS, and CBT. She works with individuals, couples, and families to build insight, communication, and emotional resilience. Sam brings warmth, creativity, and structure into her process with every client.