CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

  • Psychotherapist in Private Practice, Pleasanton, California (Jan 2015 to Present): Providing individual psychotherapy and counseling for adults. Areas of specialization include domestic violence, developmental trauma (including childhood abuse and childhood emotional neglect), PTSD, anxiety, depression, family-of-origin and relationship issues. Supervision of pre-licensed therapists in relational depth therapy (Aug 2020 - Present).

  • Behavioral Health Services, Older Adult Transition Services (OATS), El Camino Hospital, Los Gatos, California (2013): Facilitated process groups, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based therapy groups for older adults with severe depression and anxiety. Performed case management and individual psychotherapy in collaboration with inter-disciplinary staff.

  • Bereavement Counselor, Pathways Hospice, Sunnyvale, California (2011 - 2012): Provided psychotherapy and counseling for adults and children for grief and loss.

  • Center for Healthy Development, Santa Clara, California (2009 - 2011): Trained in contemporary psychodynamic and psychoanalytical practice. Provided psychotherapy and counseling for individuals (adults and children), couples and families with a wide variety of issues, including childhood trauma, personality disorders and mood disorders. Performed intake interviews, co-parenting and parallel parenting counseling, and facilitated psycho-educational groups (including conflict resolution, stress management, and anger management) for parents with high conflict divorces and involved in the family court regarding custody issues.

  • Domestic Violence Counselor, Support Network, Sunnyvale, California (2009 - 2010): Provided counseling for survivors of domestic violence (adults and children), with an emphasis on crisis management, safety planning and empowerment. Volunteered as Domestic Violence Crisis Line Counselor.

 

LICENSES

  • Marriage and Family Therapist License (#81248) by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (2014).

 

RELEVANT TRAININGS

  • Group Therapy Training Program at The Psychotherapy Institute (Oct 2024 - Present)

  • Completed Somatic Attachment Therapy Training for BIPOC Clinicians (Aug 2021 - Sept 2022).

  • Supervision Study Program at The Psychotherapy Institute (Sept 2020 - Jun 2021) - I experienced racial micro-aggressions by the staff of the Supervision Study Program which led me to withdraw from the program before the official completion date of Aug 2021.

  • Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS) (2018).

  • Completed Workshop "Inside the Manipulator's Mind - The insider's guide to ending emotional exploitation." (2017).

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Immersion Course (2017).

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Training I & II (2015).

  • Fellowship Year I at Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (2015).

  • 40-hr Domestic Violence Counselor Training (1999, 2009).

GUEST SPEAKER

 

EDUCATION

  • M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, CA (2010).

  • M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1997).

 

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

  • Senior Software Engineer, Google Inc., (2007 - 2009).

  • Systems Software Engineer VI, Hewlett-Packard Company (1997 - 2007).

 

AWARDS

  • Awarded 14 patents in the area of computer code optimization.

  • Website awarded "Top 100 Psychotherapy Blog" - Check out the blogs here.

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