Meet the Team

Areas of focus Claire often support clients navigating:

• Perinatal mental health (all things pregnancy + postpartum, assessing and treating postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, processing challenging or traumatic births, navigating matrescense and the transitions that come in newfound parenthood)

• Religious trauma and deconstruction processing

• Estranged family dynamics, inner child work, unlearning and unraveling how your childhood has impacted your attachment style, better understanding your coping mechanisms and how you form attachment as an adult, in relationship, in breakups, in friendship and parenthood

• Boundaries and communication, strengthening your identity and synthesizing your lived experiences as you propel yourself towards healing + a way forward

• Eating disorders and body image

  • Specifically the in-between (maybe you’ve never been diagnosed with an eating disorder, but you recognize you have a complicated relationship with your body and food and want to find healing)

• Grief (whether the loss of a dear human in your life, the loss of a friendship, the ending of a season of life, or the pain of betrayal, divorce, heartbreak or other life transitions)

• Trauma

  • EMDR for perinatal trauma or other challenging lived experiences

• Anxiety

• Depression

Education + Clinical Licenses:

Registered Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist by the Board of Behavioral Sciences, treating clients throughout the State of California.

Clinical Supervisor in compliance with the Board of Behavioral Sciences, supervising associates (AMFT, ACSW, APCC) towards licensure in the State of California.

Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Masters of Clinical Psychology Program at Pepperdine University

Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Masters of Clinical Psychology Program at Antioch University, Santa Barbara

Master of Clinical Psychology, Antioch University, Santa Barbara, Concentration in Healthy Aging

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology + Communication, California State University Channel Islands

Advanced Trainings:

Perinatal EMDR Training, Institute of Create Mindfulness

Perinatal Mental Health Certified, Postpartum Support International

Perinatal Mental Health and Mood Disorders, PSI

Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy, PSI

Eating Disorders Components of Care Core Courses: International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals

Noteworthy achievements:

Nominated Santa Barbara County’s Therapist + Leader of the Year in 2023

Currently serves as Past-President of the Santa Barbara Chapter of Marriage and Family Therapists (2024-2025), Previously held the role of President (2021-2023), Vice President/President Elect (2019-2020), Director of Pre-Licensing (2017-2019)

Nominated Santa Barbara County’s Therapist + Leader of the Year in 2020

American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Leadership Cohort (2018-2020)

• Research done on Enneagram and DisC in leadership for therapists

Fun facts:

Claire has lived in five countries, is a dual citizen and the first female in her family to go to college and subsequently, graduate school and become a licensed therapist. Claire is a mom of two incredible humans and is often found frequenting local coffee shops, making plans to travel + see the world, and carves out ample time to staycation in beautiful SB — soaking up lots of beach time with friends.