Director, Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Silicon Valley and Certified Cognitive Therapist
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist MFC-48807 and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor LPC-47
Therapy Approach:
“I have a passion for my work as a cognitive behavior therapist and helping children and families make lasting changes in their lives. My counseling approach integrates cognitive behavior therapy and other evidence-based therapies with positive psychology. My focus on positive, strength-based counseling and therapy comes from both my training in positive psychology as well as my personal values that therapy (and life) is most satisfying when we look at what’s right.”
Education
- MA, Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University with a focus on health psychology
- MBA, Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York City
- BA, School of Communication, University of Miami
Licenses and Credentials
- Certified by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy
- Graduate of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor LPC-47
- Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist MFC-48807
Clinical Activities
- Weekly Case Consultation with Ruth Anan, PhD, BCBA-D, on childhood anxiety disorders including selective mutism, OCD and tic disorders
- Bi-Weekly CBT Individual Case Consultation with Christine Padesky, PhD, 2011-2012
- Bi-Weekly DBT Individual Supervision with Shari Manning, PhD, Aug-Dec 2011
- Weekly Individual CBT Supervision with Shelley Milestone, PhD, Oct 2010-Oct 2011
- Weekly TEAM Therapy Training Group at Stanford University led by David Burns, MD, Jill Levitt, PhD, and Matthew May, PhD, Sept 2010-Nov 2011
- Board of Directors, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation of the San Francisco Bay Area, 2009-2011
Clinical Experience
- Founder and Director, Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Silicon Valley, Adult & Child Counseling Inc., 2012-present
- Owner of private practice in San Jose focusing on anxiety, OCD and related problems, 2010-2012
- Private practice internship focusing on anxiety and eating disorders, 2009-2010
- Kaiser Permanente, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic in San Jose, 2008-2009
- YWCA of Silicon Valley, Outpatient Clinic, 2007-2008
- Willow Glen High School, On-site Counseling, 2007-2008
- Suicide & Crisis Services of Santa Clara County, 2007-2010
- Bill Wilson Center, Contact Cares, 2006-2007
- Department of Drug & Alcohol Services of Santa Clara County, 2006-2007
Noteworthy Training in Therapy and Counseling
- Applied Behavior Analysis Certification Training Program, Florida Institute of Technology, 2013-2014
- Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted and Talented, SENG Annual Conference, July 2014
- Pediatric OCD Behavior Therapy Training Institute, 2013
- Anxiety & Depression Disorders of America annual conference, 2013
- Graduate of the OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute, 2012
- CBT for Insomnia, Michael Perlis, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
- International OCD Foundation annual conference, 2010, 2011 and 2012
- Cognitive Therapy Intensive Training with David Burns, MD, Jul 2010
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Intensive Training, Behavioral Tech, Seattle, Jun 2007-Feb 2008
- Anxiety Disorders courses at University of California, Berkeley
- Eating Disorders courses at JFK University, Campbell/Pleasant Hill
- Summit for Clinical Excellence, Advanced Treatments for Eating Disorders, 2009
- Evolution Of Psychotherapy conference, 2009 and 2005
Business Experience
Prior to becoming a therapist, I obtained an MBA from Columbia Business School and had a successful career in the corporate world for over 16 years. I held managerial roles in marketing, brand and product management, and corporate philanthropy at Fortune 500 companies in the technology, financial services and travel industries in the Bay Area and on the East Coast, including Microsoft, Intuit, Wells Fargo and Royal Caribbean.