Education & Experience

Dr. Tony Madril, DSW, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker and Doctor of Clinical Social Work. He completed his Master of Social Work degree at the University of Denver in 1997 and his doctorate degree in 2021 at the University of Pennsylvania. He has 24 years of post-graduate mental health experience as well as several years of specialized training in trauma therapies such as: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). In addition, he has received training in mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) from UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center and UC San Diego’s Center for Mindfulness. Dr. Madril is an adjunct professor of trauma studies at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work and is writing about his research findings related to innovative mindfulness-based approaches to treating psychological trauma within the veteran community. He is a member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and specializes in treating adults with symptoms of PTSD, Complex PTSD, and anxiety in his private practice office in Los Angeles, CA. In addition, Dr. Madril’s experience includes providing trauma-informed clinical supervision to associate social workers and skills-based trainings to organizations about the intersection between mindfulness meditation and the prevention of vicarious trauma and empathic distress in today’s challenging workspaces complicated by COVID-19.