I am a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT). 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 a founding clinician on the UCSF Path program team for 10 years. You can learn more about work in the Path program below. A focus of my ethics and clinical activist work has been centered on epistemic justice in health care. This broadly can be defined as the right for clients to be understood by providers and systems of power as the “knower” of their experiences and a vital contribution to positive change in their care.
Relational therapy: The work I provide is relational. I am trained in Accelerated Dynamic Experiential Psychotherapy (AEDP) which is an emotion focused experiential psychotherapy based in attachment theory. AEDP is model where the therapist takes an active role in supporting new client-therapist experiences to help facillitate healthy attachment and address issues of trauma, suffering, loss, and ruptured/damaged attachments effectively and compassionately.
Somatic Therapy: I am trained in somatic therapies including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy a somatic approach for the treatment of trauma. AEDP is also a somatic approach to psychotherapy. I also have experience and training in Hakomi, Authentic Movement, Feldenkrais, Continuum, Body-Mind Centering, Zen meditation. My spiritual background is informed by 20+ years of practice in meditative traditions. I am a dedicated movement and visual artist. I have a long standing practice in contemporary dance, yoga and somatic modalities and studied Japanese Butoh for over 10 years, which is a movement art form rooted in estoeric embodiment and meditative traditions and existential inquiry.
Evidence Based Cognitive therapies: I have training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialetical Behavioral Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. I draw from the work of Internal Family Systems, Psychodynamic and existential approaches. I am certified in CBTp by Dr. Kate Hardy Stanford University and also have co-trained the CBTp foundations training at Stanford Unversity.
Sex therapy: I have training in clinical health care and sex positive therapy from 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. I provide workshops and trainings to clinicians at UCSF and CIIS on alternative sexualities and providing sex positive, kink affirming health care.
Psychosis Spectrum therapies, Advocacy and Education: I am trained in CBTp, CFT, feeling safe appraoch voice dialogue, DBT and EMDRp. I am also an educator and provide trainings to clinicians at universities such as UCSF, Stanford and CIIS. I worked in 1st episode psychosis clinics for over 13 years serving transition age youth, adolescents and young adults. I provide trainings to psychiatry residents on evidenced based, compassionate and collaborative care to indviduals who hear voices and/or experience variant perceptual states. I 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 neurodiversity.
Professional Affiliations:
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Trainings
Sex Therapy Consultation and Mentorship with Joseph Winn MSW, LICSW, CST-S
Compassion Focused Therapy with Dr Charlie Heriot Maitland Advanced Course 2023
CBTp (for psychosis) certified by Kate Hardy at Stanford INSPIRE clinic
Co-Teacher for Foundations of CBTp at Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
International Society of Trauma and Dissociation Conference 2022
Alt Sex Conference NYC 2020