Our Therapists

The partners you need to live empowered and connected.

Our team of compassionate therapists is here to help you feel seen, heard, and validated.
We work with you to build a strong connection, so you feel safe to fully speak your truth.

We understand it takes time to find the right therapist that you feel comfortable with. And it takes a lot of courage!

That’s why we do everything we can to help you get to know us a bit more.

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Melissa Antoun (she/ella) MA LMFT #125457

My name is Melissa Antoun LMFT (She, Her, Ella) and I have been guiding individuals, teens, and couples through trauma through a multicultural, liberatory lens for the past 6 years. My specialties include multicultural, first-generation, couples, male-identified, domestic violence survivors, and adolescents. My approach towards healing is relational, collaborative, and non-judgemental and supports self-inquiry, emotional expression, self-acceptance, and radical self-compassion. I provide bilingual services (English/Spanish).

I believe that intergenerational trauma highly impacts our lives and because we are wounded in a relationship, we can heal in a relationship.

My goal is to help you feel heard, seen, and respected in your story. That you can find a space where you can encounter your experience with curiosity and increased empathy and compassion — a space to explore yourself and come to love yourself.

I enjoy gardening, walking my dog Truffle, interior design, and traveling whenever I get a chance!

Melissa Antoun (she) I speak Spanish, French and Arabic.

Tessa Hernandez (she) ACSW #112506

Tessa is a bi-racial (Mexican-American), first-generation college student, and mother. Her love for therapy began when she had a therapist help her through difficult family transitions. Her experience with the power of therapy and how unconditional positive regard can truly help a person grow is what drives her to serve in this way. Being able to witness a patient’s growth, resilience, and strength is truly a privilege for her. She is motivated to serve this way because everybody can benefit from some form of mental health services. She wishes to contribute to the normalization of people of all identities, socioeconomic statuses, and belief systems to be able to access affirming and affordable mental health care.

Tessa’s ideal patient is someone who is open to change, and collaboration, and interested in co-creating the therapy experience. She serves as a guide to help patients use their strengths to decide their goals and to understand what works best toward achieving their goals. Her aim is to provide patients a warm and nurturing environment that is free of judgment. Tessa has extensive experience working with the LGBTQIA+ community with a trauma-informed lens.

She wants patients to feel empowered during and after working with her. She wants them to be able to identify their unique qualities and strengths that were always there, but they may have just needed a little help seeing and experiencing them from within.

Tessa Hernandez (she)

William Devon-Sand (he) ACSW #112168

Congratulations! Clearly, you are seeking a guide to help you move into your next phase of life. While I don’t (yet) know you, I am thrilled for you. You are probably aware that the only thing constant is change. If you’re anything like me, you have probably encountered heartache and headache during the change process.

After many years of leading students in classrooms, I decided to become a therapist because I knew there had to be better ways to cope with life’s inevitable ups and downs. Thank goodness, there are!! However, maybe no one has taught you how to transition smoothly from one phase of life to another? Or maybe you haven’t had a partner to support you with developing your specific transition success recipe?

As a human and as a therapist, I know that not all things work for all people. So, I make it my work to get to know patients just like you in order to help them live confident, full and unstoppable lives. If you’re interested in a therapist to help you slow down the racing thoughts, sleep better and execute with precision, schedule a consultation session. I’d be glad to support you with improving the overall quality of your life.

William Devon-Sand (he)

Maria Thompson (she/ella) MA AMFT #136440

Maria is a first-generation Mexican-American woman who has worked in the mental health field and with the geriatric population for over 10 years. She has provided grief counseling, transitional support through life changes with couples, families, and groups of unrelated persons.

We are all individuals who require different interventions for navigating our personal goals and challenges/changes in life. The process of creating individual plans based on a patient's strengths and resources is a creative process that helps Maria find joy and excitement in the work that she does. She loves that her work allows patients to build their toolbox for managing phases in their lives. In addition to being a psychotherapist, Maria is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS), Substance Use Disorder Rehabilitation Counselor (SUDRC), and Zumba Instructor.

Maria Thompson (she) I speak Spanish.

LaToya Washington MA AMFT

LaToya is an African American woman who provides comprehensive counseling and crisis intervention services. Working as a counselor is not only a job but rather a passion. LaToya views her role as a facilitator who helps to guide her patients to and beyond the goals they have set for themselves. She believes it is important to help her patients find their own answers. One way she adds value to the lives of her patients is by offering space with the opportunity to restore or heal one's relationships with self and others. LaToya enjoys collaborating with patients to identify and discover their core values and how they can apply them to their current lifestyle.

LaToya Washington (she) I speak ASL.

Wendy Taylor (she) MA AMFT #123262

My name is Wendy Taylor. I graduated from The California Institute of Integral Studies with a Masters in Integrative Therapy. I have been working as an AMFT therapist for 3 years. I am in my third year working at California Pacific Medical Center and started my second year at Soul Centric Counseling Center. My specialties include Mindfulness, CBT, IFS, and Somatic Experiencing. I work with couples, teens, eating disorders, and childhood trauma.

My approach to therapy is that everyone is different and has different needs. I will meet you where you are. I think it is important to have a connection where the client feels safe to express themselves as they are without judgment. It takes courage, patience, dedication, and a lot of compassion to look at oneself and make changes to be happier and more fulfilled. Humor helps too! I feel honored to be part of the process of changing one's life for the better.

I believe therapy can be life-changing. I think just to be seen, heard, and validated is healing in itself. I think it is a process and there is no one way. But just showing up is brave. We all need support, even if that isn't what we've been taught.

My goal as a therapist is to help empower my clients. It is my truest desire to help support and guide my clients to understand themselves on a deeper level. It is not about eliminating struggles but meeting the struggle with compassion and understanding. It is my hope that my clients will feel seen and understood without judgment. And together, we can find skills and tools to help deal with the ongoing adventure/ challenge of life.

I love film and theater, being "Aunt Wendy", yoga, and going to live music. I am passionate about the power of plant medicine and psychedelics in a therapeutic way to help heal.

Wendy Taylor (she)

Karla Amanda Brown MA, CA LMFT #103907

Karla is a Silicon Valley-located psychotherapist. She is the Founder & CEO of Soul Centric Counseling Center as well as Soul Centric Collective, an organization dedicated to promoting group psychotherapy around the world.

As a clinician, Karla works with people to find steadiness in their lives after early childhood trauma, toxic relationships, problematic substance use, and harmful or unfavorable behaviors. She does her best to meet clients where they are, in order to turn the intensity down a few percentage points at a time. She finds that working slowly, yields working smoothly, and that tends to create sustainable living and increased quality of life.

Karla is also passionate about leading adult relational growth groups and working with couples or family members who find it difficult to connect due to interpersonal and ideological differences, as well as marginalization and social location complexities.

She embodies an understanding of treatment options within and beyond the field of counseling. She believes it is best to make use of both head and heart while supporting clients with learning to live this way as well. Karla serves on the boards of the Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society (NCGPS), the Council for the Advancement of Self Leadership in Indigenous Communities, and the AEDP & Racialized Trauma Vision Collective.