I have taken a unique and multifaceted journey to ultimately being a gay identified psychologist in private practice in Encinitas and San Diego. I received my doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1996 after completing my predoctoral placement on a shared VA and active-duty military psychiatric inpatient unit at Travis Airforce Base and the Oakland/Martinez VA. Post- graduation, I opened one of San Francisco’s first and largest medical residential hospices in response to the growing HIV/AIDS crisis while simultaneously completing post-doctoral hours as a clinician in San Francisco in private practice. Shortly thereafter, I was promoted be the Director of all HIV Services for Catholic Charities CYO in San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo Counties, and led 5 medical/psychosocial residential hospices and over 250 units of supported housing. Subsequently, I led the entire 40-million-dollar portfolio of youth development, senior, HIV, adoption, immigration/refugee, transitional youth, and clinical and behavioral health services until 2007.
