Prior to the current position at RAMS, he served on the management team of the Department of Psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital for eight years and was also the Co-Chair of the Cultural Consultation Service and Co-Director of the Psychopharmacology Seminar & Clinical Case Conference Series. Additionally, he served as an Adjunct Faculty with the Graduate Psychology Program at New College of California and has taught at UC Berkeley Extension. He has traveled to Southeast Asia and other countries as an invited volunteer healthcare professional with Doctor to Doctor organization participating in educational conferences and providing assistance to other healthcare professionals in underserved places around the world.

He is a clinician, administrator, and teacher, who is known locally, nationally, and internationally for his expertise in clinical cultural competence, group psychotherapy and facilitation, psychosocial rehabilitation, organizational development, and outcome-oriented practice in psychotherapy. Furthermore, his areas of interest include working with the culturally diverse and seriously mentally ill population, psychoanalytic theory and practice, applied psychoanalysis, and training on case formulation, treatment planning & clinical documentation.

Chief Financial Officer - Ken Choi, MBA, CPA, CMA
Ken Choi has over 17 years of hands-on and management experience and expertise in accounting, finance, and system administration in not-for-profit healthcare organizations. Most recently, Mr. Choi was the Fiscal Officer at On Lok SeniorHealth, a community-based program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. He has also served as a Senior Technical Financial Consultant at Kaiser Permanente, a Decision Support Analyst at Catholic Healthcare West, and the Accounting Manager at Davies Medical Center.   

Mr. Choi holds an MBA in Accounting, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), an IRS Enrolled Agent (EA), and is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He is recognized for consistently demonstrating diligence, effective leadership style, management competence, and cooperative efforts with internal personnel and external partners. Additionally, Mr. Choi is a long-standing resident of San Francisco and is bilingual in Cantonese.  He is highly committed to community-based healthcare programs and services and is extremely familiar with healthcare and community issues that impact the client population which RAMS serves. 

Deputy Chief/Director of Clinical Services - Christina Shea, LMFT
Christina Shea is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has been working in the mental health field for over 20 years.  She currently serves on the San Francisco Mental Health Services Act Advisory Committee and is the Co-Chair for API Health Parity Coalition.  Prior to her appointment as Deputy Chief/Director of Clinical Services at RAMS, Ms. Shea served in the role of Director of Child, Youth & Family Services for three years providing leadership and effective clinical, administrative, and fiscal management for the department.  During her tenure, the RAMS Department of Child, Youth & Family Services enhanced its service capacity to meet the ever-changing needs of the community, while strengthening funding sources.  Ms. Shea has further developed and sustained strong partnerships with community organizations and public agencies leading to the expansion of our school-based services and outreach efforts.  Prior to that, for six years she had also been instrumental in the successful planning, implementation, and management of the RAMS Fu Yau Project (collaborative project with Chinatown Child Development Center, Child, Youth and Family System of Care, CBHS-SFDPH); a prevention & early intervention mental health services program for the childcare community, which has grown dramatically since its inception.  Ms. Shea has had experience in providing services in a variety of settings and roles, including social worker, child development specialist, and head teacher.  As a clinical social worker, she provided long-term treatment and case management services to chronically mentally ill adults, which led to higher levels of functioning.  She also successfully developed, planned, and facilitated adult rehabilitative groups in their native languages. 

As a first-generation immigrant from Hong Kong and mother of two adolescents, Ms. Shea is personally and professionally aware of the assimilation, acculturation, and developmental issues that are prevalent in the population in which RAMS serves.  She is a strong advocate for the underserved communities, continuously raises awareness about mental health issues, diligently works on efforts to address barriers of access to services, and is passionate about mentoring and promoting the next generation of bilingual and bicultural clinicians.  She was instrumental in securing funding from MHSA WDET to develop & implement the “Summer Bridge” project, a mentorship program for under-represented high school students to foster their interest in the health and behavioral health field as a career choice.  She brings a wealth of experience and expertise in providing culturally competent and consumer-driven mental health services, with a unique specialty in working with the Asian & Pacific Islander American population.  Ms. Shea is also regularly sought-after by the community, including various media, to provide expert commentary and training on mental health issues and related current events.   

Ms. Shea has worked with diverse populations - African Americans, Asian Americans, Chinese immigrants and refugees from South East Asia, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, severely emotionally disabled adults, adolescents, children, and families.  She is especially passionate in serving the low income and underserved young children and families.  Ms. Shea integrates psychodynamic, systems, and behavioral theories in her clinical approach and is especially interested in group dynamics and play therapy.

Operations Manager - Angela Tang, MSW
Angela Tang joined RAMS in 2004 and, as Operations Manager, works within management on activities relating to the agency’s day-to-day operation, development & planning, and evaluation & quality assurance.  In addition, she oversees the Billing Information Systems unit for outpatient services; represents RAMS on community coalitions & committees such as the Asian Alliance Against Domestic Violence; and provides clinical supervision to MSW interns.  Ms. Tang had previously provided oversight of the Safety Network Program, the agency’s community organizing component until its funding was discontinued in 2008, citywide.  She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Smith College School for Social Work and formerly a Field Instructor at Yeshiva University. 

Ms. Tang has been working in the social services community for over 10 years.  Prior to joining RAMS, she provided direct services to diverse populations and conducted an array of administration projects in various community-based and public government settings including Hamilton-Madison House (NYC), an employee assistance program for a union of sheet metal workers (NYC), NYC Human Resources Administration/Dept. of Social Services - Office of Program Reporting, Analysis & Accountability, Asian Women's Shelter (SF), and Balboa Teen Health Clinic (SF). 

Ms. Tang received her Master's of Science in Social Work from Columbia University with a concentration on Social Administration and earned her Bachelor of Social Work degree at San Francisco State University.  Her areas of interest include macro-level, systems, and strengths-based theories & practices; organizational development; and program evaluation.       

Director of Adult Outpatient Services Clinic - Sachi Inoue, PhD
Dr. Sachi Inoue is a bilingual & bicultural licensed clinical psychologist, who has been serving culturally & linguistically diverse clients in community settings in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1990.  She is committed to and advocates for providing culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate services to the underserved communities.  Dr. Inoue is also a candidate in analytic training at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. She is committed to creating a bridge between the psychoanalytic community and public mental health arena so that analytic treatment can be more accessible for broader populations and analytically trained clinicians can provide high quality services to community mental health clients.  Prior to joining RAMS as the Director of Adult Outpatient Services Clinic, Dr. Inoue worked at Asian Community Mental Health Services for five years as a Clinical Supervisor providing direct services, facilitating clinical training, program management, and quality care assurance.  She was also a Project Coordinator at California School of Professional Psychology in Alameda (CSPP-Alameda) and had conducted a needs assessment focusing on relationship abuse among teenagers as well as program evaluations for domestic violence shelters and prevention agencies.  Additionally Dr. Inoue has taught as an adjunct faculty at CSPP-Alameda and served on the dissertation committee for graduate students.  She maintains a private practice in Berkeley and San Francisco where she provides psychotherapy and consultation for adults and families.

Dr. Inoue received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from CSPP-Alameda, and was a former pre-doctoral intern of the National Asian American Psychology Training Center at RAMS.  Dr. Inoue obtained a M.S. degree in Counseling, with an emphasis on Marriage, Family, & Child Counseling from San Francisco State University.  She also received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Textiles from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.  Originally from Japan, Dr. Inoue received her bachelor's degree in product design from Musashino Art University in Tokyo.

Director of Asian Family Institute - Eddie Chiu, PhD - Supervisor for Staff
Dr. Eddie Yu-Wai Chiu received his Ph.D. from California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles.  He is a licensed Chinese American psychologist with many years of clinical experience working with culturally diverse mental health consumers.  Dr. Chiu has been the Director of Asian Family Institute (AFI) since 1998, and previously the Director of the Adult Outpatient Clinic as well. Under his leadership, AFI has flourished to become a highly respected clinic providing culturally competent psychological services for Chinese and other Asian ethnic minority populations in the Bay Area, while expanding its services to include the Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Project, CalWORKs Project, and Fee-for-Services Program.  He has completed research on Asian adolescent gambling behaviors.  At AFI, Dr. Chiu supervises interns/trainees and staff and provides training on multicultural mental health issues.  He is a well-known teacher/speaker on and an active advocate for Asian-American mental health, and is sought out by media (including radio, TV, newspapers) to provide commentary on various mental health topics.  In addition, Dr. Chiu provides psycho-educational workshops to the Asian communities, as well as conducts seminars and colloquiums at national conferences on Asian mental health.  

Dr. Chiu is a part-time core faculty at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco. He teaches courses such as family therapy, Asian American psychology, psychological testing, intelligence assessment, brief therapy, law and ethics, and clinical supervision. He mentors doctoral student’s dissertation on Asian mental health, child and family, addictions, and other cross cultural issues.

Dr. Chiu's research interests include Asian mental health issues, personality in multicultural setting, problem gambling, cultural formulation of assessment and treatment, and child and family issues.  Recently he has published two book chapters on Asian mental health (Negy, C., 2008).  The titles of the book chapters are Cultural Bereavement and Sense of Coherence: Its Implications for Psychotherapy with Southeast Asian Refugees and Assessment and Psychotherapy with Asian Americans.  He is particularly interested in the integration of family systems, Ericksonian, psychodynamic methods, and other useful approaches in psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and families.  Also, Dr. Chiu maintains a private practice in the Bay Area. 

Administrator / Director of Operations, Broderick Street Adult Residential Facility - Michael Badolato, LMFT
Michael Badolato is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and has worked with dual and triple diagnosed individuals in residential settings for over 10 years. Prior to coming to RAMS, he was Coordinator of the Residential Treatment Program at Westside Lodge. There he utilized the Social Rehabilitation Model to foster recovery from addictions as well as assisting individuals to gain an increased sense of self-awareness and promote enhanced independent living skills. In New York, Mr. Badolato worked for the Partnership for the Homeless for four years as a Vocational Specialist.  Additionally, he also developed and facilitated a life transition workshop as part of the federally funded Senior Aides Project.  His workshop assisted senior citizens living at the poverty level who desired to re-enter the work force with making the transition to subsidized and un-subsidized employment. He also developed and co-authored "Seniors on the Move" a monthly newsletter designed to provide information and recognition to the programs participants as well as function as a vehicle for a sense of connectedness and belonging. 

Mr. Badolato received his B.A. from Fordham University in New York and an M.A. in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He is also trained in Psychodynamic, Gestalt, and Transpersonal therapies & approaches, healing with a holistic viewpoint that seeks to integrate Mind, Body, and Spirit. He is deeply committed to creating environments that uphold humanistic principles as the foundation for true growth and healing.

Director of Child, Youth & Family Outpatient Services Clinic - Nira Singh, PsyD
Nira Singh is a licensed clinical psychologist, with over 14 years of experience providing dedicated & culturally competent services to underserved communities.  She has a strong interest in working with immigrant and refugee populations, with issues of domestic violence, and with school based populations, conducting advocacy, treatment, supervision, consultation and facilitating psycho-educational presentations.  As a second generation South Asian herself, Dr. Singh is particularly interested in outreach and engagement of South Asian communities.  At Narika, an agency that addresses domestic violence in the South Asian community, Dr. Singh was instrumental in creating & implementing outreach plans to increase awareness, providing training and supervision to volunteers and service providers, and facilitating community forums.

Dr. Singh is also a former Pre-Doctoral Intern of the National Asian American Psychological Training Center and clinical staff member at RAMS CYF Outpatient Services, Adult Outpatient Services program, and AFI.  As such, she is familiar with RAMS operations and has had hands-on experience with the populations RAMS serves. While at California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Dr. Singh served as Co-coordinator for the Teen Relationship Abuse Project, adjunct faculty member for the Intercultural Awareness Development, and as a dissertation committee member.  She continues to serve as a Consultant/Lecturer for Multicultural Psychology and Family Violence issues and enjoys supervising and supporting up and coming culturally competent, multicultural, multilingual clinicians.

Recognizing the diverse and unique needs of children, youth, and families, Dr. Singh integrates strength based, psychodynamic, systems, and behavioral theories in her clinical approach.  She is especially interested in play therapy and as a dancer strongly values incorporating artistic approaches and activities in her clinical/therapeutic work.

While Dr. Sneed has worked primarily with young children and families, she is also trained and has professional work experiences with college students, chronically mentally ill adults, and geriatric clients.  She has worked as an individual and group psychotherapist, provided case management services, and has conducted psychological testing.  Dr. Sneed also provided group and individual clinical supervision to doctoral and master level psychology trainees. Her academic interest has been focused on the connection between multiple minority identities and socio-economic status.

Dr. Sneed received a B.A. in Psychology at DePaul University in Chicago. She received a M.A. and Psy.D. from Alliant University, California School of Professional Psychology.

Director of Hire-Ability Vocational Services – Hasian Sinaga

Ms. Sinaga comes to RAMS with substantial hands-on and management experience & expertise in the human services and vocational services sector, particularly in community not-for-profit settings.  She has worked with diverse underserved populations in the San Francisco Bay Area who are facing multiple barriers, by providing & coordinating supportive vocational services so that individuals can effectively utilize their strengths, be empowered, and obtain & sustain employment which can lead to improved quality of life.   

Director of Training & National Asian American Psychology Training Center - Alla Volovich, PhD
Dr. Alla Volovich received her Ph.D. in psychology from Moscow State University and completed her postdoctoral clinical training at the UCSF/Mt. Zion Medical Center in San Francisco. In her 20 years as a psychologist, both in the USA and in Russia, Dr. Volovich has published a number of professional papers; conducted several large-scale research projects on cross-cultural psychology; and taught classes to university students and supervised their research and clinical work. Before her relocation to the USA, Dr. Volovich worked as a psychotherapist, lecturer, and researcher in Moscow. She was one of the founding members of the Division of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of the Russian Association of Practicing Psychologists, and served as the Division's Secretary. Two research projects she co-authored were awarded USSR Academy of Sciences sponsorship, and she served as the Chief Investigator on these projects. Having started her work in the USA as a Visiting Professor at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, and having worked as a psychotherapist in primary medical and community mental health settings in San Francisco, Dr. Volovich continues to combine clinical work with teaching and supervision. 

In addition to her work as the Training Center Director, Dr. Volovich serves as a member of Doctoral Dissertation Committees for several local schools and maintains a private practice in San Francisco that emphasizes psychotherapy with adults, children, and families, as well as clinical and cultural consultations. Her clinical orientation combines psychoanalysis, predominantly, object relations, with theoretical ideas from the cultural-historical approach (Lev Vygotsky, Alexander Luria). Her areas of interest and expertise include therapy with severely troubled and fragile clients, particularly those with childhood traumas; cultural issues in child development; and issues related to cross-cultural communication in psychotherapy and clinical training.  Her own contributions to the field of cross-cultural mental health include studies of perceived gender roles and sex-role socialization of children vis-a-vie Russian cultural orientation; study of socio-cultural norms reflected in children's books; research on specifics of psychotherapy with Russian clients; as well as her current work as a member of the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association Executive Committee for the Workforce Training Project-the first effort to develop a core curriculum for training clinicians on providing culturally competent services to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (nation-wide research supported by a grant from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration).

Director of PAES Counseling & Pre-Vocational Services - Debra Salan, MSW, PhD
Dr. Debra Salan has over 20 years of administrative, clinical, and academic teaching experience working in a diverse range of social service settings and program areas, with particular focus on substance abuse treatment, women, and poverty.  Currently, she is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Smith College School for Social Work.

Born and raised in San Francisco, Dr. Salan spent 25 years living and working in Israel, where she was a faculty member for 14 years at the Paul Bearwald School of Social Work at Hebrew University.  Also, she worked for many years as a clinical social worker in a public neighborhood multi-service agency and primary health care clinic serving individuals, couples, families, the disabled, and elderly.  While at Hebrew University, Dr. Salan taught courses in the areas of treatment intervention & policy, supervised students in field placements, and directed two large-scale continuing education training/licensing programs.  Dr. Salan's dissertation and research interests focus on the treatment experiences of substance abusing Israeli women, and she has presented her work at international conferences.  She also maintained a thriving independent management consultant practice, providing group training and executive coaching to clients of the corporate and non-profit sectors, on topics ranging from management practice to sales & customer service. 

Since her return to the U.S.A. in 2003, Dr. Salan has continued her work with clients with substance abuse, homeless, and mental illness issues.  She was formerly the Clinical Coordinator at the San Francisco Pretrial Services, and most recently the Director of the SafeHouse for Women, a transitional housing program for homeless prostituted women. 

Dr. Salan received her PhD in Social Work from the Hebrew University (Jerusalem) and earned her MSW with an emphasis in Organization, Planning and Administration from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB).  She completed her undergraduate studies with honors in Social Sciences also at (UCB) and was elected into Phi Beta Kappa. 

Director of Behavioral Health Services, Wellness Centers Program - Kristin Chun, LMFT
Kristin Chun is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, born and raised in San Francisco. As the Director of Behavioral Health Services of the Wellness Centers Program at RAMS, she manages the behavioral health services that are provided on-site at the 15 high school-based Wellness Centers located throughout San Francisco. Her interest in coordinating care for adolescents stems from working as a clinician for the past six years through RAMS school-based services at George Washington High School and the Wellness Center at John O'Connell High School.  Since joining RAMS in 2000, she has provided services to severely mentally ill adults as a trainee, provided consultation to the pre-school community through the Fu-Yau Project, and currently serves as a Change Agent responsible for facilitating the integration of mental health and substance abuse services within the agency. As a former student of the public school system in San Francisco, she remains committed to serving at-risk youth in the community. She completed her graduate degree in Clinical Psychology at New College of California.

Medical Director of RAMS Adult Outpatient Clinic - Ravi Chandra, MD
Dr. Ravi Chandra is the Medical Director for the Adult Outpatient Clinic, and manages the psychiatric evaluation & medication support services that are being provided to clients of the clinic. Dr. Chandra received his Sc.B. in Biology from Brown University and an M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in General Adult Psychiatry at UCSF.  Along the way, he has pursued work in health policy, bioethics, and family medicine. During an internship in Family Medicine, his interest in psychiatry was kindled by working with survivors of war trauma.

Dr. Chandra is highly dedicated to serving the community through RAMS; he has also served as the Attending Psychiatrist at the Adult Outpatient Clinic and PAES Counseling & Pre-Vocational Services programs of RAMS. He continues to further explore a diverse range of interests, including cross cultural issues, film, psychology, spirituality, and politics. He writes occasional articles for such publications as Nha Magazine and Hyphen Magazine. Dr. Chandra has conducted presentations for the public (on themes such as relationships and mental illness), and local & national audiences of psychiatrists (e.g. spiritual and psychological aspects of film). He also maintains a private practice in San Francisco, which is primarily devoted to psychotherapy.

Medical Director of RAMS Child, Youth & Family Services  - Wesley Dunn, MD
Dr. Wesley Dunn graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Southern California and then completed his general psychiatry residency at San Mateo County.  He pursued additional training at Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development.  At Stanford University, Dr. Dunn served as the Chief Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow.

Dr. Dunn has been awarded several honors, including an American Medical Association Scholarship to provide medical care in Brazil and a National Institute of Mental Health travel scholarship to New York for bipolar research.  He was also featured in the San Francisco Chronicle for his practice of hypnotherapy with pediatric oncology patients.

Dr. Dunn has always had an interest in cultural psychiatry and presented on pediatric cultural psychiatry at the 10^th Annual Stanford University Symposium on Developmental Approaches to Psychopathology.  In addition to his work at RAMS, he maintains a private practice in Burlingame.

CLINICAL SUPERVISORS

Christina Shea, LMFT - Supervisor for Staff and Practicum Trainees

Nira Singh, PsyD - Supervisor for Staff, NAAPTC Predoctoral Interns, and Practicum Trainees

Angela Tang, MSW - Clinical Supervisor for MSW Interns

Alla Volovich, PhD - Training Director, Supervisor for NAAPTC Predoctoral Interns, Practicum Trainees, and Staff

Hillary Weiss, PhD - Clinical Supervisor for Staff
Dr. Hillary Weiss is a licensed psychologist with a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (PGSP). She has provided clinical psychology services in the Bay Area since 1997, including over 7 years in the San Francisco CBHS system. Though experienced in treating a broad spectrum of mental health and other psychosocial issues, her clinical specialty is treatment of trauma/PTSD, grief/loss issues, mood disturbances, and chronic/severe mental health issues. Dr. Weiss' body of research includes a focus on clinical issues associated with comorbid PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder. She also conducted a meta-analysis of research on human trafficking and abuse of disabled children for the California Child Abuse Prevention Council of Placer County. In addition to contributions to the mental health treatment field, Dr. Weiss serves as a consultant for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Program's prevention initiatives. As a volunteer for Hospital de la Familia, Dr. Weiss collaborates with a diverse team of practitioners to provide vital medical services in Nuevo Progresso, Guatemala.

Elizabeth Weisz, PhD - Clinical Supervisor for Practicum Trainees
Dr. Elizabeth Weisz is currently a member of the Center for the Advanced Study of Psychosis, which consists of analysts, psychiatrists, and psychologists.  Dr. Weisz also maintains a private practice in San Francisco and Berkeley, for which she also provides consultation for therapists working with severely disturbed individuals, couples, and adolescents. Also, Dr. Weisz is an adjunct faculty member at Wright Institute, and previously taught at California Graduate School of Marriage and Family Therapy and provides supervision at Westside Crisis Clinic.  Dr. Weisz received her graduate degree in psychology from the Wright Institute and is also a graduate of the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California.  Her post-doctoral fellowship was at Boyer House, a residential treatment programs, at which she later became a member of the psychotherapy team.  Dr. Weisz's areas of interests include working psychoanalytically with severely disturbed individuals, and using countertransferential data when more traditional channels of verbal communication are not available.

Alexander Zinchenko, PhD - Clinical Supervisor for NAAPTC Predoctoral Interns, Practicum Trainees, and Staff
Dr. Zinchenko received his Ph.D. in psychology from Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in 2001, and his M.A. in psychology from Moscow State University in 1987. Before his relocation to the USA in 1991, Dr. Zinchenko lived in Moscow where he worked as psychotherapist in private practice, a hypnotherapist at the Alcoholism Treatment Center, and a researcher at the USSR Academy of Sciences Center for the Studies of Consciousness. He co-authored and served as the principle investigator on a research project "Use of Altered States of Consciousness in the Treatment of Addictions" (sponsored by the USSR Academy of Sciences). In addition to an article in the International Journal of Psychosomatics based on this research, Dr. Zinchenko published a book chapter on the psychology of youth movements; another book chapter "Nostalgia: a Dialog between Memory and Knowledge" is currently in print. Since 1992, when Dr. Zinchenko first joined RAMS, he has contributed to the clinic in several capacities as a staff psychotherapist; founder of a Russian-focus mental health program; clinical supervisor; and coordinator for two mental health projects: Senior Refugee Project (grant from the US Office of Refugee Resettlement, 1996-2004) and Dual Diagnosis Project (grant from the U.S. Department Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 2001-2003). 

Alongside his work at RAMS, Dr. Zinchenko maintains a private practice in San Francisco specializing in individual, family, and group psychotherapy with adults and children. He also works with traumatized refugees and survivors of political torture as a contracting clinician at Survivors International. Dr. Zinchenko's current interests include object relations theory; phenomenological and psychoanalytic aspects of nostalgia and uprootedness; clinical work with immigrants and refugees; and psychotherapy with severely disturbed and traumatized clients. He is also keenly interested and extensively involved in teaching and clinical training: as a Supervising Psychologist at RAMS; as a Psychologist at Napa State Hospital; as a faculty, student advisor and instructor for Working with Immigrant Families class at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center; as a lecturer (Psychoanalytic Treatment Modalities) and group supervisor at the Access Institute for Psychological Services; and as an adjunct clinical supervisor at the Goldman Institute on Aging.

Thomas Zurfluh, PsyD - Clinical Supervisor for NAAPTC Predoctoral Interns and Practicum Trainees
Dr. Thomas Zurfluh is a licensed clinical psychologist who is serving as a clinical supervisor for practicum trainees of the RAMS Clinical Training Program.  He earned his Psy.D. from the Wright Institute (Berkeley) and M.S. in Clinical Psychology at San Francisco State University.  Dr. Zurfluh is a bicultural & bilingual clinician and had completed clinical training as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Predoctoral Intern, and Practicum Trainee at the National Asian American Psychology Training Center and Clinical Training Program at RAMS. In maintaining his commitment to community-based mental health care, Dr. Zurfluh also completed training by working at New Leaf: Services for Our Community, UCSF AIDS Health Project, and Marina Counseling Center.  His clinical interests include cross-cultural work and relational psychoanalysis.

CLINICAL CONSULTANTS

• Neil Altman, PhD
• Darryl O. Henderson, PhD
• Francis Lu, MD
• Liza J. Ravitz, PhD