Ellen Catalina, LCSW

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Non-Profit
Occupation Therapist, Social Worker
Location San Francisco, CA, United States
Introduction I'm a bay area therapist and social worker. I have years of experience working with Bay Area health providers as a medical social worker. My employers include Sutter Health, Kaiser Permanente, and UCSF medical center. I trained in therapeutic techniques at the Harm Reduction Therapy Center.
Interests Harm Reduction Therapy, Post Abortion Counseling, help for people struggling with illness and the after effects of illness. Brain training and cognitive remediation to mitigate decline due to illness and age. Managing obsessive and intrusive bad thoughts.
Favorite Books This is Your Brain on Anxiety by Faith Harper, PhD, Over the Influence; The Harm Reduction Guide to Managing Drugs and Alcohol by Patt Denning, Scattered by Gabor Mate, The Body Keeps the Score by Bassell Van Der Kolk, Imp of the Mind;Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts by Lee Baer, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate