Emily Ackerman, MD
Psychiatrist 

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Dr. Emily Ackerman completed her undergraduate studies in English from UCLA, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Upon completion, she began pre-med coursework while earning her MFA in screenwriting from UCLA. Following graduate studies in the humanities, Dr. Ackerman attended medical school at the UC Irvine School of Medicine where she was first exposed to psychiatry in a clinical setting and found her true calling. She completed her residency training in general psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA and subsequently undertook an additional year of training in adolescent inpatient psychiatry at USC. She is currently an attending at an inpatient psychiatric hospital in the San Gabriel Valley and maintains an outpatient private practice. Her clinical interests include mood and anxiety disorders, PTSD and trauma, women’s mental health, LGBTQ mental health, adolescent mental health, inpatient psychiatry, supportive and insight-oriented therapy, and psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapy. In her spare time Dr. Ackerman enjoys attending indie rock concerts, collecting vintage furniture, as well as spending time with her family and two cats, Stevie and Bandit.