Dr. Suma Chand is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive and behavioral therapies. She was trained at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, Philadelphia, and is a fellow of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.

Dr. Chand runs CBT clinics, serving adult and geriatric patients with depression, anxiety disorders (panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias), obsessive compulsive disorder, acute and post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia and eating disorders. Her CBT clinic is recognized as a regional clinic of the National Social Anxiety Center.

She is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at Saint Louis University.

Dr. Chand is on the Public Education Committee of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. She is also a board member of the National Social Anxiety Center.

She has authored peer-reviewed research articles and book chapters on psychotherapy.