Alicia Avila has been providing counseling and training since 1994.
Trained to be an EMDR Trainer by Dr. Francine Shapiro in 2007.
As a clinical instructor for UCSD Department of Psychiatry, she ran a program for integrated treatment of co-occurring disorders within a community mental health clinic.
Therapy is often seen as necessity when things feel like they are falling apart but therapy can also be a wonderful tool to maximize your strengths, reconnect with your own values and goals, and to minimize the burden that can subtly accumulate from seemingly minor incidents.