Ted C. Bonar, PsyD

Behavioral Health – Strategy – Technology

I build programs, partnerships, and technology that make behavioral health systems work better.

Good People. Cool Projects. Meaningful work.

Profile

Bio

Ted Bonar is a clinical psychologist and behavioral health strategist who has spent more than 20 years working on difficult problems at the intersection of behavioral health, public health, and complex systems.

His work has focused extensively on suicide prevention, PTSD, and military and Veteran behavioral health, spanning national initiatives, clinician education, public health communication, organizational strategy, and technology. Across those settings, his role has often been the same: bring together the right people and expertise, make sense of complicated problems, and build practical programs and approaches that can work in the real world.

Ted currently serves as Senior Clinical Officer for Federal Health Programs at Peraton, where his work includes federal suicide prevention modernization and the clinical architecture, safety, governance, and evaluation of AI-enabled behavioral health technology. Earlier in his career, he led national military and Veteran behavioral health initiatives, developed clinician training and implementation programs, built multidisciplinary subject-matter teams, and directed Veteran-focused firearm suicide prevention and public health communication efforts. His work has brought him into collaboration with federal agencies, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, universities, technology and media partners, and military and Veteran communities.

A psychologist by training, Ted has also spent much of his career teaching. He has delivered more than 400 presentations, trainings, keynotes, and workshops nationwide and has developed national training programs in PTSD, suicide prevention, lethal means safety, military culture, and evidence-based behavioral health care.

Before psychology: professional drummer; music-industry marketing and sales; and writer/editor at Modern Drummer Magazine.

An Executive Case Portfolio with examples of selected work is available upon request.

Clinical Services

I maintain a limited telehealth practice for adults seeking individual psychotherapy. My approach is collaborative and flexible, drawing from evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatments as well as more open-ended approaches based on each person’s needs, goals, and circumstances.

I am licensed in Ohio and authorized through PSYPACT to provide telehealth services to eligible clients in participating states and territories.

Services are fee-for-service. I do not participate directly with insurance plans, but I can provide documentation (a “superbill”) that clients may submit for out-of-network benefits.

Please use the contact form to inquire about availability or clinical services.