About us

  Psychologist

Dr. Gooding works with teens, parents and individual adults.

Dr. Gooding works with adolescents and emerging adults as well as with their parents. Dr. Gooding’s practice with youth focuses on supporting them in cultivating self-understanding as well as skills as they unfold into their expanding roles

in the world.

She also works with adults who are navigating challenging parenting circumstances, working through significant transitions, integrating personal history, and building authentic social support systems.

Her style is warm, active and collaborative. She has been trained in several modalities and integrates both a developmental and a systems level perspectives into her work. She received her degrees and training from Reed College, California Institute of Integral Studies, The CG Jung Institute of San Francisco, and The Wright Institute’s School Based Collaboration.

  Marriage and Family Therapist 

Video Intro can be found at bottom of page.

Ms. Deshmukh works with children, adults, and families, offering a wide range of therapeutic services. 

She is trained in various modalities including play therapy, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and polyvagal theory, among others. Ketki tailors her approach by integrating techniques from different therapies to create personalized, culturally sensitive treatment plans. She is fluent in English, Marathi, and Hindi, and believes in building warm, trusting relationships with her clients.

Focusing on attachment-based and trauma-informed care, Ketki helps individuals dealing with loss, difficult relationships, trauma, and grief. She uses a fun, activity-based approach with children to help them understand their emotions, thoughts, and body cues, empowering them to make positive changes. For adults, Ketki focuses on helping clients to build self-awareness and to take action to improve their well-being.

Ketki offers individual, group, and family therapy for children, teens and adults.  Many of her clients come to her for help with anxiety (generalized, social, OCD, selective mutism), PTSD, depression, ADHD, and autism. She also works with gifted children and teens.

Psychologist

Dr. Chew works with parents of young children.

Dr. Chew is a Licensed Psychologist. She received her master's degree and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. Dr. Chew's clinical affiliations have included the UC Davis MIND Institute, Seattle Children's Hospital Autism Center, Seattle Children's Center for Integrative Brain Research, and UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior. In addition, Dr. Chew completed a postdoc fellowship with The Children's Health Council where she specialized in early childhood mental health and development. 

Dr. Chew has experience working in pediatric primary care as well as high risk infant follow up. She provides comprehensive developmental and psycho-educational assessments to children, as well as IQ testing for private school admissions. Dr. Chew is dedicated to providing neurodiversity-affirming assessments, and taking a strength-based and holistic approach to promote overall child and family well being. Dr. Chew offers therapy services focused on building parent and caregiver capacity to compassionately and effectively support their child's development and mental health, such as SPACE Treatment for anxiety. 

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Chew has taught undergraduate and graduate psychology courses at the University of Washington, University of Hawaii, and Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii. She espouses cultural humility, and passionately advocates for inclusion and equity in healthcare and education.

Dr. Chew provides comprehensive developmental evaluations for children 7 and younger as well as psychoeducational evaluations (including concerns regarding attention) for children 8 and younger.  Dr. Chew also offers SPACE treatment with parents of children with anxiety to help reduce children's symptoms of anxiety.  She is passionate about supporting parents and provides consultation for caregivers of young children regarding IEP challenges, new young child diagnoses, parent coaching for child behavior challenges, and when parents are worried but unsure if their concerns warrant further developmental evaluation.   Lastly, she offers

developmental consultation/monitoring and care coordination post-NICU discharge (premature infants, birth brain injury, etc.) for parents/caregivers.

Psychologist

Dr. Woerner works with preschool and school-age children, teens, and their parents.

Dr. Woerner is a licensed psychologist.  She has experience working with children, adolescents, and families. Her approach is collaborative, trauma informed, and strengths-based, utilizing a variety of evidence-based practices. She utilizes cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, as well as play therapy, and is certified in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy by PCIT International. Her areas of practice include disruptive behaviors, trauma, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), anxiety, adjustment disorder, and ADHD.

Dr. Woerner obtained her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She earned her  Ph.D. at Alliant International University, San Diego. During her clinical training in community mental health settings, Dr. Woerner obtained extensive experience working with children who have experienced traumatic events. She is trained in TF- CBT and has utilized this evidence-based therapy with a number of children and their families. Additionally, she has five years of experience providing ABA therapy to children with ASD and two years of experience utilizing PCIT techniques to treat disruptive behavior problems in children. Dr. Woerner has provided consultation to elementary teachers on the impact of trauma on children and learning, utilizing the Neurosequential Model. She also administers IQ and emotional assessments.

Psychological Associate

Dr. Thompson works with preschool and school-age children, teens, their parents and individual adults.

Dr. Thompson has experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families. She works from a holistic and developmental approach, striving to include relevant social, educational and developmental systems to support clients. She is passionate about supporting children and teens in various challenges related to their growth and development. She values collaboration with other professionals involved in the treatment of children and teens, and has worked with clients with a variety of presenting issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, autism, ADHD, family separation and social challenges. She uses a strengths-based approach including socially and culturally relevant evidence-based interventions to meet the unique needs of individuals. She incorporates aspects of psychodynamic, attachments, cognitive behavioral (CBT), play therapy, and dialectal behavior therapy (DBT) in her work.   

Dr. Thompson obtained her B.A. in Psychology from Claremont McKenna College and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University in San Francisco. She completed her internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Bay Area Psychological Services Center.  Dr. Thompson is at the last step of preparing for the licensing examination and has fulfilled all other training requirements.  

Psychologist, Behavior Analyst

Dr. Singh works with parents of young children.  She also provides assessment for children.

Dr. Singh has specialized in working with young children with autism and their families since 2004. She is a licensed psychologist, a doctoral-level board certified behavior analyst (BCBA-D), and is also trained in Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT). Dr. Singh’s primary
clinical interests include developmentally appropriate, behavioral interventions and diagnostic assessments for infants, children, and adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders.  Her work is
focused on empowering parents to facilitate improvement in the lives of their children at home, in school, and in community settings.

Dr. Singh earned her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. As an undergraduate she interned at Oakland Children’s Hospital’s Autism Intervention (CHAI) program. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Barbara
where she received extensive training in Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) at the Koegel Autism Center. Dr. Singh’s professional activities include numerous conference presentations and several training workshops, lectures, and research publications in the field of autism.

Dr. Singh provides behavioral treatment services and intervention to young children diagnosed with autism and their families. She also provides comprehensive developmental and psychological evaluations. 

Marriage and Family Therapist

Mr. Santilli works with children, teens, parents and individual adults.

He approaches his cases by providing an individualized, culturally appropriate, and holistic treatment to every client he works with through evidence-based practices. His areas of practice include anxiety (e.g. generalized anxiety, social anxiety and phobias), depression, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, learning disabilities, emotion regulation disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, LGBTQ+ identity exploration, relationship and parenting challenges, and family changes. 

Mr. Santilli obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Oregon State University, and earned his Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from the Wright Institute. He has six years of experience working as a school-based therapist in the Bay Area; two and a half years of which were in self-contained Special Education programs. He has been compassionately using non-judgmental and creative approaches to build rapport with clients. He meets them at their current level of emotional well-being to join their inner world, and facilitate healing and growth. His more than 500 volunteer hours at the National and Suicide Crisis lifeline have equipped Mr. Santilli with extensive experience working with clients who have experienced trauma or who are in a crisis.

Mr. Santilli intervenes with humanistic therapy, play therapy, sand tray therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, emotion-focused therapy, behavioral therapy, and art therapy. He uses various assessment tools to diagnose, and then conceptualizes his clients’ needs. In order to identify the direction of treatment, Mr. Santilli collaborates with supportive parties to formulate goals. Monitoring progress is a team effort, primarily between parents and Mr. Santilli, and includes the client when appropriate. Mr. Santilli offers to do school observations, and collaborates with school staff to support his client’s needs at school. 

In 2021, Mr. Santilli authored a children’s book, Tony’s Superhero Story, about the collateral effects of being bullied, such as mental health challenges and suicide attempts, and the eventual journey of self-acceptance, self-love, and healing with self-care activities. He has presented multiple lessons to students regarding anti-bullying and destigmatizing conversations about mental health. Additionally, he has trained teachers, parents and school board members on the topics of suicide awareness and the prevention of suicide among at-risk teenagers.

Mr. Santilli is dedicated to providing his clients a safe space that allows for the vulnerability necessary for healing and positive changes.

Patient Care Coordinator

Ashley works directly with clients as a patient care coordinator. She facilitates contact between clients and clinicians. She graduated from University of California Davis with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. Her goal is to become a licensed clinical psychologist. She is very passionate about working with teens and young adults and advocating for mental health awareness.