CLINICAL TRAINING

Pre and Post-Doctoral Training:

My pre and post-doctoral training provided me a breadth of experience in a variety of settings including an inpatient hospital setting, community mental health clinics, and an outpatient HMO department.  These experiences exposed me to a wide variety of clientele including severely mentally ill adults, drug and alcohol addicted clients, children and families and general outpatient adults. 

Specialized Training:

• Gottman Couples Therapy
• EMDR Levels I, II and Advanced Applications
• Obsessive Compulsive Behavioral Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxieties, Fears and Phobias
• Couples Therapy Institute Training

EDUCATION

• 1988 B.A. in Psychology: University of California, Davis
• 1993 Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology:  California School of  Professional Psychology 

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

• 1995 California Licensed Psychologist PSY 14091

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Since attaining my professional psychologist license in 1995, I have been a staff psychologist at the Departments of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente in Milpitas and in Oakland.  Formerly, I maintained a private practice in Oakland, and presently, in Berkeley.  I have extensive experience doing individual, couples and group therapy.  Groups and classes taught include:

• Bipolar Disorder
• Interpersonal Relationship
• Social Anxiety
• OCD
• Assertiveness Training
• Gay/Lesbian
• Co-dependency
• Women's Body Image

INTERNATIONAL WORK

After the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, I joined EMDR HAP (Humanitarian Asssistance Program) as a volunteer facilitator. HAP provides EMDR via direct services and training assistance for natural and manmade disasters all over the world.  In August 2009, I went to China to provide EMDR training to Chinese mental health professionals in post-quake Sichuan.  For more information about EMDR HAP, please see their webpage: www.EMDRHAP.org