The Therapy Companion team
Meet the founder building Therapy Companion and the clinical advisors bringing their experience in practice and technology to its development.
Founder & Product Engineer
Kamal built Therapy Companion from his experience as a therapy client and from seeing how documentation, disconnected systems, and insurance work affect therapists.
He designed and built the platform across client engagement, clinical work, practice operations, and insurance workflows. Before Therapy Companion, he held strategy leadership roles at Target, Amazon, and Walmart, managing multibillion-dollar businesses. He has an MBA from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and a background in software engineering.
Kamal is not a therapist. His perspective comes from his experience as a therapy client and his work building software with feedback from practitioners.
Clinical advisors
Our advisors bring distinct clinical backgrounds and perspectives on the relationship between people, care, and technology.
Clinical Advisor
PhD in Counseling Psychology, Stanford University
Laura is a licensed psychologist whose practice focuses on teens and adults experiencing anxiety and depression. Her clinical work draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. She brings the perspective of a practicing psychologist to her advisory role at Therapy Companion.
Clinical Advisor
PhD in Clinical Psychology, American University
Leslie is a licensed clinical psychologist at Lakeshore Psychological Services. Her specialties include anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and body-focused repetitive behaviors. Her experience across private practice and other clinical settings informs the perspective she brings as a Therapy Companion advisor.
Clinical Advisor
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Illinois School of Professional Psychology
Elaine is a UK-based cyberpsychologist, Chartered Counselling Psychologist, and author. Her work examines how technology affects wellbeing, relationships, and the digital afterlife. She brings clinical experience and a focus on the human consequences of technology to her advisory role at Therapy Companion.
Practitioner input
Practice conversations help identify the handoffs, review steps, and administrative work the product needs to support.
Migration and setup bring practical questions into focus: what records move, who needs access, and what the practice needs to review.
Documentation guides and public tools are open to practitioner feedback. Product advice and clinical review are distinct; a contributor's involvement does not imply endorsement of every page.
