ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE:
We are a team of Mental Health Therapists and Assessors who have experience working in school-based settings and understand how school based services differ from those provided in other mental health settings. Our Mental Health Clinicians and Assessors are warm, empathetic, professional, and have a passion for working with youth.
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WHERE WE ARE LOCATED:
We provide school-based services throughout Northern California and Southern California.
JENIFER MIRI, PSY. D.
PRESIDENT
Jenifer Miri, Psy.D. is the Founder and President of the Miri Center. She has always had a passion for working with children and teens. In 2002 she discovered her love for providing school-based services while working as a Therapist in a Special Education classroom. She has a true understanding of how different school-based mental health services are from agency based services, and teachers, administrators, parents and students appreciate this. Dr. Miri spends a great deal of time communicating and collaborating with staff to ensure that students and schools are receiving the best on-site services possible. When she isn't working she enjoys reading, traveling, going to concerts, and spending time with her three children and husband.
JENNIFER HOLMBERG, LCSW
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL BASED SERVICES
Jennifer Holmberg is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Director of School Based Services for the Miri Center. Jennifer was raised in Northern California and moved to Southern California when she started college at UCLA, where she attended undergrad and graduate school, earning a Master's in Social Welfare. She joined the Miri Center in 2012 after experience working with children, teens, and families in schools, private agencies and with Los Angeles County. Jennifer's approach is to be accessible and communicative and fosters collaboration between staff and the school sites The Miri Center partners with. As a married mother of three, Jennifer enjoys cooking, reading, running, and traveling.
MEGAN KUBICEK, M.S., LMFT #107006, PROGRAM MANAGER
Megan Kubicek is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the Program Manager of the Stanislaus County Office of Education contract, where The Miri Center serves Alternative Education schools. In addition to her management position, Megan maintains a full time caseload of teens in a military themed alternative education school. She joined The Miri Center in 2014 after spending time serving in non-profit agencies providing therapy to teens, individuals and couples with a broad range of issues, including addiction. Megan specializes in trauma, youth who have been sexually abused and who have sexually acted out on others, and parent education. Since joining The Miri Center, Megan has also taken interest in being well versed in Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) being utilized across education to assist in early intervention for the most vulnerable and academically unresponsive children in schools and school districts.
Our Additional Talented Staff
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Clinical Supervisors
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Suh-wen Yang, PhD
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Jane Bahou, LMFT
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Amy Theaker, LCSW
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Cindy Fong, LCSW
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Lisa Garosi, LCSW
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Shannon McDonald, LMFT​
Staff Clinicians
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Heather Kaech LMFT
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Ta'Quonna Lampkins, LCSW
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Marcelo Ortiz, ACSW
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Mallory Bond, ACSW
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Dana Natyrova, AMFT
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Alanna Epps, AMFT
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Torris Thomas, AMFT
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Andrea Navas, AMFT
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Gage Akridge, ACSW
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Chelsea Bridges, AMFT
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Afsha Saleem, AMFT
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Marisa Gallagher, AMFT
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Noah Phillips, AMFT
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Jennifer Gonzalez, LEP
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Karen Jeffrey-Wheeler, LMFT
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Christine Theis, AMFT
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Kathleen "KK" Cowan, AMFT
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Sarah Free, AMFT
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Erika Aguilera, AMFT
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Natalia Pachote, AMFT
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Jennifer Sohn, LCSW
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Kauthar Karajah, AMFT
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Nereida Miramontes, AMFT
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Emily Ryan, AMFT
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Aaron Longinotti, AMFT
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Torion Oey, AMFT
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Snezhana Klawitter, AMFT