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As a psychotherapist, I am committed to helping you reach your most fulfilling life. My style is warm, collaborative and genuine. I draw from relational, psychodynamic, and developmental theories, with an emphasis on social justice and trauma-informed care.

Together, we will identify your goals, build upon your strengths, and explore the feelings, beliefs and obstacles that hold you back. Using both reflective exploration and pragmatic problem-solving, I help you gain a deeper understanding of yourself and the tools to make the changes you desire.

 

LICENSING

CA Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) #96667 

EDUCATION + TRAINING

Supervision Study Program, The Psychotherapy Institute (TPI)

Two-Year Relational Psychotherapy training program, Women’s Therapy Center (WTC)

Infant-Parent Psychotherapy, UCSF Infant Parent Program

MS, Clinical Psychology, San Francisco State University

BA, Cultural Anthropology, Reed College 

 

ABOUT ME 

Hi, I’m Jen. I’m a psychotherapist, clinical consultant and teacher. 

My areas of specialization include early childhood mental health, parenting challenges, recovering from trauma and burnout, and eating disorders. 

I have been involved in the research and treatment of eating disorders for over a decade, with a particular focus on the experiences of LGBTQ and POC individuals. In addition to my clinical work, I conducted community-based research about eating disorders among women who identify as LGBTQ, working-class and/or as women of color. In 2019, I co-founded Liberation: Eating Disorder Education, an organization committed growing access to affordable, evidence-based treatment grounded in body liberation and social justice frameworks.

Outside the psychotherapy office, I have a background in community mental health, sexual violence prevention and advocacy, and teaching. I have worked with survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, with a particular focus on transformative justice and building supportive resources for LGBTQ and POC survivors. I teach on the subjects of eating disorders, feminism, racial justice and relational psychotherapy throughout the Bay Area.

As a queer, femme, mixed-race woman, I know firsthand the healing value of being able to show up and be seen as one’s whole self.  This ethos guides my practice as a therapist, teacher and mentor.

In all of my work, I seek to include individuals' cultures and social contexts for a deeper understanding of their experience in relationship to themselves, to others and to their world.