Meet Your Team
Our clinical team is comprised of two Clinical Psychologists, a Psychiatrist and a Registered Nurse. Our approach to treating patients is truly “integrative”. Every member of the team has received extensive training in the administration of TMS and is committed to using evidence based treatments to provide patients with the highest level of care. Our goal is to help clients identify the “root” of their symptoms, and we utilize a variety of techniques to help clients heal from the inside out. We are pragmatic in our work, helping clients identify practical tools and solutions for dealing with the challenges that brought them into treatment. We take a personalized approach when working with our TMS patients, making sure we do a comprehensive assessment of the patient to identify the treatment protocol and approach that is most likely to be successful.
Clinical Director
Robynne O’Byrne, PhD
Robynne is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adults, children and families in her private practice. Robynne knows that while many patients benefit from quality therapy, mindfulness meditation, and other therapeutic interventions, some patients feel stuck in depression and anxiety and frustrated at the slow pace of change. Robynne is always looking for new ways of approaching mental health challenges and is keenly interested in the role brain function plays in mood and mental health. When the efficacy of TMS became apparent and it became available as a treatment modality in a private practice setting, Robynne knew she wanted to be able to offer it to patients for whom other treatment modalities had failed. Along with her husband Matthew, Robynne opened Golden State TMS. She is joined by an exceptional clinical team with whom she works to provide patients with excellent care.
Medical Director
Gabrielle Taylor, MD
Gabrielle Taylor is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, trained in an integrative approach to patient assessments and care. Dr. Taylor takes an evidence-based holistic approach to personalized care that draws upon various treatment modalities including psychotherapy, pharmacology and functional psychiatry, as well as neurofeedback. She practices in San Rafael, California, and offers both in person and remote care to patients who reside in California.
Treatment Specialist
Katya Bownas, RN, PMH-BC
Katya Bownas is a registered nurse who specializes in behavioral health. She received her nursing degree through the University of California, Chico and has practiced clinically as a psychiatric nurse, providing medication management assistance, psychoeducation within the nursing scope, and therapeutically centered care to clients and families. Katya is passionate about mental health care and values an integrative approach to wellness with an emphasis on holistic and individualized care for patients of all ages.
Associate Director
Matthew O’Byrne, PhD
Matthew’s therapy practice is comprised equally of adults and children. Although he has expertise in a variety of areas, he has extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He has treated many adults, teens and young children struggling with OCD and other serious anxiety disorders, and is highly successful working with people struggling with these issues. In his work with young children Matthew specializes in play therapy as the primary mode of treatment and combines this approach with collateral parenting sessions. He also works with a large number of teen boys and young men struggling with addiction to marijuana. Furthermore, Matthew has a great deal of experience working with children on the autism spectrum as well as children with school refusal and oppositional defiant disorder. Like Robynne, when it became clear how effective TMS is for treating depression, anxiety and OCD Matthew knew he wanted to be able to offer it to patients for whom other treatments had failed.