Hi, I’m Kristina.
I hold licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist serving the San Francisco Bay Area, offering online therapy across California, and providing Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) for women seeking support with anxiety, stress, burnout, and nervous system healing.
It is the honor of my life to be able to sit with women in their times of darkness and pain, to hear what they have been through. I might be the only soul they ever share this with; it’s an unbelievable privilege I don’t take for granted.
It is also such an honor to be with women who have released their pain and experience deep healing after years of hurt, disconnection, and the world saying we’re not enough.
After my own work with my own parts and hundreds of clients over the years, I now know my life’s purpose: to help women and mothers get back in their bodies and feel connected to their empowerment so we can feel fulfilled and free.
I’m here for the “people-pleasers,” the empaths, the caregivers, and the highly sensing/sentient population.
As a bi-racial Filipina/Caucasian, cisgender, sort of hetero woman with experience in community mental health and private practice therapy in both urban and rural settings, I bring cultural awareness, clinical insight, and grounded compassion to our work together.
IFS therapy (Internal Family Systems therapy) offers a powerful, evidence-based way to heal anxiety, attachment wounds, and past trauma — not by fixing you, but by helping you reconnect with your core Self and the precious being you are.
Working with me feels steady, respectful, and deeply attuned. As your therapist, you won’t be rushed or judged, just supported as you expand capacity, clarity, and lasting emotional freedom.
Off the therapy screen, I spend my time with loved ones and being outside. I love a good boujie spa day and loud karaoke night. I am a little woo woo (maybe more than a little), and I find playfulness in life when it appears. I am a shameless Millennial with some Boomer tendencies, and I have accepted those parts of me <3
I offer virtual sessions for clients in California.
Although I’m based out of state, I work virtually with clients throughout California, my home state, and the SF Bay Area my hometown.
I grew up in the Sunset District of San Francisco and was educated by SFUSD, SF State University system, and the University of San Francisco.
I love staying connected to the communities that shaped me, and teletherapy allows us to do meaningful, consistent work in a way that fits real life.
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My Training & Education
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2013 - University of San Francisco, Masters in Counseling Psychology
2019 - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of Hawaii, #MFT-601
2022 - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California, #LMFT133759
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2016 & 2020 - Introduction to IFS with Frank Anderson
2021 - Level 1 IFS Training with the IFS Institute (Paul Ginter and Marina Hassanali)
2023 - Level 2 IFS Training with the IFS Institute (Toni Herbine-Blank)https://ifs-institute.com/practitioners/all/68537
2023 - Ketamine Assisted Therapy with Alchemy Community Therapy Center
2023 - Level 1 Brainspotting
2024 - Ketamine Assisted Therapy with Journey Clinical
https://my.journeyclinical.com/directory/profiles/21548?directory_filters%5Binsurance_id%5D=&directory_filters%5Bkap_modality_id%5D=&directory_filters%5Bremote_status%5D=remote_and_in_person&directory_filters%5Bresults_count%5D=134&directory_filters%5Bsort%5D=&directory_filters%5Bspecialty_id%5D=&directory_filters%5Bus_state_id%5D=5&directory_filters%5Bzip_code%5D=94118 -
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Former therapist with the IFS Telehealth Collective under Paul Ginter, Mariel Pastor, and Marcella Cox
Journey Clinical Member to ease the continuity of care for Ketamine Assisted Therapy for the patient, provider, and prescriber triad
Continuing IFS Consultation with Certified IFS Consultant
Pending IFS Certification
