Kenadee Valencia, M.A. Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Oakland, California, United States

•Providing weekly individual and family therapy in community settings (i.e., homes and schools) to a caseload of four clients (ages 8-17) with trauma- and stressor-related disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and mood and anxiety disorders, using relational, play-based, and client-centered approaches•Conducting integrated psychological evaluations in clinical and community settings using the Therapeutic Collaborative Assessment (TCA) model for children and adolescents with complex trauma histories and diverse diagnostic presentations•Participating in weekly collateral meetings for each client with their caregivers and clinical teams•Participating in program case conference, assessment seminars, supervision-of-supervision seminar, and other agency trainings•Completing MediCal documentation for all clients in a timely fashion

Pleasant Hill, California, United States

•Providing brief individual and group psychotherapy to students in a community college setting•Serving a demographic age range of individuals who may be minors/adolescents up to and including adults who are 60+ years old. •Supporting clients with a variety of presenting problems including substance abuse, post traumatic stress, complex trauma, sexual assault, emerging severe mental illness, impacts of community violence, traumatic loss, and intimate partner violence •Serving as a mentor to first-year practicum students •Assisting with didactic presentations •Providing consultation and peer supervision •Assisting with paperwork and administrative duties•Training and Interventions include: Narrative Therapy, Social Justice, Multicultural Training, Crisis Intervention, and Attachment, Regulation, and Competencies (ARC) framework

Berkeley, California, United States

• Each week, I teach one hour of class for the year-long Adult Assessment course.• Teach the following assessment measures: House-Tree-Person Drawing Tasks, Kinetic Family Drawing, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory– Fourth Edition (MCMI-IV), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory– Second Edition (MMPI-2), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), Rorschach Performance-Based Assessment System (R-PAS), and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)• Responsible for checking scoring, editing and providing feedback on assessments and reportsfor seven graduate students (42 total reports)• Meet with students individually for further support

San Francisco, California, United States

• Provide short and long-term individual and group psychotherapy and psychological assessment to middle and high school students in a school-based setting • Administer, score, and write integrated reports containing Academic Intelligence, Cognitive, Neuropsychological, Personality, and Projective measures. • Tests to administer: The Wechsler Scales (WISC-V, WAIS-IV), Woodcock-Johnson, D-Kefs, Rey Complex Figure Tests, MMPI-A, MACI, BASC, R-PAS, Roberts Test.• Training and Interventions include: Psychodynamic/Relational, Family Systems, Integrative or Eclective, Social Justice, Trauma-Informed Therapy, Psychological Assessment, Child Neuropsychological Assessment, Multicultural therapy, LGBTQ+ therapy

Oakland, California, United States

• Provide school-based mental health services to youth and families with a wide range of socio-emotional needs in either long- or short-term individual and group modalities.• Provide evidence-based directive and nondirective modes of treatment with students between the ages of Kindergarten through 10th grade, targeting issues such as depression, stress, anxiety, emotion dysregulation, trauma, interpersonal issues, and grief• Co-facilitate weekly group therapy regarding the following topics: Coping Skills for Middle School, Coping Skills for 2nd & 3rd Grade, Self-Compassion and Identity Development for Middle School • Work closely with client support systems (e.g., parents/legal guardians, teachers, primary care physicians) via consultation and collaboration • Provide crisis intervention via drop-in sessions to students in need of support• Develop proficient assessment, treatment planning, documentation, and crisis intervention skills• Discuss specific clinical cases in weekly group and individual supervision meetings • Participate in weekly didactic training to acquire knowledge of evidence-based child treatment interventions• Training and Interventions include: Suicide Risk Assessment, Mandated Reporter Training, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, nondirective and directive modes of play therapy, Family Therapy, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Socioemotional Learning, Zones of Regulation, and Trauma and the ARC Model

Berkeley, California, United States

• The Berkeley Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinic provides individual and group therapy using empirically-validated treatment methods that have been shown to be effective for a variety of presenting problems• Conducted thorough behaviorally-oriented intake assessments and wrote integrated reports which assessed clients’ presenting problems and ascertained the function of clients’ behavior• Provided weekly individual transdiagnostic cognitive behavior therapy for adult individuals from underserved communities, targeting issues such as depression, stress, anxiety, emotion dysregulation, trauma, interpersonal issues, and grief• Diagnosed clients using the ICD-10 and DSM-V• Developed comprehensive case formulations which described what is maintaining clients’ presenting problems at time of treatment• Established and implemented treatment plans that responded to clients’ presenting problems and respective case formulation• Administered and interpreted monthly assessments for individual clients in order to determine their progress and the effectiveness of the therapy• Discussed specific clinical cases in weekly group and individual supervision meetings • Participated in weekly didactic training with clinic staff to acquire knowledge of evidence-based CBT interventions• Training and Interventions include: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, behavioral activation, behavior chain analysis, relaxation training, cognitive restructuring, cognitive defusion, emotional exposures, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), communication/assertiveness training, Schema therapy, self-compassion training, Emotion Efficacy Therapy (EET), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Uc Santa Barbara

• CARE is the primary office on campus responsible for providing education and advocacy on topics of dating/domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault.• Provided affirming, empowering, and confidential support for survivors of Interpersonal Violence with non-judgmental, caring approach to exploring all options and resources.• Assisted clients with navigating options and connecting clients with resources on-campus and within the Santa Barbara community while serving as a trusted point of contact throughout the whole process.• Facilitated educational workshops aimed to increase students' knowledge of sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and CARE services.• Implemented research-informed and evidence-based prevention education programs for the campus community on topics related to bystander intervention, communicating consent, survivor allyship, rape culture, and social norms. • Served as a liaison to campus groups, academic departments, and other Student Affairs departments and worked collaboratively to plan campus-wide programs.

• The Koegel Autism Center is renowned for its innovative autism research and clinical training.• The center focuses on the development and implementation of strength-based motivational interventions and support for those affected by autism spectrum disorders.• Provided assistance to children, adolescents, and adults by working collaboratively with clients to develop and practice their target skills.• Assisted clients in building skills to improve their social communication, academic, organizational, and daily living skills. • Discussed specific clinical cases in weekly group and individual supervision meetings. • Worked collaboratively with clinic professional staff, clients’ family members, and clients’ teaching teams to design treatment protocols

Delta Psi Chapter At Uc Santa Barbara

• Domestic violence awareness is the national philanthropy of Alpha Chi Omega. • Planned, promoted, and executed chapter philanthropy events during the academic year. • Educated the chapter on domestic violence issues and encouraged participation in university-wide philanthropy and community service events. • Coordinated and oversaw a committee that put into action philanthropy efforts that benefitted the local Domestic Violence Solutions shelter in the Santa Barbara Community. • During my term, I was able to organize events for my chapter to raise over $20,000 for our local shelter in Santa Barbara.

• Selected to work in Dr. Shelly Gable’s Emotion, Motivation, Behavior, and Relationships (EMBeR) Lab on the study, “Implicit partner attitudes as a predictor of relationship satisfaction: The mediating role of exposure and reactivity to relationship events.” • Specific contributions included recruiting participants, running participants, data collection, and data analysis using R and SPSS.

• Assisted with a research project in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology (CCSP) concerning UCSB survivors of sexual assault. • The focus of the study was to collect qualitative data of survivors' experiences to gain a deeper understanding of the resiliency of survivors of adult sexual assault, and to improve therapeutic treatment for survivors. • My responsibilities included participant outreach, running participants, data collection, coding data, entering data, and preparing study materials.

Doctor Of Psychology- Psy.D., Clinical Psychology

Master Of Arts - M.A., Clinical Psychology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology And Brain Sciences, Minor In Applied Psychology