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Our staff

The right fit matters.

Meet our complete multidisciplinary team of psychologists, marriage and family therapists, counselors, and clinical social workers.

Ph.D., NCC

Dr. Jaseon Outlaw

Dr. Outlaw is a licensed psychologist (CA PSY23676) and Clinical Director of Journey of Life Psychological, Inc. He completed doctoral training at Arizona State University, a pre-doctoral internship at Butler University and BehaviorCorp, and a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical assessment at the University of Houston’s Counseling and Psychological Services. His professional work spans psychological assessment, academic persistence, community mental-health leadership, and national psychology examination development.

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LMFT

Alisia Smith-Anderson

Alisia is the Associate Clinical Director and a licensed marriage and family therapist (CA LMFT92454). She earned a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco and has served diverse communities since 2004. Her experience includes work with homeless children and families, foster-care systems, survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, people living with serious mental illness, and clients navigating major life transitions. She offers individually tailored, culturally inclusive care grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy.

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M.S., LMFT

Nicole Acosta

Nicole is a licensed marriage and family therapist (CA 107276) who supports children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship stress. She earned a degree in community-based public health from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in Marriage, Family and Child Therapy. Her clinical experience includes inpatient and outpatient settings, juvenile justice, foster care, community clinics, and hospital-based behavioral health. Nicole brings an interactive, strengths-based and relational approach to therapy.

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M.A., LMFT

Breckney Shaw

Breckney is a licensed marriage and family therapist (CA 138165). He holds degrees in electrical engineering, theology, and counseling with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy. He is a certified PREPARE/ENRICH counselor, PREP coach, and Batterer’s Intervention Facilitator. Breckney enjoys working with groups, couples, adolescents, and individuals who want to move through psychological barriers and develop healthy, meaningful relationships.

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M.A., LMFT

Aaron Horne

Aaron is a licensed marriage and family therapist (CA LMFT129693) with degrees in human services and counseling psychology. His experience includes counseling adults living with serious mental illness and supporting adolescents and families in school settings. Aaron views clients as experts in their own lives and works collaboratively to build awareness, strengthen support systems, and make changes that support healthier living. He is certified in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adults.

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LMFT

Sandra Chavez

Sandra is a licensed marriage and family therapist and registered psychological associate with extensive experience across medical and mental-health settings. Her education includes psychology, biological sciences and neuroscience, and counseling psychology. Her professional background includes crisis intervention, assessment, evaluation, and forensic work. Sandra provides therapy and assessment in both English and Spanish, tailoring care through client-centered, solution-focused, cognitive behavioral, holistic, positive psychology, and mindfulness-informed approaches.

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Psy.D.

Dr. Jennifer Duncan

Dr. Duncan is a registered psychological associate with approximately two decades of clinical experience. She has worked in outpatient clinics, schools, home-treatment programs, and inpatient settings, supporting clients across the lifespan. Her work is grounded in compassion and individualized understanding, drawing from psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, trauma-informed, and person-centered traditions.

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Psy.D.

Dr. Ihsana Salmon

Dr. Salmon is a registered psychological associate whose experience spans community mental health, child welfare, corrections, juvenile justice, psychotherapy, and psychodiagnostic assessment. She brings culture, faith, family systems, and the realities of daily life into a strengths-based therapeutic relationship designed to help clients understand patterns and move toward meaningful change.

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Psy.D.

Dr. Anna Lísa Jóhannsdóttir

Dr. Jóhannsdóttir is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in work with children, youth, families, and adults. Her culturally responsive and social-justice-centered practice supports people navigating trauma, life transitions, anxiety, depression, and mood-related concerns. She approaches therapy as a collaborative space where the client’s culture, relationships, strengths, and lived experience are central.

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M.S., APCC

Michael Wright

Michael is an associate professional clinical counselor and Oakland native committed to serving underserved and systems-impacted communities. His work is holistic and culturally aware, helping clients examine the personal, relational, cultural, and systemic forces shaping their lives. He draws from narrative, liberation, motivational, systems, and cognitive behavioral approaches.

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LPC

Shaylah S. R. Anderson

Shaylah is a counselor trained in clinical counseling, mediation, and couples counseling. Her background in psychology and continued doctoral study in counseling psychology, with an emphasis in performance psychology, informs a thoughtful approach to communication, relationships, resilience, and goal-directed change.

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LCSW

Dion “Charli” Prete

Charli is a licensed clinical social worker providing telehealth to adolescents and adults, including first responders and healthcare professionals. Charli offers affirming, trauma-informed care for stress, trauma, identity, mood, psychosis, substance use, and major life transitions, creating space for clients to feel respected while building sustainable coping and recovery strategies.

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M.S., APC

Arielle Early

Arielle is an associate professional counselor supporting individuals, couples, and families through anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She integrates cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care in a collaborative process designed around each client’s needs, strengths, and goals.

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Psy.D.

Dr. Renata Way

Dr. Way is a licensed clinical psychologist (CA PSY29688) specializing in work with children, adolescents, families, and adults experiencing mood concerns, ADHD, trauma, acculturation, and identity development. She trained at the Wright Institute and completed school-based and community-clinic placements focused on trauma-informed care. Dr. Way also provides culturally responsive psychodiagnostic evaluations using a collaborative therapeutic assessment model.

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