Eda Gorbis, PhD, LMFT, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine, and the Director/Founder of the Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Inc. She specializes in treatment of refractory cases of OCD and complex conditions, and her Institute attracts people from all over the world. She has integrated the most successful treatment modalities for OCD and complex comorbidities. She is the founder of the externalization method of using mirrors in treatment of BDD.
Dr. Gorbis was the vice president of the OC Foundation of California and lecturer for the West Los Angeles VA PTSD clinic, and has served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the National OC Foundation. She is an author and co-author of numerous scientific articles on OCD, and has been featured in the media for her expertise on such programs as MTV's True Life, ABC News, 20/20, NBC's Today Show, and most recently, on the Discovery Health channel, as well as in eighteen documentaries.