The Bay Area Center for Children, with offices in San Francisco, Marin, Oakland/Berkeley, is a multidisciplinary group of clinicians who provide treatment for children. We provide assessment, medication management, therapy, and educational counseling in order to provide our clients with the best treatment possible. Our work is guided by the latest research on adolescents and we use effective treatment interventions. Below is a list of the psychologists, psychiatrists, and educational therapist who are part of the practice.
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Davida Cohen, MFT
Davida Cohen works with families, couples, children and adults and has been teaching, training and supervising for 20 years. She has worked at the Family Institute of Pinole in the positions of Director of Training, and Clinical Director. She also holds an MA in Art and works with adults and children to bring out their potential in mindfulness, creativity and relationships. Her specialties include ADHD, spirited, acting out children as well as overly constricted, anxious or depressed children. Additionally, she works with trauma and stress, adoption issues, and children and teen's behavioral difficulties. email: DavidaCohen@bayareacenterforchildren.com |
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Helen Shamis, LMFT
Helen has been licensed as a marriage family therapist since 2005. She has worked with children with learning differences including ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety and Depression for over twenty years, within the school system and in collaboration with their families. Helen has held clinical positions in public and private schools, non-profit organizations and community mental health programs. Working with transitional age youth is one of her specialities. Also, she has extensive experience with treating clients with eating disorders, and was Clinical Director of Beyond Hunger, a non-profit providing support groups for those in recovery. email: helenshamis@bayareacenterforchildren.com |
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Antonia Servat, LMFT
Antonia is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than nine years’ experience providing therapy to children, youth, and families. Her education and training are in the areas of child and adolescent psychology, family therapy, play therapy, and intake and assessment. Antonia has a private practice in San Francisco. Antonia has worked extensively with children, families, parents, and couples and is experienced in the areas of anxiety, depression, behavioral issues, attachment, matters related to self-esteem, relationship challenges, and life transition issues. Antonia has provided Individual, Couples & Family Therapy services and has worked with clients aged 4 and up since 2010. Her approach is Strength-based, viewing clients as the experts in their own lives. Antonia utilizes CBT techniques for skill building and Play Therapy with children. In addition to direct client care, Antonia’s background lies in nonprofit leadership and program management. Antonia currently provides Clinical Supervision at North Marin Community Services, was the Director of Operations at Masonic Center for Youth and Families, and the Associate Director for the Youth Service Bureaus of the Y. She has managed and developed programs serving youth in need, created and run large scale intake departments, and has led training programs for developing therapists. Email: AntoniaServat@bayareacenterforchildren.com |
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Anne-Olivia S. Rose, Psy.D. - Psychologist
Dr. Rose is a licensed psychologist who specializes in psychological assessments for children, adolescents, and adults. She focuses on testing for ADHD, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and emotional issues. Dr. Rose is also on the training and supervisory staff of the Psychological Services Center in Oakland where she provides clinical and assessment supervision for doctoral trainees and provides training to the legal community on assessment of adolescents. She is also a Vendor Psychologist for the Regional Center of the East Bay where she performs Autism and Mental Retardation evaluations. email: Anne-OliviaRose@bayareacenterforchildren.com |
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Lianne Warren, MFT - Marriage and Family Therapist
Lianne Warren, MFT is a Marriage and Family Therapist who received her Master’s in Counseling Psychology from University of San Francisco and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of Oregon. Her experiences as a school based therapist have provided her opportunities to work with children, families, couples, and adults. During her clinical experiences, she has addressed a wide variety of concerns, including troubled relationships, parenting, behavioral modification, anxiety, depression, loss and life transitions. Lianne’s own life experiences have provided her with an understanding that life at times can be challenging, and that having support during difficult times can be helpful. As a result, she strives to develop therapeutic relationships that are based on trust and empathy in order to assist clients to identify solutions and to make positive change in a collaborative manner. In recognition that clients enter therapy with their own unique set of experiences, strengths and goals for therapy, she utilizes an integrative approach that includes evidence based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Structural-Strategic Family Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman’s Couple Therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), and Mindfulness based psychotherapies. email: LianneWarren@bayareacenterforchildren.com |
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Jessica Yu, Psy.D.- Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Jessica Yu is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides therapy in English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese. Dr. Jessica Yu spent two years training at Kaiser Permanente and practicing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. She also practices family system therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and Christian faith-based counseling. Dr. Jessica Yu has specific training and interests in assessment (psychological, psychoeducational, neuropsychological) and interventions for ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, anger management, chronic depression, anxiety, attachment trauma, and adolescent/child behavioral problems. email: JessicaYu@bayareacenterforchildren.com |
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Jason Azicri, LMFT - Marriage and Family Therapist
Jason Azicri, MFT works with families, adults, children and couples including anxiety, depression, attachment, self-esteem, parenting, life transitions and relationship challenges. He has experience with children and teens dealing with abuse, oppositional defiant disorder, ADHD, and those on the autism spectrum disorder. He has extensive experience with both individuals and group therapy. Past clinical positions held include the Community Health Awareness Counsel (CHAC) in Mountain View, Los Gatos High School, and STARS Behavioral Health Groups in both San Leandro and Los Angeles. Jason also has a background in the technology and entertainment industries. He holds an MA in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University and BA in Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Email: JasonAzicri@bayareacenterforchildren.com |
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Loretta Sun Nam, LCSW
Loretta Sun Nam is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Loretta will again see clients in her office in Oakland when safe to do so and is currently seeing patients via teletherapy. Loretta has worked for many years as a medical social worker with young to older adults struggling with complex mental and physical health issues, including ADHD and addiction, coupled with challenging psychosocial circumstances. As a former inpatient psychiatric social worker, Loretta worked with adolescents and teenagers with anxiety and Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and their families to formulate viable treatment and discharge plans. Loretta utilizes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), as ACT aligns with and draws from the client's values. For those ready to engage in change, Loretta implements Motivational Interviewing to affirm the client's value system, which elicits the drive for change. Other therapy modalities used in practice are psychodynamic psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused short-term and mindfulness-based techniques, all from culturally sensitive perspectives. Email: LorettaSunNam@bayareacenterforchildren.com |
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Laura Petracek, Ph.D.
Dr. Laura Petracek is the best-selling author of The Anger Management Workbook for Women (New Harbinger Publications Press, 2004.) She received her Doctorate in Psychology from California Institute for Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco and her Master’s in Social Work (MSW) from Yeshiva University in New York City. She has worked in the field of Psychology and Social Work for over thirty years. She has served as Executive Director, Clinical Director, and held the positions of Psychologist/LCSW at many different non-profit agencies including New Leaf: Services for our Community, Centerpoint, Inc., and A Women’s Path. She has supervised Ph.D. Post-Doctoral, ASW, and MFTi students. She has also held the position of Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Adjunct Professor at Bay Area Graduate Institutions such as Alliant University, Dominican University, and National University. Her areas of interest are injustice and racism in the Criminal Justice System, Feminist/Women’s Issues, Gender Issues, LGBT Issues (specifically drug and alcohol abuse in the LBGT community, suicidality in LGBT teenagers), and trauma (specifically complex trauma). Alcoholism/Drug abuse among women, Meditation, and Yoga. I have worked exclusively with Children and Adolescents, who are diagnosed with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, and/or Oppositional Defiant Disorder at local elementary and middle schools in the Bay Area for the past 5 years. Dr. Petracek specializes in helping people with anger dyscontrol issues and recovery from alcohol and other addictions. She currently maintains a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. Email: LauraPetracek@bayareacenterforchildren.com |
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Bay Area Center For Children
San Francisco • Marin • East Bay • Peninsula • South Bay
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