Growing up in blended families, immersed in diverse cultures across continents, I deeply understand that there is no single path to a fulfilling life, and that even the practice of medicine is culture-bound. My journey through medicine began in international health, through academic psychiatry, to joining the faculty at UCSF. There, I led the Women's Mental Health Clinic and the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy program, taught residents and medical students, and consulted to Women's Health Primary Care and the Gender Affirming Health Program.
As an integrative psychiatrist, I believe in a holistic approach that addresses the whole person, deeply exploring biology as well as psychology and socio-cultural environment. My goal is to help people from all walks of life find healing and resilience, empowering full and authentic lives.
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF): Doctor of Medicine (MD)
University of California, Berkeley- UCSF Joint Medical Program: Masters in Health and Medical Sciences (MS), cognitive anthropology
University of California, Berkeley: Bachelor of Arts, cognitive science and philosophy of mind, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa
EDUCATION
UCSF: Internship and Residency in Adult Psychiatry
Area of Distinction in Women’s Mental Health
Chief Resident of Intensive Services
Laughlin Award for Excellence in Clinical Care
Elected President of Residents Association
POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program
Psychiatry Redefined: Integrative and Functional Psychiatry Fellowship
Infant-Parent Psychotherapy Program (San Francisco General Hospital)
Additional psychotherapy training: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Jungian, and intergenerational psychotherapies. I also have training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy (IPT), and emotionally-focused therapy (EFT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).
FURTHER TRAINING
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certification
Licensed by Medical Board of California