I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, graduate of 2005 from JFK University in California, East Bay with a master’s in counseling psychology. I have been working in the mental health field since 2003 providing outpatient mental health services. Having joined Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in 2014, I started a new Specialty Track in Spanish language in 2016 and I have been directing and supervising in the Bilingual Program since. Counseling is for me the second career I developed; my background in academia has helped me organizing the didactics aspects this program.
I am also an EMDR therapist, and I have experience treating a variety of mental health problems; my interest is especially in providing high quality services for the Hispanic population (directly in Spanish, when possible) and in trauma informed therapy approaches. Training new clinicians is a passion of mine that I take very seriously and with heart; my commitment in the Bilingual (Spanish) Training Program combines many interests of mine and I am grateful, humbled, and honored everyday by this opportunity to direct the Program.
