Jennifer Taitz

Jenny Taitz is a clinical psychologist and an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at University of California, Los Angeles, and is a board-certified expert in both cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Passionate about spreading evidence-based hope to a wider audience around common challenges, she is the author of How to be Single and Happy: Science-based Strategies for Keeping Your Sanity While Looking for a Soul Mate and End Emotional Eating: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Cope with Difficult Emotions and Develop a Healthy Relationship to Food, as well as a forthcoming book on ways to reset when at peak stress. Both of her previous books earned the Seal of Merit from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies for readability and allegiance to research. How to be Single and Happy is a Forbes and Women’s Health recommended book. In addition to working with clients in her practice, LA CBT DBT, she is a frequent contributing writer for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Jenny enjoys participating in podcast interviews such as NPR’s Life Kit and Bialik Breakdown. A portion of proceeds from How to be Single and Happy were donated to charitable organizations Distributing Dignity and Girls Not Brides member organizations.