Cinnamon Westbrook, Psy.D.
Dr. Westbrook is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY29993) with expertise in the treatment of mood and adjustment disorders in the context of chronic medical conditions. She provides disability affirmative care working to improve one’s quality of life for individuals with cognitive and physical disabilities through an emphasis on improving interpersonal, occupational, social and psychological functioning. Her therapeutic specialty is in working with individuals with health related concerns across the spectrum of treatment from assessment to diagnosis to adjustment/acceptance and ultimately improving outcomes through value congruent actions capitalizing on a client’s strengths and resilience.
Dr. Westbrook earned her B.S. in Psychobiology at the University of California Davis and her doctorate in clinical psychology (Psy.D.) at Loma Linda University with an emphasis in health psychology where she completed training at UCLA Medical Center and Loma Linda Medical Center. She completed her medical psychology internship at the Dallas VA Medical Center in Dallas Texas in 2016. She returned to California to complete her fellowship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System polytrauma system of care where she trained in neuro-rehabilitation specializing in the neuropsychological assessment and psychiatric treatment of Veterans and Active Duty servicemembers who endured catastrophic physical injuries and neurological insult. Prior to her recent return to full time private practice, she worked as a rehabilitation neuropsychologist providing cognitive assessment and psychological/interdisciplinary team support to Veterans at one of the largest spinal cord injury treatment centers in the VA system in Long Beach CA. Dr. Westbrook has extensive experience in conducting comprehensive neuropsychological assessments and follow up care for adults presenting with a variety of neurological and neurodegenerative conditions (i.e. brain injury, stroke, and dementia) and in the mental health treatment for the individual and their support system, addressing the unique issues that arise in the context of life altering illness and rehabilitation treatment.
In her therapeutic practice, Dr. Westbrook utilizes a client centered collaborative approach to treatment focusing on the barriers to improving one’s quality of life through process oriented, emotion focused, solution driven psychotherapy. She helps all clients regardless of health status who struggle with anxiety, depression, adjustment to major life transitions, grief, relational difficulties, cognitive decline due to neurological disorders and aging, work related stress, parenting/marital concerns and behavioral health concerns including sleep disturbance and chronic pain using evidence based treatment approaches including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).