About Us

Faye Valentine, Chief Morale Officer. After surviving her first several years of life as a stray on the mean streets of Santa Cruz, Faye was adopted by John through the local Humane Society. Greeting guests, sitting on laps, and looking cute are just a few of the many ways she keeps spirits up. Faye has over 4 years of experience in morale enhancement therapy. When she's not sleeping, Faye enjoys walks, making new friends, and terrorizing gophers.

Victor Yalom, PhD, President and Founder. In addition to scouting out new video talent and creating cartoons for Psychotherapy.net, Victor maintains a part-time practice as a psychologist in San Francisco, doing individual, group and couples therapy. His website is SFpsychologist.com.

Marie-Helene Yalom, Chief Operating Officer.  With a PhD in physics from University of Paris VI and an MBA from Northwestern University, Marie-Helene has over 15 years experience in corporate strategy and marketing, primarily in technology related industries. She is using her diverse background to serve as COO for Psychotherapy.net—which in a small business such as ours means she has her hands in many pots, including advertising, art direction, website development, and even production of videos. She was the co-producer and director of the DVD Resolving Trauma in Psychotherapy: A Somatic Approach.

Rebecca Aponte, Operations Manager.  In addition to answering your calls and emails, Rebecca keeps an eye on the nuts and bolts of our organization, makes sure the business hums along without a hitch, and works hard to build strong relationships between the employees of Psychotherapy.net and our customers. In her free time, she enjoys shopping for antiques, starting (and hopefully finishing) decorating projects, general arts and crafts, and writing in her journal. Her guilty pleasure is reading trashy celebrity gossip.

John Welch, DVD Producer. John first became interested in video production at the impressionable age of 10, making films with his friends mostly about action figures killing one another. Later John became schooled in film production and abandoned his childhood roots in the Midwest for Los Angeles. This was an exciting time for him. He did video editing and DVD authoring for a wide variety of clients: Sony Pictures, Disney Interactive, Fine Living Network, BET and Warner Bros. Records to name a few. LA, as it turns out, isn't for everyone, including, but not limited to, John. He now lives the secluded life of a hermit in the penthouse suite of the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, sleeping little and creating videos for Psychotherapy.net. His pet puma is named Windsor.

Ali Miller, MFT, Writer. Ali is responsible for writing thorough and exciting descriptions for our DVDs, informative manuals, and devising tricky questions for our continuing education tests. She is also a psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA. She works with individuals and couples and facilitates therapy groups for women. You can learn more about her practice at AliMillerMFT.com.

Gwyn Fallbrooke, Associate Editor. Gwyn earned her B.A. in philosophy at Reed College in 2005. While writing her senior thesis on existentialism and metaethics, she discovered the works of Carl Jung. After graduating, she worked at the Process Work Institute in Portland, and has been a connoisseur of psychotherapy ever since. She spends her workdays editing and expanding Psychotherapy.net's content offerings.