Founder

Lorin Lindner, PhD, MPH, is a licensed clinical psychologist and preventative health specialist and is the clinical psychologist at the the Frazier Park Behavioral Health Center in Kern County.  Adopted by a cockatoo in 1987, she founded Earth Angel Parrot Sanctuary in Ojai, CA 20 years ago, one of the first sanctuaries for parrots. 

Dr. Lindner served for ten years as Clinical Director of New Directions for Homeless Veterans at the West L. A. VA Medical Center where she began PTSD programs for veterans returning from military service. 

After leaving New Directions, she combined her parrot rescue work with helping veterans and founded Serenity Park Sanctuary on the grounds of the West L.A. VA, an ecotherapy program where veterans suffering from trauma care for parrots who are similarly traumatized- each helping the other recover.  

Dr. Lindner is also an instructor in the Department of Psychology at Santa Monica College teaching psychology from an environmental perspective. She has worked with Animals and Society (formerly Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for 25 years and has lectured worldwide on "The Link" between domestic violence, child abuse and cruelty towards animals. 

Dr. Lindner is the Vice President of the Board of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) and has published two articles on the effects of trauma on nonhuman primates, the first time such articles were published in peer reviewed human psychology journals. 

She has recently initiated a new program helping young people and adults recover from trauma using horses, wolfdogs and parrots at a retreat center she began at her ranch in the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County.   

Her impact has been felt by both by the veterans and the birds whom she loves.  Dr. Lindner's newest creation the "Warriors and Wolves" program at www.lockwoodarc.org shows that ecopsychology has a true impact on both species.

-Andrew Pillas