BIO

Anjali Alimchandani, PhD, MPP is a psychologist currently working in private practice. She holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from New York University and Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University. Prior to pursuing private practice full time, she worked in the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center (GLA VA), West Los Angeles (WLA) campus. She also co-created the GLA VA Transgender Care Team. At the VA, Dr. Alimchandani provided clinical supervision and training to postdoctoral psychology fellows and facilitated multiple trainings/presentations on culturally responsive, social justice informed psychotherapy for psychiatry, psychology, and primary care staff members and residents/trainees at GLA VA. In addition, Dr. Alimchandani held a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor position at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine in 2018-2019, and has periodically served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor within the Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program at the University of Southern California (USC)’s Rossier School of Education since January 2018. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Queer and Transgender Therapists of Color Network and a member of the following American Psychological Association groups: Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity and the International Psychology Network for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Issues. Prior to coming to the field of psychology, Anjali worked in a variety of fields aimed at social justice promotion, including domestic violence prevention/response, international development, and direct social services with refugee and disenfranchised youth of color.