I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a second Masters in Clinical Child Psychology. I am a former Peace Corps Volunteer and elementary school teacher, and have more than thirty-five years of experience working with children, families, and adults. Over the last twenty-two years I have worked with many UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students, and in my current practice I see many graduate students studying in both the Humanities and STEM. I am familiar with school-related issues and most often address issues of stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, and personal or family relationships. My professional interest focuses on how past and current relationships and life events have an impact on our patterns of behavior, thoughts, and mood. Change arises when a strong therapeutic alliance has been formed and evidence-based approaches are used in an integrated manner. Three techniques for facilitation of change are emotional exploration of repetitive scenarios that underlie current problems (story or narrative), finding more accurate perceptions that are more here-and-now, objective, and multidimensional in understanding of self and others (via cognitive behavioral and/or psychodynamic interventions), and trying new behavioral responses (e.g., exposure to a feared situation such as social interactions) which are then evaluated and used for learning. These approaches are often blended but there can be a singular focus with a given client. Supplemental practices can be drawn from other perspectives: Physical Wellness (e.g., exercise, diet, sleep), Emotional Wellness (e.g., stress reduction, strengths and virtues), and Positive Psychology (e.g., gratitude journal, acts of kindness, mindfulness meditation, forgiveness).