Meet Clare

I am a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of California. In addition to my doctorate I hold two master’s degrees in learning theory and human development from San Francisco State and Harvard University. My area of clinical research is on the complicated relationship between post-traumatic stress and addiction. During my training I have worked in an intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment center, a community-based mental health agency, a clinic for folks experiencing homelessness and chronic illness, and an urban community college. With these experiences I had the honor of working with a diversity of people and mental health issues. I was awed by the resilience and ingenuity of the human spirit, and the ability to heal from even the most challenging experiences.

During my working life I have been an elementary school teacher, an educational researcher, and taught psychology courses at the graduate level. As a fiction writer I have published novels and short stories. For the past fifteen years I have worked as a movement educator—teaching mindful, trauma informed movement and dance classes in the community.

The through-line of my life’s work has been the study of how people adapt and develop, understanding what gets in the way of optimal development, and what practices help people to grow into whole, authentic, integrated selves—body, mind and soul.