Education & Experience

In the seven years in community mental health therapy, one of the perks was access to the best conferences and training you can attend in Los Angeles. For example, I attended top-tier conferences on treating the birth to a 5-year-old population and trauma intervention. In these conferences, we learned about the neurology of young brains and early childhood psychology. Not to mention the countless children and parents I treated over the course of seven years. During COVID, I had extra time and was on maternity leave so I was motivated to try for my Doctorate. I gained confidence in my therapeutic skills by relearning how children express emotional challenges in school. I also learned how our psychological needs affect learning and taking in information. For children (even small children), it could be bullying, unbalanced parenting styles, or things changing at home that cause learning, memory, and focus challenges. I also gained the necessary knowledge to be able to teach, which is another one of my passions. There is a lot of development in therapy, and I gained the awareness necessary to guide others in the learning process.