Bay Psychology Group is a growing psychodynamic private group practice in Oakland, CA. We provide counseling for individuals, couples, families, and adolescents.

Worried about your teen? Anxious or depressed? Stuck in life? Relationships don’t work? Ready to seek counseling? As a well-trained and compassionate psychologist in Oakland, I may be able to help.I hold a doctorate in clinical psychology and I have extensive training with both teens and adults. I have first-hand experience treating myriad issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, substance abuse, gender-dysphoria, sexual orientation issues, relationship problems, and work-place difficulties.I am also fortunate to have had considerable international experience both locally and abroad, and bring cultural awareness to all of my work. For more information on my training and experience click here.I am currently accepting new patients and take some types of Anthem and Medicare coverage. Please visit my fee and insurance page for more information.Want to work with me?

Psychodynamic psychotherapy for teens, college students, parents, international students and immigrants.

Registration number: PSB 94021077Completed post-doctoral fellowship. Worked closely with the Director of Training on training program development and implementation. Engaged in community outreach efforts and lead a team of interns in creating visibility for psychodiagnostic testing services. Worked closely with executive team creating promotional materials, and helped insure compliance with county, state, and federal regulations.Clinical work: Provided 12 patient-hours of psychoanalytic psychotherapy weekly. Served an underinsured underserved population of diverse age, gender-expression/identity, sexuality, and ethnic/racial background.

Taught an intensive class on titled “Advanced Psychopathology” with an emphasis on DSM-5 and multicultural issues. Students were asked to submit clinical material, apply their diagnostic understanding to vignettes, and participate in clinical discussions. Students were required to integrate cultural frameworks into their discussion.

As a pre-licensed clinician working as a psychological assistant at the Berkeley Therapy Institute, I specialize in providing therapy to teens, immigrants, and couples. I work with a team of psychologists, psychiatrists, and support staff to help my patients live happier, more fulfilling lives.

Psychotherapy and consultations with couples, adults, and teens. Training in brief interventions, substance abuse, reporting laws, ethics, cognitive therapies, dialectical behavioral therapy, emotion focused therapy, group therapy, psychodynamic theories, and psychotropic medications. Weekly clinical consultations and presentations with senior clinicians.

Providing psychoanalytically orientated long-term psychotherapy for individual, couples, adolescents, and children.

Participated in development and overseeing Institute policy, and CEU programing. Helped with digital marketing. Emphasized the clinical use of dream-work.

Program developmentManagement and training of mentorsAdvocacy

Insight and supportive psychotherapy with a dual-diagnosis population

Worked to develop an integrative health psychology program at a community based primary care clinic. This included weekly meetings with physicians, social workers, nurses, psychologists, and support staff. Other duties included psychodiagnostic assessments, treatment planning, charting and consultation. The population served was diverse, low income, often homeless adults. Regularly presented cases in weekly case conference and received two hours of weekly supervision.

Provided brief individual psychotherapy at REALISTIC, a substances recovery and vocational skills training program for township adolescent parolees. Regularly presented cases in weekly case conference and received two hours of weekly supervision. Acted as a group-process consultant to teachers and administrators at LEAP high school. Role included weekly meetings, observing and co-leading Life-Orientation groups, writing reports, and aiding in the development of program policy. The population served were students from Langa and Guglethu townships, struggling with issues of oppression, poverty, violence, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS. Additionally researched and developed admission tools and practices for LEAP high school.

Provided weekly psychodynamic individual psychotherapy with at-risk adolescents in a high school setting. Presenting problems included prodromal axis II and psychotic disorders, substance abuse, sexual identity issues, trauma, and violence. Met weekly with school staff to consult and coordinate services. Regularly presented cases in weekly case conference and received two hours of weekly supervision.

Provided psychological services at a inpatient treatment center for males and females with severe emotional and behavioral problems, ages 12-20. Duties included supervision of the youth, charting, individual processing, co-facilitating groups and behavioral interventions.(e.g., restraints). Also created, implemented and lead psychoeducational groups. Participated in weekly multidisciplinary team meetings to coordinate services.

Working through a translator, provided individual counseling to impoverished Xhosa men, women, and children. Created and presented psychoeducational workshops at rural schools, and at private residential schools for at risk-youth. Had one hour of daily supervision.