Cali Werner, Ph.D., LCSW, CMPC is the Director of Referral Relations and behavior therapist at the OCD Institute of Texas. As an undergraduate from Rice University, Cali competed as a Division I collegiate distance runner winning nine conference titles, and an Honorable Mention All-American in the 10k while battling OCD. Her most recent athletic success was competing in the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon and placing as first female Houstonian in the 2023 Houston Marathon. Cali’s personal experience with OCD led her to specializing her career to help others obtain evidence-based care. Cali is passionate about anxiety, OCD, and mental health in athletes, which led her to starting Athlete Rising, LLC, where she sees athletes with OCD and related anxiety disorders, in addition to working to help improve performance mindsets. Additionally, Cali interviewed 20 Olympians about their mental health experiences before, during, and after the Olympics while in her PhD program at Baylor University.
Cali has written a Children’s book titled Anxious Annie, for the purpose of helping children learn to vocalize anxious feelings. She is dedicated to informing the public through advocacy and education on mental illness and evidence-based treatment.
