Dr. Brandon Yip

Dr. Brandon Yip, PsyD, JD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in California & specializes in Forensic Psychology, Neuropsychology, Suicidology, Health Psychology, & Asian-American Psychology. Dr. Yip holds a doctorate in clinical psychology (APA-Accredited) & a law degree. He completed a 2 year post-doctoral fellowship in Psychological & Neuropsychological Assessment at Pacific Clinics & an additional 1 year post-doctoral fellowship in Community Health. Dr. Yip completed his doctoral internship in Forensic & Correctional Psychology at the CA Dept. of Correction & Rehabilitation (APA-Accredited). He also completed a Neuropsychology externship at Children's Hospital LA/USC Keck Medicine.

Aside from his private practice, Dr. Yip leads the Psychological Testing/Evaluation Program at Pacific Clinics where he provides psychological & neuropsychological testing, clinical consultations, direct services in the school-based MH program, & a probation diversion program in partnership with the LA County Dept. of Probation. Dr. Yip is a Supervising Psychologist for the agency’s Clinical Psychology Training Program, including the APA-accredited Doctoral Psychology Internship Program & the practicum training program. Dr. Yip also supervises interns at the agency's Asian Pacific Family Center & the Latino Youth Program. Further, he is a consultant to various local, state, & federal law enforcement agencies. Dr. Yip serves as a research peer reviewer for Springer Journals, a subject-matter expert for suicide & risk assessment, & a consultant to a clinical translational science research consortium. Dr. Yip developed the Suicide Risk Assessment Scale (CRA) & the Violent Threat Risk Assessment Scale (VTRA) & serves as the Managing Director of the Center for Risk Assessment.

Dr. Yip provides therapy to individuals striving to make meaningful, positive changes in their lives. His approach is grounded in building a genuine, trusting relationship where you feel safe, seen, and supported. He believes healing comes from both confronting pain and embracing your truth. Dr. Yip’s sessions include humor and authenticity, to facilitate moments of true connections to uncover the parts of you that may have been hidden, and help you find your voice, your purpose, and your strength.

Dr. Yip takes a collaborative approach to therapy, conceptualizing cases with a cognitive-behavioral approach, psychodynamic theory, and ecological systems theory. This approach starts at identifying the roots of the problem by understanding the individual’s social environment, daily needs, obstacles, and daily life. Through the theraputic process, Dr. Yip assists individual on exploring their internal thought process, responses to their environment, and view of their core belief system and "self". He integrates current research into the treatment process and provides psychoeducation to assist in understanding of one's thoughts, neurobiology, and somatic/ body experiences. Dr. Yip draws from a variety of treatment modalities to facilitate change through a collaborative process of insight building, goal setting, and reflection.

Dr. Yip believes that change is a collaborative process that starts at understanding the roots of the problem. Thus, the goals and outcomes of treatment are collaborative established. In other words, you will establish your goals for treatment with Dr. Yip, and continuously evaluate and discuss whether your goals are being met.

Dr. Yip incorporates different modalities in treatment depending on the individuals concerns, strengths, and needs. These modalities may include the following:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Reality Therapy/ Choice Theory
• Humanistic/ Rogerian Therapy
• Ecological Systems Theory
• Solution Focused Brief Therapy
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing/Psychological First Aid
• Gestalt Therapy

Dr. Yip also integrates Health Psychology and Neuropsychology into his therapeutic treatment.

Dr. Yip does not offer psychological/ neuropsychological testing services via Headway.

For additional appointment times, please reach out to Dr. Yip via Headway messages or e-mail.