Dr. Xavier Amador | Psychologist & Founder, The LEAP Institute

News Expert

Dr. Amador’s expertise has resulted in his being an NBC News Consultant, Today Show Contributor and a featured guest on Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, 60 Minutes, CNN, ABC’s World News Tonight and many others.

In the print media, he has been interviewed by The New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, USA Today, Chicago Sun Times, New Yorker, Cosmo, Good Housekeeping, Glamour, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal and many other regional, national and international publications. He is regularly called on to give expert opinion and insight on a wide range of topics.

To see why networks regularly rely on Dr. Amador’s expertise for a variety of psychology subjects, watch the CNN video below as Dr. Amador discusses the forensic psychology behind Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who held three women hostage in his home for nearly a decade.

Then watch the NBC Today Show video below to see Dr. Amador discussing how to stop worry and anxiety with the Today Show anchors.