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Biography
Leslie Seppinni is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and Doctor of Clinical Psychology practicing in Beverly
Hills, CA. Dr. Seppinni earned a bachelor’s
degree in sociology from the University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA) and received her master’s
in counseling psychology from the University of Southern
California (USC). While practicing as a licensed marriage
and family therapist, Dr. Seppinni earned her doctoral
degree from Ryokan Psychology College.
Dr. Seppinni spent seven years working with and teaching
emotionally turbulent adolescents and their families. She
also worked with chronically mentally ill adults, the
developmentally disabled, and the elderly. Dr.
Seppinni worked extensively as a program consultant
and served as a private conservator.
As a crisis intervention specialist, she held staff
privileges at several renowned hospitals such as UCLA/Santa
Monica hospitals, Sherman Oaks Hospital, Mission Community
Hospital, Van Nuys Psychiatric Hospital, Hollywood
Community Hospital and Pinegrove Hospital. During
her years as a crisis intervention specialist Dr. Seppinni
assisted the Los Angeles Police, out of state Police
departments and FBI.
Her experience supporting her closest friend through
weight loss surgery (WLS) led her to write her doctoral
dissertation Compulsive Overeating to Regulate
Depressive Affect that included a complete
case study of a weight loss patient. Additionally,
Dr. Seppinni has interviewed several hundred post-operative
WLS patients from across the United States and for
use in her book related to the emotional affects of
rapid high weight loss and weight loss surgery.
In addition to counseling WLS patients, Dr.
Seppinni specializes in weight loss coaching, solution-focused
therapy, and psychodynamic therapy for families, couples,
individuals and adolescents.
Dr. Seppinni is also the founder of Excuse Free, Inc.,
which utilizes her no-nonsense approach to counseling
psychology, crisis intervention and life coaching to
work through life’s challenges.
Dr. Seppinni has written materials for, trained and
coached psychology interns and agencies regarding mediation,
needs assessment, crisis intervention and crisis management.
Equally, she has co-authored and co-edited the MFT
Licensing exam seminar-training manual Legal and
Ethical Mandates. As a public speaker, Dr. Seppinni
originated and facilitated workshops on: Team Building; Stress
Management; Behavior Modification;
Problem Solving Strategies and Employee Productivity; Emotional
Issues related to Obesity and Compulsive Overeating;
How to Support a Spouse After Weight Loss Surgery;
Expect the Unexpected: Identifying New Coping Strategies,
When Thin is Too Thin: Anorexia and Bulimia in the
Weight Loss Surgery Patient, and The New Me. Dr.
Seppinni is currently author of Ask the
Psychologist, a bimonthly column that
is featured in Obesity Help Magazine
since early 2005. She has published articles
in both Obesity Help Magazine and Bariatrics Today. Dr.
Seppinni conducts seminars for the Learning
Annex, Los Angeles.
Affliations
UCLA and USC Alumni Associations,
California
Association of Marriage Family Therapists
American
Psychological Association, Affiliate Member
Dr.
Ralph Bunche Scholarship, UCLA, Committee
American
Society of Bariatric Physicians, Professional Member
American
Obesity Association and Professional
North American
Association for the study of Obesity: Allied Member
American
Society of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS).
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