Dr. Lorin Lindner has been a licensed clinical psychologist since 1988 and has devoted her practice to disabled veterans, while also pioneering the practice of Animal Assisted Therapy where both animal and human mutually benefit from the treatment. 

Dr. Lindner was an adjunct professor at Santa Monica College for 16 years and has been the Clinical Supervisor for Clinica Sierra Vista Behavioral Health Centers since 2008. She was the Clinical Director of New Directions, a Homeless Veterans Program at the West Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare Center where she started Serenity Park Sanctuary, an animal-assisted work therapy program for both traumatized veterans and traumatized parrots.  Her book, Birds of a Feather: A True Story of Love, Hope and the Healing Power of Animals tells about that program.  She also founded the Warriors and Wolves program and the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center which allows for combat veterans to care for rescued wolves and other wildlife and which was featured in a docu-series on Animal Planet, Wolves and Warriors.    Her other publications include articles and book chapters on Complex Trauma, Forensic Psychology, and AAT.

Dr. Lindner is currently a member of the Board of the Sally Judith McLellan Wildlife Foundation, Center for Biological Diversity, Rewind Rhino Extinction Foundation, and the International Alliance for Parrot Protection.