PsyD
Laura Chackes Psy.D owner of The Center for Mindfulness & CBT, is a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of OCD and BFRBs. She received her doctorate degree in clinical psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in 2005, and completed her Post at St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute’s Anxiety Disorders Center under the supervision of Dr. Alec Pollard. Dr. Chackes has run group therapy for BFRBs in St. Louis since 2012, and online courses to adults with BFRBs and to train therapists. Her Mindfulness-based BFRB Group Treatment (MBGT) is currently being researched with Dr. Erika Nurmi at UCLA.