Professional Experience
Counseling Experience
LMFT, Private Practice, 2020-Present San Francisco and Oakland, CA
AMFT, The Marina Counseling Center, 2019-2020 San Francisco, CA
Provide individual, couples and family therapy offered at a sliding-scale-fee.
Supervised by Erica Esmail Rath, LMFT#86965, and Janine Darwin, LMFT.
AMFT, Compass Family Services, 2018-2019 San Francisco, CA
Provided individual, couples, family, and child therapy to homeless families or families verging on homelessness.
Shadowed two preschoolers and provided milieu therapy to help them express and process their emotions and aid in establishing social relationships in the classroom and at home.
Supervised by Susan Reider, LMFT.
Volunteer, The Riley Center, 2018 San Francisco
Led weekly group therapy in English and Spanish for survivors of Domestic Violence and abuse
Education
California School of Professional Psychology, 2018 San Francisco, CA.
Masters in Couples and Family Therapy
Certificate in Hispanic Studies
Tufts University, 2009 Boston, MA.
BA, Sociology
Minor in Communications.
Training & Certifications
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
One week intensive Externship, San Francisco, CA
Trained in beginning and managing couples therapy clients with a focus on EFT methods
Certified Domestic Violence Counselor (Riley Center & Casa de Las Madres)
40 hour training on counseling survivors of domestic violence, including education about the cycle of violence, reasons for staying with one’s abuser, and dynamics based on the power and control wheel.
In a past life…
Google, Mountain View, CA: 2009-2017
Inside Sales Representative (FTE)
Product Marketing Manager (FTE)
Internal Communications Specialist (FTE)