Aran Watson, Ph.D. Email and Phone Number

Dr. Aran Watson is a clinical psychologist currently working as a postdoctoral fellow for the Child Trauma Research Program (CTRP) at the University of California San Francisco. He also provides trainings and consultation on complex trauma, child development and trauma-informed systems to service system providers, community organizations and universities. He is the former Senior Trauma Trainer and Director of Community Health for the RYSE Center, a community-based youth-adult partnership organization in Richmond, CA serving adolescents subject to multiple levels of violence exposure. His research has focused on the unique expressions of trauma and healing in adolescents overcoming multi-layered trauma and economic-political marginalization. Dr. Watson currently works with CTRP providing trauma-informed clinical services to Central American families who have recently immigrated to the United States fleeing violence.