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Jessica Herbold, PhD Sex: Female; PSY # PSY18505 (Since 2002) 2142 Sutter St. # 1, San Francisco 94115 (415) 441-6810 Fee scale: $90 - $125 DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL PRACTICE I practice psychotherapy from a psychodynamic and transpersonal point of view that respects the individuality of each person. My private practice includes adults, children, adolescents, and families. I see the psychotherapeutic process as empowering each person to achieve better self-understanding and live a more meaningful and fulfilling life. The integration of one's spiritual life and practices into one's overall well-being may also be an important focus of psychotherapy. Sliding scale fees are available. I do not accept insurance currently. VIPASSANA/MEDITATION BACKGROUND I've been an active practitioner of meditation since 1993, and have a daily meditation practice and practice in the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition under the guidance of a qualified teacher. Currently I am trining to be a teacher in this tradition. I have sat a number of weeklong retreats with Spirit Rock teachers, including Sylvia Boorstein, James Baraz, Eugene Cash, Christina Feldman, and Michelle MacDonald. RELEVANT CLINICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE I am a graduate of the Wright Institute in Berkeley (Ph.D., 2000) and Stanford University (B.A., 1985). My dissertation, "From Dissociation to Reverie", was awarded the Wright Institute's Outstanding Dissertation Award. Currently I am in private practice, and also teach and supervise interns at West Coast Children's Clinic in Oakland. For a number of years I was Director of the Transpersonal Counseling Center in Palo Alto, and was also Supervising Psychologist and Clinical Faculty within the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF. During my graduate studies I trained at local sites known for the high quality of their internship programs, including UCSF, West Coast Children's Center, and McAuley Behavioral Health Services/Saint Mary's Hospital. Prior to becoming a psychologist, I studied literature and languages at Stanford and Universite de Paris-Sorbonne. This background influences my ability to help the people with whom I work discover sources of meaning in their lives and access their own creativity. |