Photo by Amal Bisharat, 2022.

Licenses & Certifications

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) certification, 2007-present.

  • Drug Enforcement & Administration (DEA) license, 2001-present.

  • California medical license, 2001-present. 

  • RYT 200, Yoga Alliance, Dec 2016-present.

Education

  • San Mateo Psychiatric Residency Training Program, 2000-2004.

  • University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, 1996-2000.

Career Path

  • Private practice in Noe Valley, 2006 - present.

  • Psychotherapy supervisor, San Mateo County Psychiatry Training Program, 2022 - present.

  • Staff psychiatrist, SFSU Student Health Services, 2006-2008.

  • Part-time psychiatrist, UC Berkeley Counseling & Psychological Services, 2005-2006. 

  • Staff psychiatrist, South County Mental Health Clinic, Redwood City, San Mateo County, 2004-2006.

Memberships

  • EMDR International Association, 2018-present. 

  • Northern CA Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (NCSPP), 2015-present.

  • Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern CA (PINC), Community Member, 2014-present.

Post-Residency Trainings

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) Basic Training, Sonoma                         Psychotherapy Training Institute, Sep-Dec 2017.

  • 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training, Purusha Yoga, Sep-Dec 2016.

  • NCSPP Year-Long Intensive Psychoanalytic Study Group, 2015-2016.

  • Yoga for Mental Health, Purusha Yoga, Jul-Sep 2015.

  • Foundations of Psychoanalysis, SFCP, 2006-2007. 

Life Experience

  • Born Tacoma, Washington 1974.  Grew up in rural Missouri from the age of four. 

  • Returned to the West Coast, this time to San Francisco, in 2000, for residency training.

  • My experience from the client-side in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have had a tremendous impact on how I practice, as has over twenty years of regular yoga practice.

  • I  have family members with mental illness, have been married, divorced, am a mother, and am currently amicably co-parenting in a modern family. 

  • In addition to practicing yoga in my free time,  I enjoy sewing, knitting, gardening and have been a runner since my early 20s.

  • When it comes to Self-Care, I practice what I preach.