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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 2015

  • San 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