Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Keri Pesanti, PsyD, is an experienced mental health professional currently serving as the Mental Health Clinical Program Head at the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health since October 2006. Additionally, Keri Pesanti has been an Adjunct Faculty member at Cerritos College since August 2006 and operates a private practice as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist since August 2005. Prior to these roles, Keri Pesanti worked as a Clinical Psychologist at St. Francis Hospital from August 2002 to October 2006. Keri Pesanti holds a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University-Los Angeles, completed in 2002.
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Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is the largest county mental health department in the country. LACDMH directly operates 75 program sites and more than 100 co-located sites. Additionally, LACDMH contracts with approximately 1,000 providers, including non-governmental agencies and individual practitioners who provide a spectrum of mental health services to people of all ages to support hope, wellbeing and recovery. Our diverse workforce, including nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, medical doctors, community workers, trained family members and trained mental health consumers, serve over 250,000 residents of all ages each year. Mission Our mission at LACDMH is to optimize the hope, recovery, wellbeing, and life trajectory of Los Angeles County's most vulnerable through access to care and resources that promote not only independence and personal recovery but also connectedness and community reintegration.