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Clinical Work Experience:
Queer Expressions Mental Health Collective, Oakland CA & Portland, OR
Owner & Licensed Therapist- Private Practice (2018- Current)Kaiser Permanente, Union City CA
Licensed Therapist- Department of Psychiatry (2019-2020)Bay Area Community Resources, Richmond CA
Associate therapist- School Based (2017-2019)Fred Finch Youth Center, Oakland CA
Associate therapist - Community Based (2015-2017)Pacific Center for Human Growth, Berkeley CA
Therapist trainee and Peer Group Facilitator (2013-2015)La Casa de las Madres, San Francisco, CA
Volunteer- Crisis hotline and DV Shelter Support (2013-2014)
Formal Education:
California Institute of Integral Studies
MA in Counseling Psychology, Concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy 2015San Jose State University
BA in Sociology 2010
Continuing Education:
Ongoing monthly group consultation with Finn V. Gratton, LMFT (author of Supporting Autistic Transgender Youth and Adults).
2024: Dual licensure in Oregon and California
2024: Advanced Supervision training
2024: LGBTQ+ Care Champion Badge via CVS Health
2023: Attended the UCSF National Transgender Health Summit
2023: Attended Chacruna Institute's Queering Psychedelics II conference
2023: QTIFS: 36 hour IFS Foundations Course for Trans, Nonbinary, and Queer Clinicians with Sand Chang, PhD & Nic Wildes, LMHC
2021-2022: Completed licensing requirements to provide clinical supervision & supervised in the training program for The Pacific Center for Human Growth
2019: 4-day Intensive DBT certification with Lane Pederson, Psy.D
2019: Attended the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) conference
2019: Attended the International Expressive Arts Therapy (IEATA) conference