Alyssa Petersel, LMSW

Founder & CEO, MyWellbeing

Alyssa Petersel, LMSW is Founder and CEO of MyWellbeing (mywellbeing.com), where she and her team connect people with the *right* therapist, while helping therapists build and manage their business. Alyssa, also a writer and therapist, released her award-winning debut narrative nonfiction anthology, Somehow I Am Different, in March 2016. Alyssa graduated from Northwestern University in 2013 with dual BA degrees in psychology and international studies, graduated summa cum laude from New York University in May 2017 with her Master's in Social Work, and graduated from The Writer's Institute non-fiction program at CUNY Graduate Center in May 2017. Named one of Crain's Notable Women in Healthcare 2019, Alyssa and her team have helped over 13,000 people find the right therapist for them and have been featured in prominent publications like Forbes, Allure, HuffPost, Cosmopolitan, bloom, and more. MyWellbeing supports thousands more through innovative, stigma-ending content and community building. A native New Yorker, in her off-hours, Alyssa enjoys spending time with her friends and family, social justice, and learning more about others' cultures and world views.