who we are

Insight to teen culture is an organization of diverse and dedicated professionals who are constructively working with tweens, teens, young adults and their families. 

Our intention is to share information, offer support and solutions to the challenges that our community encounters.

Meet Us

We're the team who makes great things happen.
Our team is creative, collaborative and passionate about supporting our community of youth and their families.
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Stephanie Bien, LMFT, LPCC has been a licensed psychotherapist since 1992.  Families are my specialty: Using play therapy with children, connecting and guiding teens, teaching “Parent Effectiveness Training” skills to adults, running groups for “Parent’s of Teens”, educating about “Co-Parenting through Divorce” and enabling families to build a stronger foundation through communication. 
​New group starting for parents of children, tweens and teens to handle their frustration and P.E.T. "Parenting Class : Raising Cooperative Kids" in Agoura Hills/Calabasas. Ms. Bien is the co-author of "Bully Prevention Tips for Teens: 18 Powerful Ways to Protect Yourself through High School" and speaks and teaches about Bully Prevention.
Stephanie also specializes  in hospice care and counseling as well, enabling families to sort through and communicate about end of life issues.  Helping the family to resolve the old issues, helps ease the way through the grief process. She is the founder of Insight to Teen Culture and co-founder of Get it Out!
​Please visit StephanieBien.com for more information.
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 Audrey Newmont is a certified clinical Hypnotherapist, Spiritual Practitioner,  and Life Coach. She offers assistance and tools that create solutions to the challenges that life presents.
She has been a licensed therapist for thirteen years, and during that time she created a unique and empowering program that incorporates Science, Mind, and Spirituality. Formulated into a simple and easy to use process, Tools for Transformation, is a life changing system that Audrey developed in over twenty years of study and practice.
Audrey is Co-Founder of Newmont Center for Balanced Living, there she holds classes and groups on Intentional Living, Choosing Calm to Cope, Focus on Success, Healthy Mind/Healthy Body, and others. For more information please visit her website at AudreyNewmont.com.
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Kent Toussaint, M.A. LMFT, LPCC is the Founder and Clinical Directory of Teen Therapy Center in Woodland Hills where he leads a staff of amazing therapists who specialize in helping kids, teens and families live happier lives. Kent is in the midst of launching a non-profit called, Child & Teen Counseling that will offer low cost counseling for kids teens and families while also training the next generation of amazing child therapist! In addition to supporting families through individual, family and group therapy, Kent can often be found presenting insightful and entertaining speaking engagements to local parents organizations regarding the difficult questions that parents face day in and day out.  
Kent can also be seen on television in his monthly segment on CBSLA Morning News called, “ASK KENT” where you can email your parenting questions and Kent will answer them live on TV!  
For more information, please visit, TeenTherapyCenter.com.
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Robin Gingold, MD has been a pediatrician at Agoura West Valley Pediatrics since 1995.  Dr. Gingold was born and raised in Los Angeles.  She graduated with honors from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.  She then attended University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine and completed her pediatric internship and residency at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Dr. Gingold specializes in patients from birth until 21 years of age. She has developed a personal interest in adolescent development as she has two college age kids.  Dr. Gingold has two offices, one in West Hills and one in Agoura Hills.  She is a member of the AMA, AAP, CMA and LAPDS societies.    Besides being a founding member of the Think Tank to Brainstorm for Teen Culture, she is a board member of the Muses of the California Science Center, runs a book club and enjoys exercise, cooking and gardening.  For more information, please visit www.agourawestvalleypeds.com or join her facebook page at Agoura-West Valley Pediatric Medical Group.
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Danielle Matthew is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who treats bully victims and their families and educates schools, medical professionals and the community about the bullying epidemic. With over 20 years of experience, Danielle authored Amazon Parenting Best-Seller, The Empowered Child , and is the Director of The Empowerment Space Bullying Therapy Program in Los Angeles.  
Featured in Huffington Post, Danielle has appeared on Good Day Sacramento, Good Morning Arizona, Good Morning San Diego, Mom Talk Radio, LA Mom Magazine and Kids In The House.
Danielle consults and speaks nationwide. For more information www.empowerment.space/about
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Benjamin and Matthew Royer are identical twins brothers.  Born in Tarzana, CA. , the brothers began their acting career as infants. Their television credits include series regulars on Disney’s Best Friends Whenever, co-starring roles on White Famous, recurring roles on Nickelodeon’s 100 Things to do Before High School, ABC’s Back in the Game, and guest star roles on Sam and Cat, The Neighbors, 2 Broke Girls, and Brooklyn 99. They have also been in numerous commercials.  The boys were ambassadors for Disney/ABC’s “Choose Kindness” Anti-bullying campaign in 2016. The campaign was spread across ABC, OTV’s, ESPN ,ESPNU, SEC, Longhorn, Freeform, Disney Channel, Disney XD, and Disney Jr.  The Royer Twins have always shared a love of sports. The twins follow Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Hockey, Tennis, and even WWE. They keep up on the stats from high school prospects through professional players.  This past Summer  the Los Angeles Dodger’s enlisted the help of the Royer twins to film a promo to boost votes for Justin Turner to make the All-star team. The promo aired on the Jumbo screen in the stadium,  on the Dodger’s social media accounts, and Sports Net LA.  Most recently, the brothers have launched their YouTube Channel Twinger Talk. Twinger Talk is sports based channel where the Royer Twins interview sports professionals. This channel allows the twins to share their love of sports with their fans and other sports fanatics. Twinger Talk
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Eve Loren Goldstein, Psy.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Learning Disabilities Specialist who has devoted more than 20 years to the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents.  Dr. Goldstein is the founder and director of Westchester Child Therapy in Scarsdale, NY and Calabasas Child and Adolescent Psychology in Calabasas, CA.  Within the scope of her practice, she conducts comprehensive neuropsychological assessments and utilizes evidence based interventions to support children and their families with social and emotional issues that interfere with their everyday life.  She has developed a specific program focused on organization and study skills, to assure the academic success of students, and created Developing Executive Function Skills for Academic Success, a manualized program for training teachers, which has been implemented across the country.  Dr. Goldstein lectures on topics related to navigating school support services, executive functioning, and a wide variety of topics on parenting and family functioning.  Dr. Goldstein is married, has three children, and works bi-coastally in Calabasas, CA and Scarsdale, NY.
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​Michelle Gross, MA, LMFT is a licensed Marriage, Family Child Therapist with over 25 years of experience specializing in eating disorders and adoption related issues.  She has a passion for working with teens and young adults and finds that most of her clients struggle with anxiety and depressive disorders.  In addition to working in her private practice in Westlake Village, Michelle runs PTSD and self-esteem groups at Avalon Malibu where she also provides her expertise on eating disorders and adoption for clients needing assistance in these areas.  She has consulted at various residential treatment centers and outpatient programs throughout her career.  Michelle is active in her community and has lectured at numerous high schools on eating disorder prevention.   She has provided continuing education for colleagues who are interested in learning about working with eating disordered individuals, lectured for adoption attorneys on the birthmother and adoptive parent relationship and her study on “Dual Grief; lastly, Michelle has trained interns on how to assist all members of the adoption triad.   For more information, please visit her website at: www.michellegrosslmft.com
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​​Cynthia Della Ripa, M.A., LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist since 2009. Cynthia received her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and has provided therapeutic services in a variety of settings including schools, hospitals, – and private practice. Cynthia is currently the Director of Business Development at Destinations for Teens – an adolescent treatment center specializing in mental health and substance use for teens ages 12-17.  Destinations for Teens offers specialized programming at the residential, day and after-school level of care.  Programming at Destinations for Teens includes daily education, family systems therapy, individual therapy, recovery counseling, DBT skills groups, equine therapy, yoga, and meditation. In her role, Cynthia coordinates and facilitates P.E.P. (Prepare. Educate. Prevent.) Talks in schools educating students, parents, teachers and staff on important topics facing youth today including marijuana use, vaping, suicide awareness and provides mindfulness education to help manage these issues.  For more information visit https://www.destinationsforteens.com.
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Sherry Bronow is a retired Educator. She earned her B.A. in Spanish, her Single Subject Teacher Credential, as well as Master’s Degree in Linguistics at CSUN. Sherry spent twenty-five years of her career in Las Virgenes Unified School District as a high school Spanish teacher and later Assistant Principal. She taught Spanish  1 – 4 at Calabasas High School for twelve years, and then served as Assistant Principal overseeing Activities and Discipline there for three years.  Later Sherry served as Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction at Agoura High School for eight years. She is most proud that during her tenure at Agoura High School, she was part of hiring many excellent teachers and staff, instituted online student registration for yearly classes, helped usher in the International Baccalaureate Program, as well as introduce Chinese 1 - 4 into the curriculum.
Sherry is now a private Spanish tutor and enjoys working with middle school through college students. She is thrilled to be part of the Board of Insight to Teen Culture, as it gives her an opportunity to do the work that she is passionate about, which is educating parents and students within our community on many important topics.
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Steven Mercer, Ed.D. is the founder of Mercer Educational Consulting (mercered.com), a private college counseling practice in Los Angeles, CA. He is an experienced educator with an extensive background in selective college admission, counseling, teaching, and academic and non-profit leadership. Prior to founding Mercer Educational Consulting he was an admission officer at the University of Southern California. In additional to working with students one-on-one, Dr. Mercer is an Adjunct Faculty in the on-line College Counseling Certificate program at UCSD Extension and works as a consultant to colleges and universities on matters related to college admission. Dr. Mercer has a BA in philosophy from the University of California, Santa Cruz, a MA in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from UCLA
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​Gina Eckstein, ACC Associate Certified Life Coach and Founder of CEO Life Coach Agency
She works with teens and young adults in offering support, brainstorming, and accountability so that they can reach their own personal summit. Together working through transitions and new life chapters and offering the support needed to take the next leap. She helps her clients break through the obstacles that are preventing them from achieving their goals and realizing a happy and balanced life. She offers Adulting Classes and individual sessions in person, by phone and online. The most successful business leaders and athletes have great coaches. Why shouldn’t you?  www.lifecoachagency.com
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Robert Feeley, MD has been a psychiatrist with Community Psychiatry since 2019, and prior to this worked with Calabasas Behavioral Health since 2017. Dr. Feeley was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. He graduated from Amherst College, majoring in Neuroscience. He then attended Boston University School of Medicine and completed his psychiatric residency at Yale. While there, he was the Chief Resident for the West Haven Veterans Affairs Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Room and the Chief Resident for Quality Improvement.  He went on to complete an Addiction Psychiatry fellowship at Yale. Dr. Feeley specializes in addiction, trauma, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorders. Dr. Feeley has developed a personal interest in integrative psychiatry, incorporating holistic treatments in the treatment of mental health. He is a meditation instructor for the Art of Living Foundation and SKY meditation programs. Dr. Feeley has two offices, in Calabasas and Thousand Oaks. Dr. Feeley is a member of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association.
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Jill Stowell MS in Education: Founder of Stowell Learning Centers, holds California teaching credentials in elementary education and learning handicaps, an MS degree in Education, a California Resource Specialist Certificate, and Dyslexia Remediation Specialist Certification.  She opened her first center in 1984 to help children and adults with dyslexia, learning disabilities, and other learning and attention challenges. In the past 30 years, SLC has helped thousands of students with a variety of learning challenges to become successful learners.                              
Jill has developed a very comprehensive continuum of learning skills that allows the centers to create programming for each student that is very specific to his or her needs. She is passionate about getting to the root of the learning problem, and helping children and adults become independent learners. Jill is also the host of LD Expert Live, and you can find more information about Jill and Stowell Learning Centers at www.stowellcenter.com
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