David Baron, MD, was born and raised in part in New York City, and later in Livingston, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in Psychology (magna cum laude) and M.D. degrees from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Baron went on to complete his psychiatry residency at Tufts/New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Baron is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Rosalind Franklin University/The Chicago Medical School. In that role, he supervised psychiatric residents in their community psychiatry rotation for 15 years. He also served as Administrative Psychiatrist, and Interim Director of Mental Health Services, for the DuPage County Health Department, supervising 50 psychiatrists and over 200 other clinical staff. Dr. Baron’s clinical and administrative experience, including nearly 25 years in private practice, since completing his training in 1989 has been within a developmental neurobiological understanding of mental illness. Over the course of his career, he has worked to understand mind and brain as different languages for the same essential human experience, including the complexity of neuroscience, the evolutionary basis of the human brain and behavior, and the deeply personal subjective experience of every individual. Dr. Baron has been part of the Yellowbrick professional staff since 2012, serving as Medical Director since 2015. In this capacity he has led a team of seasoned and dedicated professionals in the intensive treatment of troubled Emerging Adults, using a multidisciplinary and integrated approach. This has allowed him to participate in treatment that taps a wide range of scientifically supported psychotherapeutic and neurobiological resources within the context of a supportive and non-restrictive therapeutic community, including a supported Residence. Dr. Baron is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He served on the Ethics Committee of the Illinois Psychiatric Society as a member from 2001 to 2006, and as Chairman from 2006 to 2011.

Bryn Jessup, PhD, is the Director of Family Services & Systems at Yellowbrick, an intensive, neurobiologically-informed treatment program for young adults and their families. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1984, where he developed an enduring interest in adolescent and young adult development, trauma, and family therapy. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan Children’s Hospital, he joined the staff at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where he became the Associate Clinical Director of its Inpatient Psychiatry Unit. He also served on the adjunct faculty of Northwestern University from 1986 through 2011. He joined The Phoenix Institute in 1996, a Chicago-based psychotherapy practice group specializing in trauma, and continued outpatient work with children, adolescents, adults, and families in private practice before joining Yellowbrick in 2015.

Dr. Pete Myers, Psy.D., earned a doctorate in clinical psychology, a master’s degree in the social sciences, and a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts psychology. With a rich background spanning 33 years, Dr. Myers' expertise is deeply rooted in psychodynamic and family systems-based approaches. For most of his career, he worked at a residential and therapeutic school for children and adolescents with profound mental health and special educational needs connected to the University of Chicago. His career there began as a direct care staff member and overtime grew into leadership roles, including Clinical Director and Co-Executive Director of the school and the Director of its residential and outpatient transitional program for emerging young adults. Four years ago, he returned to more clinically focused work, where he has always felt most passionate. He now works at Yellowbrick, a psychiatric clinic and supportive Residence for emerging young adults with a Developmental Psycho-Neurobiological approach. He also has worked as a psychometrician and outpatient therapist and interned as a psychologist at the Manhattan Psychiatric Center in New York City and Cook County Jail in Chicago. Dr. Myers is a board member of the Association of Children’s Residential and Community. He has been a part-time lecturer at Northeastern Illinois University, the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Campus. He believes strongly in being a leader and advocate for quality interventions for LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly gender-diverse individuals. He is committed to collaborating with each person as a unique individual and values each person’s distinctive and diverse characteristics, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, and ability.

Following his education at Yale, The Chicago Medical School, Northwestern University Medical School Psychiatry Residency and The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Dr. Viner has over four decades of experience applying the clinical and research knowledge of neuroscience, psychiatry and psychoanalysis to the challenge of creating meaningful and pragmatically effective treatment programs. Since 2005, Dr. Viner has been the Founder, CEO and Chief Medical Officer at Yellowbrick, a national referral center for intensive, comprehensive treatment of troubled emerging adults. He is also CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Synchrony Brain Health, a neuroscience-oriented outpatient psychiatric practice. Dr. Viner previously has served as the Medical Director for Inpatient Services at Northwestern Memorial Hospital/Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Four Winds Chicago Hospital and University Behavioral Health, an outpatient group practice. Dr. Viner has served on the faculties of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School. He is Secretary of the Board of Trustees at The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and Chair of the Ethics Committee at both the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and the American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Viner has been Board Certified in Psychiatry & Neurology and Forensic Psychiatry and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the recipient of the Illinois Psychiatric Society 2016 Award for Excellence & Innovation in Clinical Services. Dr. Viner is parent to 4 daughters and 2 sons, and Saba to eight grandchildren.

Taylor received a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in criminal justice from the University of Louisville in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. She came to the Chicagoland area by way of graduate education, earning her master’s in occupational therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to becoming an occupational therapist, Taylor worked as an employment specialist for a non-profit and has a special affinity for productive role re-engagement. Throughout her clinical experience, Taylor has worked in mental and behavioral healthcare across the lifespan and continuum of care, working with residential substance use programs, inpatient psychiatric facilities, rehabilitation facilities, community integration services, and various levels of outpatient care. Her greatest passion is providing patients with the encouragement, support, and tools to engage in the roles and activities that serve them and let go of those that do not. Taylor now calls Chicago home and in her spare time values time spent with friends and family, exploring new restaurants and local fests, staying active, and spending time at home with her husband and three cats.