Committee Members

Thank you to the following  NCCBT Network members who have generously volunteered their time to support our mission and the responsibilities of our different Committees in partnership with our Leadership Committee.


Gian Bruno, AMFT

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair

Gian Bruno (he/him) is an associate marriage and family therapist that provides individual and relationship therapy at the SF Therapy Collective and the San Francisco Marriage and Couples Center, both located in San Francisco. He has trained primarily in the treatment of anxiety and depression in adults, with a focus largely on the LGBTQ community. Gian has trained in a number of modalities, including CBT, ACT, EFT, and Mindfulness.


William Chan, PsyD

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Member


William Chan, PsyD (he/him/他) is a licensed clinical psychologist. He has expertise in treating anxiety and mood disorders. He is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and integrates other evidence-based approaches to personalize treatment based on his clients' presentations. He speaks Cantonese and Mandarin. He has a special focus on immigrants, international students and expats, and LGBTQ+ issues. His approach is to create an atmosphere where clients feel empowered and validated to build insights and skills while taking their own unique individual factors (e.g., ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation) into consideration. Dr. Chan also spends some of his time doing research. He developed a virtual reality exposure therapy for adults with social anxiety disorder. He also studies how to use chatbots to improve accessibility of psychological care to women at risk for developing an eating disorder.


Nida Mirza, PhD

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Member

Dr. Nida Mirza (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides therapy to adults from diverse and minoritized backgrounds. She works with patients across California and New York State from a culturally responsive lens and co-leads DEI at her group practice. She also provides behavioral health advising and consultation to health tech startups in Silicon Valley. She is involved in her community on two nonprofit boards for the last 6 years. Her professional and clinical interests include telemedicine, multicultural and intersectional approaches to treatment, and mindfulness.


Sophia Oliver, BA

Educational Series Committee Student Representative

Sophia Oliver, BA (she/her), is a doctoral student in the Clinical Science program at the University of California, Berkeley, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Under the mentorship of Dr. Allison Harvey, her research focuses on how evidence-based psychological treatments can be adapted and implemented across real-world settings to improve access and clinical outcomes. She is particularly interested in identifying multilevel factors that influence treatment effectiveness and implementation across patient, provider, and systems contexts, including the ways in which structural factors shape treatment response. Her clinical experience includes providing psychotherapy and conducting psychological assessments with adults, with particular interests in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), and trauma-focused care.

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