Lindsey has been using a strength-based approach to therapy since 2001. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley and has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology.
She uses research-based techniques, including advanced training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people find solutions that work in daily life. You’ll find that she is an easy person to talk to and will quickly become an important part of your support system.
Lindsey’s work has been featured on Healthline, The Greater Good Magazine and as a Topic Expert for GoodTherapy.org. She is a trusted consultant to student groups at UC Berkeley and several pediatric practices. Lindsey also serves on the advisory board at Alta Bates for their Infant Palliative Care team and participates in nursing staff trainings for their labor and delivery unit.
Her background as a college athlete and teaching tennis professional make her a good fit for up and coming athletes as well as those pursuing the rewards of training and competition.
Lindsey is a licensed supervisor and created Loyal Blue’s internship program to train new clinicians. She is dedicated to a positive experience for all of Loyal Blue’s clientele. When not working, she enjoys being outdoors with friends and family and cheering on all things sports and academics at Cal.
Lindsey is currently accepting clients for help with insomnia. Our therapists are chosen by Lindsey for their excellent clinical skills, warm personalities, and passion for effective therapy.
Lindsey specializes in:
- High school and college students
- Young professionals
- Insomniacs of all ages! (babies welcome)
- Anxiety and depression
- Habits, motivation and effective behavior change
Please visit our Blog page to learn more about how we think, including 10 Things I Learned In 10 Years of Private Practice.
Training & Seminars
- Tech Addiction and Digital Health in Children and Adolescents: Effective strategies for problem screen usage, how family dynamics relate to problematic digital behaviors and what to do about it, proven interventions to reduce gaming and social media obsessions, strategies to improve digital boundaries and discipline.
- Understand and Treating OCD Spectrum Disorders. Some of the most common presentations of anxiety: perfectionism, loyalty to routines, ruminating thoughts and behaviors, rigid black and white thinking.
- Fierce Self-Compassion: Training from the leading researcher in the field of self-compassion for achievement-minded individuals. This training is valuable for those of us who are motivated to change but get stuck in patterns of self-criticism.
- Dialectical Behavioral Training Certificate Course (DBT): DBT is an empirically validated approach for working with a range of mental health issues. Designed to empower clients to establish mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
- The Science and Practice of Resilience: Resilience is for every day of your life, not just for surviving the worst day of your life. The key to developing longterm resilience is knowing how to turn passing experiences into lasting inner resources built into your brain. Neuropsychologist and author Rick Hanson with the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley was a terrific speaker and gave very practical ways that we can teach clients how to build happier lives.
- Treating Insomnia: Evidence-Based Strategies: Terrific seminar that covered the myths of “sleep hygiene”, whether medication and meditation work, and how we are usually doing the opposite of what we need to develop deeper, restorative sleep.
- Advanced Techniques in Cognitive Therapy for Recurrent Anxiety and Depression: What a mouthful of a title! Basically, fantastic research based tools to use for those people who find themselves with episodes that come back. This seminar gave me great worksheets to use for homework and was an inspiring reminder of how resilient we can be with the right treatment.
- Mind Over Misery: The habits of the brain related to sleep, anxiety, mood, and physical conditions such as chronic fatigue and chronic pain. Understanding the stressed brain as it relates to fears and anxieties. Enhancing social reasoning and decision making. (April 2015)
- Self-Care For Health Professionals: avoiding burnout, using mindfulness and compassion to restore meaning, purpose, and service to work. (April 2014)
- Calming An Overactive Brain: The common denominator in anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, OCD and other stressful conditions is an overactive brain. New research on treating sleep problems, overeating, and stress caused by anxiety. (January 2014).
- Practicing Mindfulness and Compassion: Using the science of mindfulness and compassion and evidence-based practices to help deepen clients’ connections to others. (March 2013).
- Food, Stress And The Brain: Food’s effect on mood and behavior, including how serotonin and dopamine can be better regulated, and ways to improve depression without medication. (October 2012)
- The Science of a Great Relationship: Research-based secrets on a thriving and sustainable relationship. Practical ways to cope with every day relationship problems, and how to make effective apologies and forgive. (April 2011)
Licensed Marriage and Family therapist, CA MFT#44452.
