About Shoshana

I am a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT) and provide individual and family support as well as professional consultation and training. I’m real, engaged, transparent, warm and collaborative.

I hold a BA in Sociology and MA in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Somatic Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies.

I have been practicing psychotherapy for 19 years.

I am passionate about my work and walking alongside others through the vulnerable, difficult intersections of their lives. Teaching, mentoring, and facilitating transformation in people's lives brings me deep fulfillment.

I'm equally devoted to the healing power of movement and the arts. As a dedicated movement and multimedia artist, I hold a long-standing practice in contemporary dance, yoga, and somatic modalities. For many years,

A central pillar of my clinical work is grounded in a field of research called epistemic justice in health care, broadly defined as clients' right to be understood by providers and systems of power as the "knower" of their own experiences, and as vital contributors to positive change in their care.

I see clients as the experts of their own complex experiences and support them in exercising their right to author and make meaning from those experiences. I also honor the importance of collective healing, viewing individual therapy as one part of a larger constellation of connections and influences that provide support and wisdom.

For ten years, I worked as a lead clinician at UCSF's PATH Program, an early intervention program for psychosis syndrome, where I provided individual and group therapy to clients ages 14–36 and their families, including support for LGBTQIA+ and TGNB/GNC youth and young adults.

I supervised psychiatry doctoral trainees at UCSF and taught educational seminars on reducing mental health stigma and on collaborative therapeutic approaches to working with extreme states and unusual thought content. I served as a reflector on the reflecting team for UCSF's intensive family therapy program, and I led workshops for UCSF's collaborative care clinic on sexuality-affirming care and diverse relationship structures, including polyamory.

“You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts."

Pema Chödrön

I graduated from the Somatic Psychology Program at California Institute of Integral Studies. I am trained in various somatic therapies and modalities including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy a somatic approach for the treatment of trauma.
AEDP is also a somatic approach to psychotherapy. I have experience and training in Hakomi, Authentic Movement, Feldenkrais, Continuum, Body-Mind Centering, Zen meditation.
I have training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. I am certified in CBTp by Dr. Kate Hardy at Stanford University and also have co-trained the CBTp foundations training for therapists at Stanford University.
I also have training in DBT, ACT, Feeling safe program, Compassion Focused Therapy and EMDRp. I am psychodynamically trained and also draw from the work of Internal Family Systems and existential approaches
I have training in clinical health care and sex positive therapy from Martha Kauppi Assessing and Treating Sex Issues in Psychotherapy + ATSIP Consult group,‍ ‍TASHRA Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance and South Shore Sexual Health Center. I receive mentorship and regular sex therapy consultation Joseph Winn MSW, LICSW, CST-S and Group consult with Anna Randall, Director of Tashra.
I provide workshops and trainings to clinicians at UCSF and CIIS on alternative sexualities and providing sex positive affirming health care.
I am a recognized local expert in early psychosis treatment with 19 years of experience in collaborative work across community-based care settings.
I am trained in CBTp, CFT, feeling safe approach, voice dialogue, DBT and EMDRp (see therapeutic modalities page for more info on these approaches). I am also an educator and provide trainings to clinicians at universities such as UCSF, Stanford and CIIS.
I have worked in schools and wrap around services in Contra Costa County, providing therapy, crisis management and group therapy support to unhoused youth in Richmond CA. I co-produced the Stanford-UCSF Community Education Day for Psychosis for 3 years, guided by values of community building, epistemic justice and affirming neurodiversity.