Doreen Granpeesheh

Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD, BCBAD is an IranianAmerican clinical psychologist and producer of the independent awardwinning documentary Recovered Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back, which depicts four childrens learning achievements as their parents recount how they recovered from autism. She obtained her psychology degree from the California Board of Psychology. Moreover, Granpeesheh is the founder and president of ACT Today , which provides financial support to families who are unable to pay for validated treatment.

Granpeesheh was born in Tehran, Iran and went to school in England and Switzerland. Her father served as an advisor to the Minister of Finance in Tehran. When it became unsafe to proceed living there and the Islamic Revolution was beginning to arise, her parents sent her to Los Angeles, California in the United States where she completed high school at the age of 15.

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