About Lori

 

My clinical specialization is working with adolescents, young adults, adults, and parents. 

 

When working with youth, I provide strategies that honor their emotional well-being while also partnering with parents to support healthy functioning within the family system.  

 

In addition to my clinical practice, I am an Adjunct Instructor in the Graduate Counseling Program at St. Mary's College of California, teaching Advanced Clinical Practice and Communication Skills I and II. I also supervise graduate counseling students in field placement training.  

 

I find my work to be tremendously inspiring and fulfilling and I feel privileged to be able to partner with my clients in their important life work. 

 

Education

 

• Master's Degree, with honors, in Counseling Psychology from St. Mary's College of CA

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Mgmt./Engineering from Purdue University​

 

Credentials and Professional Associations

 

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist LMFT78336

• Certified Nutrition Therapy Specialist

• Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider

• Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional: Applied Neuroscience for Treating Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

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

• Member of the East Bay Chapter California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

• A Volunteer Mental Health Professional of A Home Within, a nonprofit organization that provides for the emotional needs of foster children.

 

​Additional Training

 

• How Nutrients Affect Mental Health and The Brain

• Understanding Metabolism: Mind-Body Connections: Stress-Related Eating, Mood, Cognition, and Sleep

• Understanding Fatigue: Stress, Habits, and The Brain

• Social Thinking

• Students Under Pressure

• Special Issues within Adoption

• Advanced Mindfulness

• The Social Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Changing the Brain through Healing Relationships

• Shame and Clinical Practice

• Trauma Treatment: Latest Advances