California Institute of Integral Studies
Masters in Counseling Psychology with emphasis on Somatic Psychotherapy, December, 2002

University of Colorado at Boulder
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, Magna Cum Laude, 1997

Private Practice Therapist– January 2004-present
I maintain a private practice in San Rafael and San Francisco working with adults, couples, and children. My specialty area is working with survivors of trauma and sexual assault. I focus on clients' strengths and build on their resources to foster development and healing. 

Community Violence Solutions
Rape Crisis Counselor- August 2004-present
I work with the Rape Crisis Center of Marin County and Contra Costa County doing crisis intervention counseling and medical accompaniment. I currently facilitate a six week psychoeducational sexual assault group that incorporates experiential excersises and art therapy.

Child Protective Services
Visit Supervisor– January 2005-present
I supervise visits between parents and children who are in temporary custody for potential reunification.

Sunny Hills Children's Garden - Home Based Family Services
September 2001- September 2004
In this internship, I had the opportunity to work with at risk culturally diverse families in crisis at their own home. Working collaboratively with Child Protective Services and/or Probation, my role was preservation of the family. This entailed linking the family to an array of services that addressed the family’s physical, emotional, social, educational, and vocational needs. Most of these clients had a combination of mental illness and substance abuse issues.

Family Service Agency of Marin
Child, Adolescent and Family Team– September 2001-2004
On the CAF team, I worked with people of all ages and provided parent skills training, stress reduction, anger management, and guided imagery with individuals, couples, and families.

Intake Worker-
As an intake worker, I learned how to assess a potential client and to provide immediate support for the caller. If our services were not useful to the caller, I would make referrals to other community resources in Marin County.

Life Skills Counselor at Rancho Essenitalist Elementary School
As a life skills counselor, I had the experience of working with at-risk children utilizing play therapy, art therapy, and sand tray work. I was able to work collaboratively with the teacher, parents, school psychologist, and other psychotherapists to best support the child.

Suicide Prevention and Community Counseling Team
September 2001-August 2001
Certified Grief Counselor:
In working with grief clients, I witnessed how attending to the person by empathizing with their feelings and allowing each individual to tell their story assists in the healing process. The grieving process also reveals our inherent strengths and the incredible resilience of the human spirit.

Certified Suicide Prevention Counselor:
In suicide prevention counseling, I was trained in crisis intervention. Through this experience, I was able to evaluate the severity of the crisis by assessing the level of impairment in the individual. After this, I would develop a plan with the caller to reduce the potential for self destructive behavior.

San Francisco Women Against Rape
Certified Rape Crisis Counselor and Medical Advocate
September 1999-August 2000
In working with San Francisco Women Against Rape, I was trained in effective crisis intervention skills through active listening, facilitated problem-solving, and by providing assistance to callers in determining and acquiring needed medical, therapeutic, legal, and social services.

Marin Abused Women Services– Core Domestic Violence Training– September 2000-December 2000

Training with MAWS taught me to understand the social and political roots of violence as a tool of oppression of women. I was trained to identify institutional practices that perpetuate violence against women and learned feminist and supportive counseling approaches in working with survivors.

Board Member of Marin County CAMFT;
Membership Director and Pro Bono Committee member.

Clinical member of CALCASA:
California Coalition Against Sexual Assault.