https://www.drleeannegray.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/6a275a07-7069-4d52-84b9-b3768ca51f62/Headshot+AI+2.jpg Home Dr. Gray is a clinical psychologist, author, educator, and international speaker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1619913885979-MYXM1ZJU6HEJZJFHFKOO/huffpost.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1619913943875-YTA25STKPY11U3YTUQOE/salon.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1619913998833-S7Z6MSH54DNNSIY3BWGV/fastcompany.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1619914418249-Q5Y2E7QB7CEGJO3YYJUA/goodman.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1619914121048-JMRSKI98O6WCE9JHNGBU/truthout.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1619914271430-CG7FKUMPFFPZAF805CWM/yes.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1619914199510-I3KGKK6O1DVTE07YMQ2D/acttv.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1619914175156-PODDFG6ALW3EIMWVO6HL/risingup.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1619914314686-AXIU46QZ86G43BT9YWSG/teachingmatters.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1616537882743-1PRV1U61JMVJU5LSCFO8/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+3.17.24+PM.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1616615869482-KJG47RYKM5ADWJJXLHHJ/Screen+Shot+2021-03-24+at+12.57.33+PM.png Home - Self-Compassion for Teens “In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Lee-Anne Gray offers the most clear, thorough and accessible guidance in teaching teens self-compassion that I have encountered or could imagine.” - Tara Brach PhD , Author Radical Acceptance and True Refuge “In this book, Dr. Gray offers a wide array of exercises that awaken self-compassion in teens, tailored specifically for challenging situations such as school stress, identity and body image problems, substance abuse, anxiety, autism and chronic illness. Written in a clear and compassionate style, caregivers will discover a powerful new approach to tricky problems. Highly recommended!” - Christopher Germer, PhD, Author, The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion “Self-compassion is one of the most important strengths for teenagers to develop to support resilience, well-being, and social connection. And yet it can be quite difficult to talk about and teach. Dr. Lee-Anne Gray has created an extraordinary resource for those who want to cultivate self-compassion in themselves and others. This book provides practical exercises, discussion prompts, and a deep dive into what it truly means to care about ourselves. I have not seen a better resource for teaching self-compassion, not just for teenagers, but for anyone.” - Kelly McGonigal, PhD, Author, The Upside of Stress “An exquisite collection of powerful practices that parents, teachers, and therapists can all share with the teens in their lives.” - Christopher Willard, PsyD, Author, Growing Up Mindful Praise for Self-Compassion for Teens “Among the keys to self-compassion, Lee-Anne Gray teaches, are mindful awareness, inner strength, and self-regulation. In this succinct manual, parents, teachers and clinicians are guided to impart these and other essential qualities to young people. It is guidance sorely needed in our culture.” - Gabor Maté, MD, Author, Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates And What You Can Do About It “Self-Compassion for Teens provides a treasure trove of nurturing, compassionate activities for teens, professionals, and parents to help transform lives. ” - Charlotte Reznick, PhD, Author, The Power of Your Child’s Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success “Self-Compassion for Teens is a wonderful collection of practices and activities inspiring teens to treat themselves kindly. What an important resource for clinicians, teachers, parents and teens to promote self-kindness, creativity, and empathy.” - Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD, Author, Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined “Self-Compassion for Teens is a book that will help many teenagers improve their quality of life by reducing negative emotions, such as anxiety, frustration, worry, and stress, etc.” - Venerable Tenzin Yignyen, Faculty Hobart & William Smith Colleges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1616537956902-EVSHY1YNGVUTC4W02WOM/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+3.18.50+PM.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1616538099308-ZPGJN8KEL41ELF6DN2LR/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+3.21.07+PM.png Home - Self-Compassion & Mindfulness for Teens Card Deck Use this handy card deck to engage teens in self-compassion and mindfulness practices. Show them how to increase attention and decrease anxiety and depression, while finding joy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/1616538211010-5DH13IZSV0ANSLZ5M1HO/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+3.23.09+PM.png Home - Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect: On the Lives and Education of Children This collection lays the foundation for much of Dr. Gray’s work in Educational Trauma. https://www.drleeannegray.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78e5623e57b23d4e652657/67fe1bb0-012f-4746-b93f-4d35c511bf6c/Headshot+AI+1.jpg About - Lee-Anne Gray, Psy.D. Lee-Anne Gray, Psy.D. is a psychologist, educator, and author. She is certified in EMDR, a trauma treatment, as well as an international speaker in self-compassion, mindful awareness, LGBTQ+ youth, gender, sexuality, assessment, special education, and gifted individuals. Dr. Gray is formerly an instructor of Psychology of Gender in the Departments of Psychology/Women’s Studies at UCLA. She was a forensic expert for the Public Defender of Orange County and conducted evaluations of incarcerated LGBTQ+ youth. Prior to this, Dr. Gray was supervising psychologist at the largest special education nonprofit organization in the nation. In 2012, she curated and organized TEDxStudioCityED with the theme of Blending Self-Regulation, Technology, and Education. She is the author of Educational Trauma: Examples from Testing to the School-to-Prison Pipeline (2019,) highly regarded by international scholars as “…a path breaking book.” She is also a contributing author to Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect: On the Lives and Education of Children (Peter Lang, 2015), where she discussed Educational Trauma and Empathic Education for a Compassionate Nation (EECN). Along with young people as equal participants, Dr. Gray co-designed EECN to promote co-learning and mitigate Educational Trauma. She is the author of several publications, including two #1 NEW RELEASES on Amazon: Self-Compassion for Teens (PESI Publishing & Media, 2016) and LGBTQ+ Youth (PESI Publishing & Media, 2018); the card deck Self-Compassion & Mindfulness for Teens (PESI Publishing & Media, 2017); and The Happy Family (2014.) Dr. Gray has also served as an adjunct instructor teaching Ethics and Professional Development, as well as Clinical Interviewing, to doctoral students in clinical psychology. In 2020, Dr. Gray served the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, as Supervising Psychologist, during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Her work can be found in the media at: HuffPost, Fast Company, The Good Men Project, Truth Out, and Salon. Since 2021, Dr. Gray has returned to clinical practice and treats individual adults with anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, with special focus on 2SLGBTQIA+ and intersectional identities that experience oppression, marginalization, and discrimination. She treats biracial/Indigenous/people of color with respect for their unique lived experiences. With warmth, sincerity, and authenticity, she welcomes people who seek to heal wounds of the past and achieve peak levels of performance. . She empathizes, validates, and normalizes many common human experiences and aims to decrease pathologization of these experiences. She brings a lighthearted yet clinically sophisticated approach to mental health care, and aims to help people see results in short order. If you’ve experienced trauma, neglect, invalidation, microaggressions, abuse, assault, or simply feeling anxious and/or depressed, you may be able to heal these experiences by seeking out Dr. Gray for compassionate care. 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