EDUCATION, PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS

• California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, #100277

• Loyola Marymount University-Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy with Specialized Training in Clinical Art Therapy

• Published Author of research study in peer-reviewed journal-“Art Therapy and Experiences of Acculturation and Immigration,” Art Therapy, (2014)

• California State University, Fresno-Bachelor of Arts in English and Art, with a minor in Psychology-Magna Cum Laude

• California State University, Fresno in collaboration with Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art-Artist-in-Residence and Exhibit

• EMDRIA Certified EMDR Clinician

• EMDRIA trained EMDR Clinician, with The Institute of Creative Mindfulness

• “Practice-Focused Training in Complicated Grief Therapy,” The Center for Complicated Grief at Columbia University School of Social Work

• “Three-Day Grief Intensive Training,” Our House Grief Support Center

• “Creative Approaches to Griefwork with Children,” Our House Grief Support Center

• CAMFT Certified Supervisor

• “Basic Principles of Somatic Experiencing,” Somatic Experiencing International

• Certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy

• “Four Blinks approach to Flash, a memory reconsolidation approach for complex trauma),” with Thomas Zimmerman

• “The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method℠,” The Trauma Conscious Yoga Institute

• Trained in Positive Parenting Strategies (Triple P)

• Certified in Managing and Adapting Practices (MAP)

• Member of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)

• Member of EMDRIA