Our Team

Dr. Philip Bonanno, MD, MS is a double board-certified adult psychiatrist with subspecialty training in consultation-liaison psychiatry. He specializes in the treatment of ADHD, anxiety, trauma-related conditions, and mood symptoms, including difficulties with focus, motivation, energy, and sleep — with particular expertise when medical illness complicates the treatment of these conditions. He is also a co-founder of BAM Psych, a practice founded on close clinical collaboration and a shared commitment to understanding and caring for each patient, in full.

Dr. Bonanno completed his psychiatry residency at Mount Sinai in New York City, where he contributed to clinical research on emerging treatments for depression and PTSD, including ketamine and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. He subsequently completed fellowship training in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Stanford University, where he developed advanced expertise in medically complex and treatment-resistant presentations, including cases that extend beyond existing diagnostic frameworks. Following his fellowship, he found a natural convergence of his interests in the identification and treatment of ADHD and its mimics — a clinical territory whose complexity routinely spans medical illness, comorbid conditions, diagnostic precision, the recognition of trauma, and the influence of lifestyle on how symptoms present and respond — and brought that breadth to his work at the Hallowell Todaro ADHD Center, where he also played a lead role in developing their ketamine-assisted psychotherapy program.

His clinical approach is comprehensive and individualized, integrating psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and careful attention to sleep, exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle — striving toward optimal health and wellbeing. His therapeutic framework draws from CBT, DBT, psychodynamic and relational therapy, and trauma-informed care. Central to his practice is a commitment to patient education: he believes that each person should have full ownership over their care, and that his role is to serve as their partner and consultant — ensuring that every person walks away as an expert on their own health.

Dr. Bonanno approaches each patient with deep curiosity about their personal story, taking time to understand the broader biographical context, values, and motivations that shape their experience. Part of this work is co-creating an ideal vision of what each person is capable of — tending to it over time and working toward it tenaciously, together. His goal is to help patients rebuild trust in themselves, reconnect with a sense of direction and meaning, cultivate emotional flexibility, and narrow the gap between how they function on their best days and how they function day to day. He believes that when people feel aligned with who they truly are, they can bring greater clarity, creativity, and vitality to their work, relationships, and inner life.

Dr. Bonanno is currently accepting new patients for psychiatric medication management and second opinion consultations via telehealth in California and Washington.

Dr. Gabrielle Anderson, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, ADHD specialist, and Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a Co-Founder and Clinical Director of BAM Psych and has provided specialized ADHD care in collaboration with Dr. Edward Hallowell since 2010. At BAM Psych, she helps shape the practice's commitment to academically grounded, relational, thoughtful, and highly individualized care for patients whose lives rarely fit into simple diagnostic categories. She is passionate about helping patients develop strategies that work with their unique brains so they can thrive academically, professionally, and personally.

Dr. Anderson provides psychotherapy and clinical evaluation for adolescents, college students, adults, parents, professionals, and older adults navigating ADHD, depression, mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, interpersonal difficulties, and major life transitions. Her approach is warm, direct, collaborative, and deeply attentive, integrating evidence-based psychotherapy with a nuanced understanding of each person's strengths, relationships, identity, values, and broader life context. Treatment is individualized and practical, emphasizing meaningful relationships, self-understanding, values-aligned decision-making, purpose, resilience, emotion regulation, and sustainable change.

Dr. Anderson has particular expertise in ADHD and executive dysfunction across the lifespan, including work with students, transitional-age youth, healthcare providers, high-achieving adults, and individuals balancing complex academic, professional, medical, and family demands. She is especially skilled at helping individuals navigate developmental and role transitions, including adolescence, college and graduate school, early adulthood, career change, dating, parenting, relationship transitions, divorce, perimenopause and menopause, midlife, aging, and retirement.

Dr. Anderson draws from multiple evidence-based psychotherapy approaches, including Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, systems-based approaches, humanistic therapy, and solution-focused treatment.

Internationally recognized for her work in Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and IPT for Adolescents, Dr. Anderson has trained therapists, psychologists, and psychiatry fellows for more than two decades at institutions including Columbia University, New York University, the Veterans Health Administration, Rutgers University, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. She currently teaches child psychiatry fellows at UCSF and serves as Co-Chair of the International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy Special Interest Group for Adolescents.

Before becoming a psychologist, Dr. Anderson taught in inner-city public schools through Teach For America, an experience that shaped her longstanding strengths-based and culturally responsive approach to care. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Spanish with honors from UC Berkeley and completed her doctorate in Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara, where she was a U.S. Department of Education Bilingual Fellow and UC President's Dissertation Year Fellow. She completed her predoctoral internship in the Cross-Cultural Psychology Specialty Track at Bellevue Hospital/NYU and her postdoctoral training at Columbia University Medical Center, where she focused on research evaluating psychotherapies for adolescent depression.

Dr. Anderson is currently accepting new clients for virtual sessions throughout California and in-person therapy in Berkeley, CA.

Laurel Sherer, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nearly two decades of experience in mental health and education. She works with adults, teens, and couples across diverse identities and relationship structures experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, life transitions, and emotional regulation challenges. Her work includes neurodivergent-affirming care for clients with ADHD and autism, as well as support for couples seeking to strengthen connection and improve communication.

Laurel offers practical, personalized support through a strengths-based, interactive, and skills-focused approach. She works collaboratively with clients to build insight, increase self-understanding, and develop tools that can be applied in everyday life in ways that feel authentic and sustainable.

One focus of Laurel's work is ADHD and autism informed therapy. She supports clients in understanding and navigating challenges related to executive functioning, including attention, organization, and emotional regulation, as well as experiences such as burnout, sensory sensitivities, and life transitions. She also helps clients navigate social situations and build and maintain meaningful connections with others in ways that feel genuine for them.

Laurel works with couples to strengthen their relationships and create more secure, connected patterns of relating. She helps partners recognize and shift stuck patterns, improve communication, and navigate conflict more effectively, with an emphasis on deepening emotional connection.

Laurel integrates evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). Her work is trauma-informed, humanistic, and neurodivergent-affirming, grounded in the belief that every person has the capacity for growth and meaningful change.

Laurel is currently accepting new clients for virtual sessions throughout California and in-person therapy in Berkeley, CA.