Work with thought leaders and academic experts from Adler School of Professional Psychology

Researchers on NotedSource with connections to Adler School of Professional Psychology include Dr. Vaneeta Sandhu, Rachel Diamond, PhD, LMFT, PMH-C, and Marcelo Alex Gonzalez, PhD, LCPC.

Dr. Vaneeta Sandhu

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Consultant for organizations related to workplace wellness, and learning & development initiatives.
Experience

Vaneeta Sandhu Consulting

Consultant, Trainer, Speaker, & Coach / March, 2013Present

Consulting practice offering speaking and training services to organizations on wellness in the workplace. Content development includes allyship in the workplace, DEIB-related topics, resilience, inclusive daily practices in the workplace, compassion culture, and responding to world events as leaders in the workplace. Content delivered in summits, all-day offsites, lunch and learns, and 1 hour workshops. Lead values brainstorming sessions for founders and executive teams. External consultant for organizational needs assessments & performance measurement.

Coa

Head of Learning & Operations / July, 2020March, 2024

As a founding executive at Coa, I oversee mental health gym operations, leading live/on-demand therapy sessions. I've crafted digital learning for 300+ global clients, focusing on leadership skills (e.g., self-awareness, resilience). Managed 8 remote staff, conducting weekly coaching. Created tailored leadership programs and led team-building efforts. Developed culture playbook, marketing content, and talent acquisition strategies.

Advisor / March, 2024Present

Advise on product (learning offerings), customer growth, partnerships, and business development-related initiatives.

LifeLabs Learning

Senior Content & Facilitation Lead / October, 2015July, 2020

Led executive, manager, and team training for hundreds of companies like Slack, Lyft, Giphy, & Twilio, serving clients with 100-5,000 employees. Managed content creation team, producing multimedia learning resources. Collaborated with HR leaders to design programs, resulting in 20% user engagement increase. Developed workshops on workplace dynamics, bias, communication, coaching, and strategic thinking. Oversaw hiring and cross-departmental onboarding, scaling company from 15 to 200 employees. Aligned content initiatives with marketing and sales strategies.

University of San Francisco

Adjunct Faculty (Research Supervisor) / July, 2022Present

Supervisor graduate student research (doctoral psychology candidates).

Adler University

Professor & Assistant Director of Training / July, 2013September, 2017

Professor: Teach core curriculum classes related to diagnosis & treatment, ethics & law. Administer qualifying examinations, conduct admission application reviews and interviews, participate in development of new courses and school-related promotions, provide management and mentoring to adjunct instructors, student advising, execute program development & accreditation procedures. Supervise and/or co-investigator on doctoral-level research. Use and build university LMS for course needs. Clinical training: Establish partnerships with communication organizations to support clinical training. Conduct quality assurance processes and audits. Train students on charting and electronic health records. Interview, hire, & onboard clinical supervisors.

Research Expertise
Mental health in the workplace
Learning & development
About
Spanning more than 12 years, Dr. Sandhu's professional work is dedicated to building and designing educational and healthcare products. Having reported directly to founders and CEOs for over 7 years, she is deeply invested in building inclusive, high-performing teams and operationally streamlining processes & systems. Vaneeta has coached and consulted executives, managers, and teams at hundreds of organizations, spanning multiple industries including government, education, tech, and nonprofit, including Giphy, Slack, Figma, NBC, University of California San Francisco, among others. Her expertise in behavior change, leadership, digital health, and adult learning inform her passion for work related to wellness in the workplace and learning & development. Dr. Vaneeta holds multiple roles as professor, clinical consultant, learning designer, speaker, and business leader. Vaneeta has also been featured in Forbes, CNBC, and CEOWorld magazine, among many others.

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Rachel Diamond, PhD, LMFT, PMH-C

Ph.D. Couple & Family Therapist and Researcher with publications in maternal mental health and couple therapy
Experience

Adler University

Clinical Training Director, Professor / August, 2019August, 2023

Developed course curriculum and taught 3-5 graduate-level courses on couples and family therapy; Supervised masters and doctoral couple and family therapy students clinical training; Conducted original research focused on maternal and perinatal mental health, reproductive, birth, and medical trauma; reproductive justice, couple and family therapy

Research Expertise
perinatal mental health
maternal health
medical family therapy
couples therapy
Social Psychology
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About
**Rachel Diamond, Ph.D., LMFT, PMH-C,** is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified in perinatal mental health. Dr. Diamond is a researcher and published author. The focus of her scholarship is on relational and perinatal mental health. Her work has been published in journals such as *Women and Birth*, *Family Process*, *Family Relations*, and *Contemporary Family Therapy*. She has also been featured in *The Conversation* and other popular media outlets as a subject matter expert on issues related to psychological health during pregnancy and postpartum. She also maintains a private practice, Rachel Diamond, PLLC, in Chicago, where she primarily works with individuals and couples presenting with issues related to pregnancy and adjusting to new parenthood. As such, she is a scholar-practitioner who understands how evidence-based practices translate into creating change with clients.

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