Therapist Interns

The Oak Creek Counseling Center Therapists and Staff

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	Nona Brady, MA, MFA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #62318 Berkeley Office I enjoy working with children, families, individuals and couples. I work intuitively to improve relational and quality of life issues. Utilizing a collaborative approach and an attachment lens, we will explore developmental and complex, trauma, focusing on creating a more adaptable you.

	Sara Brashear, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #64345 Pleasant Hill Office I specialize in the treatment of trauma using a number of therapeutic techniques, including EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

	Caiti Crum, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #65536 Berkeley and San Francisco Offices I enjoy talking with people and fostering an environment that is safe, transparent, compassionate and productive. I specialize in working with adolescents, young adults, trauma-survivors and anyone engaged in their identity development. I utilize Motivational Interviewing, Attachment Theory, Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Object Relations to inform an individualized, dynamic treatment plan.

	Patty Filomeo, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #66477 Pleasant Hill Office I am a compassionate, collaborative therapist who works with adults, adolescents and families to help them identify what they yearn for, recognize what is getting in the way of their accomplishments, and achieve rewarding changes in their lives.I work from a holistic view and I integrate life skills as tools which helps clients handle what they need right now.

	Sheela Hirao, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #60620 San Francisco Office At Oak Creek Counseling Center, I truly enjoy couples' counseling and helping each partner to learn more about one another and think differently about their issues. I practice couples counseling and individual psychotherapy utilizing integrative counseling methodologies such as DBT, CBT, ACT, behavior change, feelings-based and thought-based approaches. I also offer deeper work looking at past influences as well.

	Robert Hurst, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #69036 San Francisco and Berkeley Offices I work with individuals, couples, families, and children to collaboratively develop their resources and negotiate the obstacles to their preferred growth. With a nonjudgmental curiosity, I work from a strength-based, solution-focused orientation that balances empirical tools to meet your unique needs and honor your story and experiences.

	Patricia Jackson, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #52590 Pleasant Hill and Berkeley Offices As an intern my experience has continue to be with couples, identity issues and also children between the age of 8 years and 14 years. My client hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays in Pleasant Hill between 5pm and 9pm. Saturdays and Sundays in Berkeley between 1pm and 5pm. I am also starting a group for friends, family members, and parents of transgender youth.

	Susan LaCroix Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #56548 Berkeley Office I have a particular passion for working with people of all ages during life transitions – such as entering adulthood, changing careers, ending long-term relationships, and creating families. My approach to psychotherapy is eclectic and influenced by humanistic, existential, relational, and narrative theories.

	Stuart Lee, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #64601 Berkeley and San Francisco Offices I offer emotional and therapeutic support for individuals, couples, and families seeking to realize their potential towards lasting positive changes in relationships and in their daily lives. My therapeutic approach is non-pathologizing, integrative with an emphasis on interpersonal and strength-based approaches while always being sensitive to the unique needs of each individual.

	Meri Levy, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #69455 Pleasant Hill Office I am a registered MFT Intern in the Pleasant Hill office who works with individuals and couples facing depression and anxiety, relationship difficulties, life transitions, grief and loss, postpartum issues, or who are raising challenging children. I work in a client-centered framework borrowing from Attachment Theory, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Family Systems Theory as well as Gottman Couples Therapy.

	Vanessa Marin, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #69329 San Francisco Office I work with individuals, couples, and families, and specialize in couples counseling and sex therapy. My work is heavily experiential, creative, and engaging, and my theoretical stance is grounded in Gestalt, Hakomi, Somatics, and Relational work.

	Ellen Marino, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #61876 San Francisco and Berkeley Offices I enjoy working with: individual adults as well as couples, families and adolescents in the areas of anxiety and depression, relationships, self-esteem, non-violent communication, life/career transitions, substance abuse, grief and loss. I am always interested in exploring challenging issues.My style is informed by: family systems, cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused, narrative, and Jungian approaches.

	Kathleen McClelland, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #51498 Berkeley Office I work with people of all ages and have extensive experience helping those who are either struggling with substance abuse or are in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. I also work with individuals as they process trauma, grief and loss and work to build new lives. My work includes doing play therapy with children and sand tray with both adults and children.

	Jennifer Norstrom, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #66293 Berkeley Office As an intuitive and empathic counselor, I focus on helping you to meet your goals and support you in your healing process. I hold a warm, non-judgmental atmosphere for expression, exploration, and transformation. My dynamic approach to therapy allows you to express yourself through art, movement/body sensation, dreams, and creative visualization along with your words if you choose.

	Kurt Wagner, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #61754 San Francisco Office I bring to my work a compassionate understanding of the complexities of integrating our humanness with our primal selves. My therapy is based on what is practical for your life and is a balance of support and challenge so that the therapy process has real value for you and that you get the results that you want. I specialize in individual and couples work, sexuality, male sexual expression, LGBTQI issues, mindfulness, and enhancing emotional expression. The work is primarily on how you use your body to resource yourself and to include all of your self in living your life.

	Tricia Walsh, MA Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #63382 Pleasant Hill Office I approach therapy with genuineness and empathy, combining relational, somatic and mindfulness techniques to provide all my clients with a sense of self-confidence and insight to successfully resolve their relationship problems, depression, anxiety, trauma, isolation and grief.