about Me
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years experience in the mental health field. I have experience providing therapy, clinical supervision, and programing in a range of clinical settings. I have assisted in the development of programs for people experiencing a mental health crisis, an ACT and Self Compassion group, and a harm reduction therapy group. I provide training and clinical supervision for new therapists. Prior to becoming a licensed therapist, I worked for community based agencies providing health education and HIV prevention, teaching meditation in juvenile halls, and providing services for people with mental health and substance use challenges.
My practice integrates traditional mindfulness meditation and compassion practices with contemporary evidence based psychotherapy. I started a dedicated meditation practice over 20 years ago and have extensive periods of meditation training and practice in Asia and the US.
I received my MSW from California State University, East Bay and BA from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I am licensed to practice psychotherapy in the State of California. License # 29029
Professional Training
ACT Boot Camp, 4 days, Steve Hayes, PhD, Robin Walser, PhD and Kelly Wilson, PhD
ACT In Practice: 10 Modules with Steve Hayes, PhD
Heart of ACT & Healing Trauma with ACT with Robin Walser, PhD
Introduction and Advanced Clinical Skills training in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) with Paul Gilbert, PhD
CFT Approach to Recovery from Shame based Trauma, Deborah Lee PhD
Mindful Self Compassion, Kirstin Neff, PhD Christopher Germer, PhD
EMDR Basic Training through EMDR Institute
Attachment Focused EMDR Training, Laurel Parnell, PhD
Focused ACT for Brief Interventions, Kurt Strosahl, PhD, Patti Robinson, PhD
Process Based CBT for Anxiety, Stephan Hoffman, PhD
6 Month training in Clinical Relational Frame Theory (RFT), Mathew Villatte, PhD
Intro to Process Based Behaviour Therapy, Yvonne Barnes Holmes, PhD
2021/2022 CBT for Psychosis Master Clinician Series, Stanford University: Selected workshops
Additional Training in ACT and Racial Trauma, Motivational Interviewing, Exposure Response Prevention, Somatic interventions for Trauma, DBT, Harm Reduction Therapy.