Professional Achievments

My Background

My Experience

My professional experience includes extensive work with children, youth, and families in the Santa Clara Behavioral Health Department. I have also worked with survivors of domestic abuse and trauma survivors. My areas of specialty and post-graduate training are in trauma, birth to five mental health, parenting, and eating disorders, specifically Anorexia Nervosa.

My Education

I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Psychology and double minor in Nutrition Food Sciences and Sociology, from San Jose State University, and a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University. I am licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California (MFC# 46428), and a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

Training & Accreditations

My Credentials

2021


Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

DBT Skills Certification

2018


CAMFT Member

Member of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

2017


IFECMH Practitioner

Infant-Family Early Childhood Advanced Trandisciplinary Mental Health Practitioner

2014


FBT Certification

Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

2013


Triple-P Certification

Triple-P Parenting Course Certification

2010


TF-CBT Certified

Trauma-Focused CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

2008


LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
License No. 46428

Other Accreditations


M.A., Counseling Psychology

Conferred from Santa Clara University, CA
(2005)

“We repeat what we don't repair.”

― Christine Langley-Obaugh