Bay Area San Francisco Counseling and Therapy Services: Bay Area Children First Staff List 1 of 2

Kaye Anderson, LCSW
Kaye Anderson, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, has worked with children, teens, and families for over 15 years. She has a Bachelors Degree in Social Work (BSW) from Cornell University, and a Masters of Social Work (MSW) from Columbia University. Kaye has been licensed in California to practice psychotherapy since 1998, and has supervised graduate students and post-graduate interns since 2001. She has worked in medical and psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers, community mental health agencies, schools, and therapeutic camps. Kaye is a Clinical Supervisor and Therapist at Bay Area Children First, seeing clients in both the school and clinic settings.

Nancy Jessup, MFTI
Nancy Jessup earned her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Chatham University in 1980 and her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in 2004. She has worked with individuals, couples, and families in a variety of nonprofit, school, and private settings over the last 5 years. She specializes in assisting clients who have experienced, or are experiencing, trauma, illness and chronic pain, loss, depression, and anxiety. Nancy also works with clients exploring sexuality and gender identity. Her approach involves focusing on present-day concerns while also attending to the ways in which past experiences may be influencing them.

Rhonda Lawrence, MFT
Rhonda Lawrence earned her Master's degree in Counseling Psychology. As a licensed clinician, Rhonda is an Adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco. She also is the lead counselor at Oxford and Berkeley Arts Magnet Elementary Schools. Within a school environment, she provides individual, family, and group therapy. Rhonda also provides psycho-educational workshops to teachers in the classrooms. She has 8 years of experience working in residential and day treatment for severely emotionally disturbed children.

John Roedel, MFT
John Roedel earned his MS in Counseling from San Francisco State University in 2003. Mr. Roedel has worked with families, couples, children and individual adults in Berkeley and San Francisco, assisting them in discovering the resources they already have for recovery from traumas such as violence, addiction and depression. Mr. Roedel also has substantial experience in education and nonprofit management, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.

Erin K. Savage, MFT
Erin Savage earned her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Child Development from St. Mary's College of California in 1993 and her Master's Degree in Counseling from The University of San Francisco in 2000. Erin has worked primarily in non-profit settings in San Francisco, Daly City, Oakland and Concord. She helped develop and implement a comprehensive behavioral program at a day treatment center for adolescent girls involved in the juvenile justice system. She provided individual, group and family therapy at that program. Erin has provided services as a clinician at a level 14 residential treatment programs for children. Prior to 1998, Erin was a preschool teacher in San Francisco. She currently provides therapeutic supervision services to children and their families in San Francisco, as well as offering clinical services to preschoolers and their families in Berkeley. Erin has 9 years clinical experience working with children, adolescents and their families. Erin brings compassion and caring to her work with children, adolescents, and their families.

Carolyn Whear, MFT
Carolyn Whear is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 10 years of clinical experience, holding a BA in Child Development and a Master’s in Counseling Psychology. Her clinical training and expertise include therapeutic work with children, adolescents, families and groups. Much of this experience developed in the context of providing family and child therapy in multi-ethnic and economically challenged neighborhoods. Carolyn has honed a passionate interest in foster and adoptive youth and/or children who have had multiple caregivers. She believes that a positive connection to a caring adult is vital to the healthy development of every child. Carolyn is driven by the deep understanding that every human being deserves to feel a sense of love, hope and freedom.

 




 

 

 

 

 

2 Bay Area Locations:

 

San Francisco Office

999 Sutter Street

(at Hyde)
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel: 415.922.2344
Fax: 415.928.5383

 

Berkeley Office

1400 Shattuck Street

(at Rose)
Berkeley, CA 94709
Tel: 510.883.9312
Fax: 510.883.9314

 

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