Licensure and Certifications
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCS#25598, California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Teaching Assistant, Consultation & Personal Session Provider for Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Year Students of Somatic Experiencing. Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, Boulder, Colorado
NeuroAffective Touch Practitioner, Teaching Assistant, and Personal Session Provider for students of NATouch. NeuroAffective Touch Training Institute, Los Angeles, California
NARM Therapist (NeuroAffective Relational Model), NARM Training Institute, Ukiah, California.
Education
Master's in Social Work, Boston College, Boston, MA
Bachelor's of Science, Psychology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Clinical Work Experience
Licensed Psychotherapist in Private Practice - San Francisco Therapy Services, San Francisco, CA
Licensed Psychotherapist with Savant Care - San Francisco, CA
Clinical Supervisor - Rape Trauma Services Center for Healing and Violence Prevention, Burlingame, CA
School Psychotherapist - Fusion Academy, San Francisco
Clinical Supervisor, Clinical Social Worker and Adoption Specialist/Family Trainer- Family Builders, Oakland
Clinical Supervisor, Community Works West - One Family Program, San Francisco
Clinical Supervisor, Clinical Social Worker and Adoption Specialist/Family Trainer - Lilliput Children's Services, Napa
Clinical Social Worker, Families First, Oakland
Continuing Education Courses
NeuroAffective Relational Model - Advanced Clinical Training for Working with Complex Trauma - Dr. Lawrence Heller and Brad Kammer, LMFT.
Somatic Experiencing Master Class: Eye of the Needle, Working with Altered States, Near Death Experiences, and Medical Trauma - Dr. Peter A. Levine.
Somatic Resilience and Regulation: Using Touch-Based Methods for Supporting and Restoring Resilience and Self-Regulation when Developmental Trauma has Occurred - Kathy L. Kain and Stephen Terrell, PsyD, SEP.
NeuroAffective Touch, Renegotiating Developmental and Relational Trauma, Bridging Bodywork and Psychotherapy - Dr. Aline LaPierre.
Dynamic Attachment Repatterning for Individuals and Couples - Diane Poole Heller, Ph.D, Dr. Stan Tatkin, Terry Real, MFT, and Dr. Pat Love.
Treating Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion - Elisha Goldstein, PhD.
Attachment and Trauma Mastery Training Program - Diane Poole Heller, PhD.
Musings from the Womb - Healing/Re-Patterning Our Earliest Imprints by Working Through Intergenerational Trauma and Pre/Perinatal/Birth Trauma - Ariel Giarretto, LMFT, SEP
Mindfulness and the Brain: A Professional Training in the Science and Practice of Meditative Awareness - Jack Kornfield and Daniel J. Siegel
The Art of Connection using the Hakomi Method- Hakomi Institute of California
Clinical Supervision I & II: Internal and External Structures of Clinical Supervision - Professional Psych Seminars
Comprehensive Supervision III: Legal and Ethical Considerations in Supervision - California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality - American Association of Suicidology
Helping Those Who Hurt Themselves: Understanding and Treating Self-Injury - Professional Psych Seminars
Mindfulness Fundamentals and K - 12 Curriculum Training - Mindful Schools
Healing Shame: A Workshop for Therapists - Bret Lyon, Ph.D. and Sheila Rubin, LMFT
DSM - 5 - Gerry Grossman Seminars
Law and Ethics for Licensed Clinical Social Workers - National Association of Social Workers California Chapter
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy in Child and Adolescent Treatment - Pat Ogden, Ph.D. and Bonnie Mark-Goldstein, Ph.D.
Emergency Mental Health: Assessment and Treatment - Cross Country Education
Screening and Assessment for Trauma with Children - National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Art Therapy: Interpreting Art and Facilitating Communication - Cross Country Education
Assessing Family Issues Using Evidence Informed Principles - Pamela Parkinson, Ph.D., LCSW
I am so grateful to do the work I love in San Francisco - the city of my heart.
Professional Affiliations
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists - State Member and San Francisco Chapter Professional Affiliate.
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, Registered Member, Training Assistant and Approved Consultation (Beg. year only) and Session Provider for Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Year SE Students.
NeuroAffective Touch Institute, Registered Member and Training Assistant.
NARM Training Institute, Registered Member
United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, Clinical Member
On-going Consultation
As part of my practice and continual professional growth, I find tremendous value in consulting with other expert clinicians on a regular basis.