Asian Family Institute

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

Cruz Chan, AMFT

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Language: English, Cantonese (廣東話), Mandarin (普通話)

Cruz Chan is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Health Counselor currently working at RAMS, Inc. She graduated with a Masters of Counseling Psychology with a specialization in Drama Therapy from California Institute of Integral Studies in 2019.

As a female Asian Therapist who grew up in Macau SAR, Cruz came to San Francisco in 2017 for pursuing her master degree. She can speak fluent Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Cruz works well with the new immigrant population, especially explorations with identity, gender, sexual orientation, life struggles as well as culture shocks issues. Cruz utilizes empathic listening, question asking, and neutral observation to support individuals to build more self-awareness and compassion.  She looks forward to witnessing your personal growth by providing a non-judgmental safe healing space for you.

陳氏是一名見習婚姻與家庭治療師和心理輔導員，目前在RAMS，Inc.工作。她於2019年畢業於加州整合學院，取得戲劇治療專業的心理諮詢碩士學位。
作為一名在澳門特別行政區長大的亞洲女性治療師，並於2017年赴三藩市攻讀碩士學位。 陳氏能說流利的廣東話，普通話和英語。 陳氏與新移民群體合作良好，尤其在身份認同，性別認同，性取向，生活以及文化衝擊上的議題上。 透過同理心聆聽，提問和中立的觀察來支持個案建立更多的自我意識和同理心。 她期待為您提供一個不批判的安全空間來見證您的個人成長。

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Nayla Al Kadi Jazaierly, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Language: English, Arabic (عربى), French

I am a Marriage and Family therapist with a Master in Psychology. I work with different populations; Children, teenagers, adults, couples and families. My main emphasis of work is based on looking at primary relationships and exploring its influence on client’s current well-being. A lot of weight is put on processing personalities & identities with the aim of supporting the evolution of the person’s view of themselves and to create satisfaction through movement to an authentic self-perception. I lived in Lebanon & USA. 

I served diverse communities where I worked on meeting clients where they are and supported them in the specific stages of their lives. I encourage clients to heal and embrace their present reality while working towards looking at their future with a transformed perspective. 

My goal is to help clients recognize different emotions, narrate their stories and finally transform their wounds into a healthy scar. I utilize Attachment, psychodynamic and existential theories. Much of the social work is based on character and attitude; I am endowed with patience, compassion, trustworthiness and a good sense of humor especially with children.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Kelli Little, Psy.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Language: English

Dr. Little is driven to provide care in under-served, mis-served, and marginalized communities. She has clinical experience in various community mental health settings in San Francisco. Currently, she works part-time in RAMS- AFI and full-time at RAMS-CAAP, where she provides individual and group psychotherapy, consultations with other providers, and psychological assessments for folks in the welfare system who face chronic mental illness, poverty, homelessness, and various other psycho-socio-cultural barriers.  She is dedicated to and interested in working with individuals, couples, and families in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as transitional age youth. Dr. Little approaches psychotherapy from a compassionate, multicultural, and trauma-informed lens with a strong focus on relational and systemic issues impacting her patients’ treatment needs. 

In addition to her clinical work and interests, she is passionate about fostering future psychotherapists as an adjunct professor for Masters level students at Notre Dame de Namur University.  

APCC Associate Professional Clinical Counselor

Larissa Tam, APCC

Associate Professional Clinical Counselor

Language: English, Cantonese (廣東話), Mandarin (普通話)

Larissa Tam received her Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University.  She has extensive experience in working with children, families and adults in various community mental health and public-school settings.  She currently provides early intervention and mental health consultation to support children between 0-5 years-old. She maintains a client-centered approach and integrates a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy, brief solution-focused therapy, parent-child interaction therapy, trauma-informed care, and mindfulness-based interventions to address specific challenges. 

譚女士於約翰霍普金斯大學獲得臨床心理輔導碩士學位。她在社區和學校環境中, 為兒童、家庭和成年人提供心理健康服務並擁有豐富的經驗。她目前的工作是為 0-5歲的兒童提供早期介入和心理健康諮詢 。她透過親子互動療法來提高孩子的社交和情感技巧。另外, 她亦運用個人中心治療法及認知行為療法，並結合了焦點解決治療法，創傷知情護理和正念療法以幫助成人找到方向並通過指導方式去解決困難。

Licensed Psychologist

Anna Zozulinsky, PhD

Licensed Psychologist

Languages: English, Russian (русский), Hebrew (עִברִית)

Dr. Anna Zozulinsky received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Palo Alto University, with a research emphasis from the Center for Neuroscience in Women’s Health at Stanford School of Medicine. She completed her doctoral internship at RAMS’s NAAPTC, and trained at several community mental health organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Zozulinsky serves as director of Child, Youth and Family Outpatient Services at RAMS and maintains a small clinical practice at Asian Family Institute.

As a trilingual (Russian and Hebrew) and tri-cultural psychologist, Dr. Zozulinsky has particular interests in identity formation across cultural contexts and immigration-related experience and is dedicated to providing culturally-sensitive services to children, youth, families, adults and couples. Her approach is rooted in contemporary psychoanalytic theory. She strives to create warm and safe relationships with her clients, to promote lasting change through collaboration and reflection.

Dr. Zozulinsky holds a B.A. in Cinema Studies from Tel Aviv University and was trained as a photographer at International Center of Photography in New York. She is keenly interested in the intersection between aesthetic experiences, creativity and psychological well-being and incorporates this sensibility in her clinical work.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Dennielle Kronenberg, LCSW, PPSC

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Pupil Personnel Services Credential

Languages: English, Spanish (Español)

Dennielle Kronenberg is a bilingual (Spanish) Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has provided services to adolescents and their families for over a decade.  Ms. Kronenberg began her career with RAMS as a Clinical Case Manager and Family Clinician at the Mission High School Wellness Center.  Her next role in the agency was working with youth on probation with substance use and mental health issues at Civic Center High School as part of the San Francisco Achievement Collaborative Team (SFACT).  Ms. Kronenberg continued her work with this population as Program Coordinator of SF TRACK.  She became Director of the RAMS Wellness Centers Program in 2019.

Ms. Kronenberg earned her Masters Degree in Social Work from San Francisco State University and also holds a California Pupil Personnel Services Credential to provide school based services for grades K-12.

Daniela Kronenberg es una trabajadora social bilingüe (LCSW) quien ha provisto servicios a los adolescentes y sus familias por más de una década.  Daniela empezó su carrera con RAMS como trabajadora de caso y clínica familiar en el centro de bienestar de Mission High School.  En su siguiente rol en la agencia trabajó con adolescentes involucrados en el sistema de libertad condicional.  El tratamiento que proveyó era centrado en la salud mental y desordenes del uso de la sustancia.  Desde 2019 es la directora del RAMS programa del bienestar.

Daniela tiene su maestría del programa de Social Work en San Francisco State University y también tiene su credencial (PPSC) para proveer servicios en las escuelas públicas de California (grados K-12).  

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

Josephine Chow, MS, AMFT

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Language: English, Cantonese (廣東話), Mandarin (普通話)

Love is a driving force in life. We experience love mostly in close connections and relationships, especially intimate relationships. An intimate relationship can provide for us a sense of completeness, significant support, and growth. However, it can also be an arena in life where we can experience deep suffering and in turn, all our psychological wounds can be retriggered. We commonly think that in a couple relationship, there are only two people. There are, in fact, 4 people, because we are also dealing with our own “inner partners” of each other. In a cisgendered, heterosexual couple relationship, the inner partner here means the perfect woman image in the psyche of a person who identifies oneself as male and the perfect man image in the psyche of a person who identifies oneself as female. We will fall in love with someone whom we believe to be the perfect embodiment of the inner partner. However, after living together for a while, and when the real person peeps out from behind the projection, we may get disappointed. We may find it hard to accept each other’s differences, and then more issues may arise. Also, the imprinted representations, beliefs, and expectations that we learned from our early childhood experiences can also hinder the couple’s ability to objectively see the things arising in the relationship. This can eventually lead to more misunderstanding, miscommunication, hurt, and then resentment. Both the inner partner and the imprinted representations of our early childhood experiences belong to the mysterious unconscious. They play out in our intimate relationships, so it is here that we encounter our unknown self.

Couples therapy is an effective way to help couples find out how these things hidden in the unconscious play out in their relationships. Couples can learn new communication skills, take responsibility for their own parts in relationship problems, and experience each other in a new way. With these new skills and corrective experiences, the couple can strengthen and support each other in their partnership and eventually grow with an even greater sense of satisfaction in their lives together.

Answering the call to be a healer, I left my established career in business, entered into the field of psychology, and obtained my master’s degree in counseling psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Because I genuinely believe that healing and transformation must be brought about by new experiences, and that transformation leads to insight rather than vice versa, my orientation is strongly informed by Gestalt, Somatic, and Transpersonal therapy. My working style is experiential and somatic in addition to traditional, talk therapy. My 10 years of spiritual practice also informs my therapeutic orientation, so mindfulness is also a key component in my work with clients. I also have received extensive training in somatic and Gestalt therapies. I have had rich experiences working with individuals with complex trauma. In a word, my therapeutic approach is heartfulness, and I will use my heart and my professional skills to hold a loving safe space for you, listen non-judgmentally to you, be fully present with you, and work together with you.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Khiet Truong, MFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Language: English, Vietnamese (Tiếng việt), Cantonese (廣東話), 

Khiet Truong is a bilingual (Cantonese and Vietnamese) licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She received her Master’s degree from San Francisco State University. Khiet has experience and the privilege working with teens and adults through various challenges including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, immigration, relationship issues, life transitions, etc. Her approach is informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to gain control of unhelpful thoughts and feelings; mindfulness techniques to practice self-compassion; and relational therapy to build long-lasting and fulfilling relationships. She hopes to co-create a safe space with courageous individuals, couples, and families to resolve conflicts and discover a balance within chaos. As an immigrant, Khiet is passionate about normalizing mental health struggles and making therapy more accessible across cultures. 

Trương Lệ Khiết là nhân viên cố vấn tâm lý cho thanh thiếu niên, gia đình, và người lớn. Cô có kinh nghiệm trị liệu biệnh trầm cảm, hồi hợp và lo lắng, đau buồn vì mất người thân, sự bất hòa trong gia đình, khó khăn về vấn đề di cư và cuộc sống ở Mỹ. Cô Khiết hy vọng có thể giúp đỡ quý vị vượt qua sự khó khăn hiện tại và để quý vị có lại long tin. Cổ tin quí vị có khả năng thay đổi để làm cho cuộc sống của mình thoải mái và vui vẻ hơn.  

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

Li-Wen Cheung, AMFT 鄭儷汶

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Language: English, Mandarin (普通話)

I’m an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, I speak English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese. I work at RAMS as a Mental Health Consultant to support children, families, and adults.    

In my practice, I specialize in providing therapy to children, adolescents, and adults who may be experiencing trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, and exhibit challenging behavior. I value connections with you through deep empathy, curiosity, openness, and genuineness throughout the therapeutic relationship. By using a bicultural and trauma-informed lens to listen to your story and experience, I support you to think and understand one-self and others from different perspectives. Over the course of the journey, you will get to understand and accept themselves more, moreover, we will discover how culture and social systems may impact your mental health.

My priority is to provide a non-judgmental, safe, and confidential space for you to share your challenges, difficulties, confusion, and struggles. Through this safe space, we will strive to achieve your personal goals and growth and build on coping skills and resilience.

我是一名實習婚姻和家庭治療師，我講英語，中文和臺語。我在RAMS擔任心理健康顧問，主要服務幼童，孩童，家庭和成人。
在我的諮商經驗裡，我的專長在服務兒童，青少年，和成人經歷創傷，哀痛，憂鬱，焦慮，和有具有挑戰性的行為。在諮商的關係裡我看重同理心，好奇心，開放的心和真誠，也通過這些態度來與個案建立關係。我運用雙文化和創傷知情的角度來傾聽個案的故事和經歷，協助個案思考與理解自己和他人的不同樣貌。在諮商過成中，個案對於自己會有更深成的認識與接受，更甚至我們會一起去探討文化和社會系統如何影響一個人的心理健康可能性。
我最重要的優先事項是為個案提供一個非批判性，安全和保密的空間，讓個案可以分享他們的挑戰，困難，困惑和掙扎。藉由這個安全的空間，我們一起實現個案的個人目標和成長，和建立心理韌性與幫助自己的方法。

Associate Clinical Social Worker

Brenden Mei, ASW 梅育彰

Associate Clinical Social Worker
Language: English and Mandarin Chinese (國語)

Brenden received his Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago. He has extensive experience in working with both children and adults in a variety of settings, including school, outpatient clinic and early intervention. Brenden utilizes a client-centered approach where clients are invited to express, process and find solutions to their own challenges in a safe environment. As an immigrant and a person of color, Brenden appreciates diversity and always seeks to provide culturally-attuned services to clients of all backgrounds and identities. Brenden’s specialties include anxiety, OCD, autism spectrum disorder, LGBT issues, and life transitions. 

Brenden於芝加哥大學社會工作學系碩士畢業。Brenden有著為兒童和成人提共諮商服務的豐富經驗，其工作經驗橫跨多領域，包含學校，心理診所，和早期療育。Brenden主張以個案為主的諮商模式，帶領著個案紓解情緒並找尋自己人生中那一直想找到的答案。身為移民和有色人種的經驗也使Brenden格外的重視多元文化的價值，他也將此價值融合在他的諮商原則裡為各個多元族群提共服務。Brenden 擅長的項目包含: 焦慮，強迫症，自閉症，性取向疑惑，和人生階段的過度。