Susan Carroll, MA

As a fifth generation Californian, being outside enjoying everything our Golden State has to offer is a huge part of my identity.  I grew up in Huntington Beach, and moved to San Francisco when to attended UC Berkeley, Go Bears! The Bay Area has been Home ever since, and awakened my passion and appreciation for diversity and my social justice work toward improving equality for all. On my path through life I have been an elementary school educator, a den leader, space commander of a STEM education program in a space simulator to Mars, directed and run science based FUN outdoor summer camp programs, had an artisan soup business, and am now writing a dissertation toward my PsyD, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Since working in psychology I have been an advocate in both domestic violence and child abuse prevention, a parent educator in healthy relationships, and skill building in emotional intelligence for divorcing/separating parents, and worked with moderate to severe mental health issues for trauma impacted youth and adults in school-based, community mental health, in home, and residential programs. My training has included interesting training opportunities which include psychological evaluation in education, SSI, ADHD, and for asylum seekers, I have run groups in the Bayview, and in shelters, spoken at Mercy High School for V-Day on healthy relationships, I served on the California Psychological Association Ethics Committee, and I have worked with leading trauma professionals who have literally written the books on how to do trauma healing work with clients. I work from a psychodynamic and systems approach to collaboratively work alongside my clients on their path toward feeling whole. 

For self care I am generally outside, adventuring and exploring all year, hiking, biking, swimming, kayaking, surfing, camping, at a music festival, or I am cooking something delectable for my loved ones at home, listening to some great music, in between mindful moments.