Dr. Reef Karim is a board certified psychiatrist, board certified addiction medicine specialist and a certified relationship therapist. He is a senior attending physician and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience as well as being a published research scientist in the field of behavioral and chemical addictions with articles in the International Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Addiction Medicine and other prestigious journals.
Dr. Reef has been a consultant at many well known rehab facilities and is the founder and medical director of The Control Center for Addictions. Additionally, Dr. Reef is also a well known media personality in the field of mental health, relationships and addictions with multiple appearances on: Oprah, Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360, The Today Show, Dateline NBC and many others. Dr. Reef has trained with Sufi mystic leaders, Navajo and Hopi shaman and other spiritual practitioners in addition to his strong western medicine training. As such, he created The Control Center to fully integrate neuroscience, psychological testing, specialty psychotherapy and trauma work with nutritional support and spiritual healing.