Staff

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Elisabeth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who enjoys working collaboratively with women, young adults and college students. She especially loves coming alongside women managing depression, anxiety, relational stress, questions around faith, self-esteem challenges, and life transitions. Elisabeth blends many approaches in her work, including attachment, psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), relational and strengths-based perspectives. She is grateful for the opportunity to listen to clients to help them hold and work through the experiences that shape their life journey and well-being. Elisabeth has experience working at non-profit and community-based agencies throughout the Bay Area, with people of all ages from various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

As a clinical social worker Michael has worked in the fields of child protection, treatment foster care and adoption, and community mental health. He has formal training in strategic family therapy from the Mental Research Institute and cognitive behavioral therapy from U.C. Davis Medical School. He is interested in the integration of spirituality and counseling. He has worked in Northeast Brazil and Cape Town, South Africa. He taught middle school for 5 years in Oakland. He is a PREPARE/ENRICH facilitator. Michael has experience working directly with children, youth, parent-caretakers, families, and groups. His approach is person-centered and includes a combination of cognitive and narrative therapy skills.

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Sarah is a licensed clinical psychologist who enjoys working with adults, children, families, and college students. She has a PhD from the California School of Professional Psychology and has trained at UCSF and UCLA as well as other community mental health centers and hospitals in the Bay Area. She works collaboratively with clients on issues related to anxiety, depression, trauma, family dynamics, relationship difficulties, sexuality, grief, life transitions, spirituality, and identity. A Bay Area native, Sarah is passionate about incorporating cultural sensitivity into her work with clients. She integrates CBT, psychodynamic, multicultural, client-centered, and mindfulness approaches in her work.

Claire is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist who loves to come alongside women in their various seasons of life and works with them through depression, anxiety, relational conflict, eating disorder, past trauma, and other women's issues. She uses various approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment Theory. She also really enjoys the lively dynamic of working with couples and is a trainer in the PREPARE/ENRICH marriage counseling curriculum. Claire is also comfortable in referring to Scripture as a resource, and will do so if requested by the client. Claire can also conduct sessions in Korean. She started as an intern at Berkeley Christian Counselors in 2009 and has been here ever since.

Scott is sincerely grateful for the opportunity to help folks navigate moments and seasons in their lives where beauty and growth, meaning and genuine connection, can be found in even very painful or bewildering experiences.  He utilizes Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) approaches with Interpersonal, Jungian and Somatic Experiencing to help folks move from where they are now to where they want to go.  Scott is trained in Individual, Family, and Couples therapy and is always curious about how his clients are doing in relationships--"the relationship with all the various parts of yourself, the person or people closest to you, and your higher power."  Scott includes faith as much or as little as his clients wish to have it included in the work. He has been doing psychotherapeutic work since 1997.  Married in 2004, Scott and his wife were baptized into the Christian faith in 2013 after practicing Buddhism for many years.  They have trans-racially adopted two children, fostered three others, and have a child who is a "bio-surprise" as well.

Anna is a licensed clinical social worker who enjoys working with children, youth, adults, couples, and families. She has worked in both schools and counseling centers in the Bay Area. Anna utilizes strength-based and cognitive behavior techniques to address anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, family dynamics, and life transitions. She is also trained in PREPARE/ENRICH for premarital counseling and enjoys working with couples. Anna is passionate about hearing her clients' stories and working together with them to heal and grow.

Working from a strength-based perspective, Jacqueline is a licensed clinical social worker equipped to work with clients as they navigate life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, adulting, and relationships. She believes that clients often have the answers to their questions and simply require a safe space filled with empathy and honesty, to process, experience healing, and learn healthy ways to connect in the present moment. In guiding clients toward the change they seek, Jacqueline draws from a variety of approaches including self-care, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), often incorporating skills that can help with emotion regulation and distress tolerance. For work with couples, Jacqueline has been trained in PREPARE/ENRICH and is a Gottman Leader.

Libby has earned her Masters in Counseling Psychology at Holy Names University. She has a long-standing commitment and ministry to families and individuals, especially having assisted young adults preparing for university and lending them support throughout their educational careers. Libby believes that learning self-compassion and the ability to love oneself leads to healing and the ability to love others. She has worked with diverse communities and embraces the client's culture, spiritual and religious beliefs. Libby is passionate about listening to and learning about her clients, while offering them tools and skills that will support them on their journey. Libby is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #137358. She is supervised by Scott Leiker, LPCC#1213.

Randi has earned her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Alliant International University and a Masters of Special Education from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To support premarital and married couples, Randi is certified as a PREPARE/ENRICH facilitator. Randi is passionate about walking alongside individuals, families and couples navigating life’s many challenges such as relationship issues, stress management, health concerns, self-esteem issues and supporting families caring for children/adults with special needs and mental health concerns. The challenges that clients face are explored through a holistic mind, body and spiritual lens. Randi enjoys integrating Christian perspectives if clients are interested in doing so. Randi approaches each situation as new and unique from a nonjudgmental view, while creating an atmosphere of peace, safety, and hope. She is supervised by Scott Leiker, LPCC#1213.

Stacy is currently pursuing her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health at Palo Alto University and has been coaching and mentoring adolescents, college students, and adults in various settings since 2013. Stacy is committed to supporting her clients through life's challenges by providing a warm, authentic, and nonjudgmental relationship. She strives to create a collaborative space where clients can gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their interactions with the world, empowering them to find healing and progress towards the lives they envision for themselves.

Stacy works primarily through psychodynamic, relational, and humanistic frameworks, utilizing a variety of tools to personalize therapy for each client. She is also comfortable integrating her theological training and scriptural knowledge when desired by clients. Additionally, Stacy is trained in PREPARE/ENRICH for premarital counseling and is passionate about helping couples build strong, lasting relationships. Stacy is supervised by Anna Loscutoff, LCSW #65081

Hana is in her second year of a Master's in Counseling at the Wright Institute. Her background in psychology and dance has fueled her passion for the relationship between mind, body, and spirit. By creating a safe space for clients, Hana helps them navigate life’s challenges, explore internal narratives, and examine external relationships, all while fostering curiosity, compassion, and hope.

She is dedicated to supporting clients in their journeys of self-discovery and personal healing. Hana integrates a holistic approach into her practice, incorporating mindfulness, narrative therapy, attachment theory, family systems, and solution-oriented modalities. Being client-centered, she embraces the diverse intersectionalities and cultural identities that each individual brings, and she looks forward to working with individuals, couples, and families from all backgrounds.

Hana is passionate about holding space for the beautiful and difficult complexities of life, encouraging clients to discover their uniqueness and engage in authentic connections both within and with others. Hana is supervised by Anna Loscutoff, LCSW #65081.

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Jessica Ahmed (She/Her/Ella) is a doctoral student at the Wright Institute. Jessica comes from a clinical background working with children, families, and adults in need of high-level intensive services. Jessica has developed a passion for collaborative work with women, young adults, and college students. Her therapeutic approach is holistic and integrative, drawing from various modalities to facilitate healing for individuals, couples, and families. Jessica's professional aspirations include becoming an expert in administering psychological assessments to individuals seeking support. She is supervised by Dr. Sarah Kasuga-Jenks PSY#25914

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Clinical Interests: depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, attachment issues, life stressors, Black women’s health, integrative approaches, holistic healing and wellness, spirituality and religion, intergenerational trauma, identity development, career and work struggles, couples counseling, family therapy, first-generation students, sports psychology and psychological assessments.

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Julianna Evans is a graduate student at Colorado Christian University, where she is studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling and pursuing her LPCC license. Julianna strives to work collaboratively with clients and is open to discussing any issue in session. She is excited to work with clients of any age or life stage, but she is particularly passionate about working with girls and young women who have experienced trauma.

Her personal orientation to counseling is primarily rooted in Person-Centered Therapy, but she will often integrate a variety of additional theoretical orientations and trauma-informed modalities to better fit her clients’ needs. Julianna will align sessions with the client’s goals, not her own, and is sensitive to moving through therapy at the client’s pace. She believes that understanding is the basis of care and hopes to be a warm, empathetic person who prioritizes client welfare and a strong therapeutic relationship. When counseling clients, Julianna will focus on maintaining a safe and comfortable atmosphere, in which clients feel heard, understood, and valued. She is supervised by Scott Leiker, LPCC #1213.

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