Dr. Ardalan is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and currently holds the position of the Chief of the Ethics Committee for the ABPP since January 2011. He has been serving in the Ethics Committee for the ABPP since January 2006 and was the Associate Chief of this committee from January 2009 to December 2010. He was the Western Regional representative for the ABPP Board of Directors in Clinical Psychology from January 2003 to December 2006 when he was responsible for coordination of examinations of all psychologists pursuing ABPP Diplomate status in Clinical Psychology in the Western Region of the United States. Dr. Ardalan's private practice includes evaluation and treatment of variety of psychological disorders in individual, marital, and family therapy for a diverse population, performing pre-employment psychological screening for different law enforcement agencies including the California State Personnel Board, providing psychological treatment and evaluations as a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) within the Workers' Compensation system, competency evaluations, fitness-for-duty evaluations, and psychological evaluations for the Immigration and Naturalizations Services. Dr. Ardalan is an active member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and California Psychological Association (CPA) and is licensed to practice psychology in California (PSY 15907) and is fluent in Farsi.

Dr. Ardalan received his Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in Clinical Psychology from the multicultural, APA-approved program at Howard University, Washington, D.C. in 1993. He completed his APA-approved internship at Malcolm Grow United Stated Air Force (USAF) Medical Center at Andrew Air Force Base, Maryland where he completed rotations in Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, Behavioral Health Psychology, Inpatient Psychology, Neuropsychology, Alcohol Rehabilitation Center, and Child Psychology. Following completion of his internship, Dr. Ardalan served in the USAF as a clinical psychologist and became a licensed psychologist in 1995. In his first assignment at Walson Air Force Hospital in Fort Dix, New Jersey, he assumed the position of the Chief of Psychology and Substance Abuse Services. His responsibilities included performing short-term and long-term individual psychotherapy, marital and group psychotherapy, stress management, sanity boards, psychological testing/assessment, crisis assessment and intervention, and alcohol and drug evaluations. Dr. Ardalan finished his career with the USAF at McClellan Air Force Base where he served as the Commander of Mental Health Services Flight and directed three distinct Mental Health programs' clinical and administrative operations.