ISSUES ADDRESSED:
Couples/Relationships
Family Psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy
Group Psychotherapy
Fear of Intimacy

Education & Training

Dr. Brunn is an adjunct professor of psychology at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) at Pepperdine University. A clinical psychologist with diverse interests, Dr. Brunn holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University as well as a masters in marriage, family, and child counseling (MFCC) from the University of Southern California. She has a special interest in couples' and relationship issues, interpersonal influences, and the effects of brain disorders on human behavior and psychopathology. Dr. Brunn is a licensed psychologist in New York (enabling her to conduct therapy via telephone with patients residing in New York) and in California.

She modified and extended the uses of an existing instrument to measure intimacy--Fear of Intimacy Scale-Revised (Brunn, 2000). Dr. Brunn completed two years of didactics at the Greenwich Institute for Psychoanalysis. She is bilingual and able to conduct therapy in Hebrew.

Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association
CPA California Psychological Association
Los Angeles County Psychological Association
International Network on Personal Relationships
International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy