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Dr. Sera Lavelle is a licensed clinical psychologist, founder, and media expert whose work focuses on the psychology of behavior, health, and lasting change. She founded NY Health Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy, Soho Integrative EMDR, and the emotional-eating app Bea, advises mental health technology companies on ethical AI, and is frequently interviewed about GLP-1 medications, emotional eating, body image, hypnosis, trauma, and behavior change.

Dr. Sera Lavelle is a licensed clinical psychologist, founder, and nationally featured media expert working at the intersection of psychology, health, technology, and behavior change. She founded NY Health Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy and Soho Integrative EMDR, where she has developed and led integrative models of psychological care grounded in clinical expertise, ethical systems, and sustainable change. She also founded Bea, an AI-guided app for emotional eating, and selectively advises mental health technology companies on operations and the ethics of AI-delivered therapy.

Dr. Lavelle’s public work explores the psychological effects of emerging health and technology trends, including GLP-1 medications, food noise, reward and motivation, emotional eating, body image, artificial intelligence in mental health, hypnosis, trauma, and self-trust. Her commentary has appeared in outlets including Vox, APA Monitor on Psychology, WebMD, The Cut / New York Magazine, Forbes, ELLE, Oprah Daily, Psych Central, Psychology Today, and The Economic Times.

Known for translating complex psychological ideas into clear and nuanced guidance, Dr. Lavelle helps audiences understand not only what people do, but why change can remain difficult even when they know exactly what they want to do differently.