About Molly
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in the Bay Area, CA, (Ohlone, Coast Miwok, Patwin). I am currently primarily conducting clinical work online via video or telephone. I hold an MA in Social Clinical Psychology from New College of California, a degree that placed an emphasis on the ways in which constructs of race, power, gender, socio-economics, and sociopolitical environments impact individual and community identity, well-being, and health. I am also a candidate in psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. I am polyamory and non-monogamy informed; transgender, gender fluid, and nonbinary informed; and kink/BDSM aware. I am also aware of systems of whiteness, race, gender, class, ability, and power, and work ongoingly to acknowledge, understand, and interrogate these systems.
My current resume includes:
Post-seminar candidate at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
Clinical supervisor and trainer for CIIS Community Mental Health Clinic The Clinic Without Walls
Clinical supervisor at Axis Mundi
Clinical consultant for licensed therapists
President, SPPP Section IX ‘Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility’
Past experience includes:
Group facilitator for ‘Clinical Issues in the Sociocultural Context’ at The Psychotherapy Institute
Clinic/group supervisor for CIIS Community Mental Health Clinic The Clinic Without Walls
Co-facilitator of the Candidate’s Organization at PINC
Instructor for NCSPP’s year-long Intensive Study Group, 2021-2022
Co-founder of the Interrogating Whiteness project for therapists
Lecturer and curriculum collaborator for UC Berkeley's Summer Bridge Program Wellness Courses
Two years of post-graduate training in relational, feminist, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and a third year of Advanced Training in Couples and Adolescent therapy at Women's Therapy Center
Pro-bono therapy for women with cancer through Women's Cancer Resource Center's free therapy program
Case management and job training to youth through the City of BerkeleyYouthWorks
Adjunct Clinical Faculty Collaborative Supervisor at the Wright Institute; Clinical supervisor at Women's Therapy Center; Adjunct Supervisor at Access Institute
School counselor for students at Francisco Middle School, Albany High School, and Fusion Academy Walnut Creek
Contributing writer for Psyched in San Francisco and Recovery Warriors, and have been featured on the podcast A Therapist Walks Into A Bar, More Female Strength, and The Practice of Being Seen
Website collaborator and contributing blogger for Healing for Activists SF Bay Area
Fees & Insurance: My fee is $275 for 50 minutes. My financial-need-based sliding scale spots are limited and often are being used by current patients/clients. I do not accept insurance, but I can provide you with a receipt to send to your PPO for possible reimbursement. Call me for more information and we can discuss your needs and whether I can help. My fee may increase each year depending on your financial circumstances.
Accessibility: Though my primary office is not wheelchair accessible, with advance notice I can arrange to meet you in an accessible office space. I am currently primarily offering clinical services online via video or telephone. Contact me to discuss accessibility options via teletherapy.
Safer Space: As a white, able-bodied person, I work to be conscious of my privilege and the ways in which I am allowed to move freely, and not so freely, in the world. I am aware that racism, sizeism, ableism, ageism, and sexism (among many others) exist in a deep and long-standing way in this world and thus can emerge in our therapeutic dyad. It is my commitment to you that if you self-identify as a member of any non-dominant or marginalized social, political, sexual, economic, ethnic, or spiritual community or culture, I will work to be conscious, respectful, and aware in my work with you.
Professional Memberships: I am a member of the following clinical and professional organizations:
President of APA-Division 39: Section 9 (Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility)
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology