Our clinicians provide compassionate, caring therapy for teens & adolescents The Bay Area Center for Adolescents is a multidisciplinary group of clinicians who provide treatment for adolescents across the San Francisco Bay Area, and is a specialty center of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. We provide assessment, medication management, therapy, and educational counseling in order to provide our clients with the best treatment possible. Our work is guided by the latest research on adolescents and we use effective treatment interventions. Below is a list of the psychologists, psychiatrists, and educational therapists who are part of the practice.
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W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D. - Psychologist Director
Dr. Sutton is a clinical psychologist with offices located in San Francisco and Corte Madera. He provides individual and family therapy to adolescents and also provides psychological assessment. Dr. Sutton has been working with adolescents since 1998 in various settings including schools, teen shelters, a residential treatment program, a wilderness program, a drug and alcohol outpatient program, community clinics, a home-based therapy program, and in his private practice. email: KeithSutton@bayareaadolescent.com |
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James Keim, MSW, LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
James Keim, MSW, LCSW is a psychotherapist, author, and clinical supervisor who specializes in therapy for oppositional-defiant difficulties. He is co-author of one book and a contributor of chapters to eight others on topics including family therapy, child and adolescent behavior disorders, and marriage therapy. He previously served as the Director of Training for Jay Haley at the Family Therapy Institute of Washington, CD, worked at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, and directed a small conference series, including the conference Oppositional Youth, which was hosted at the Bethesda campus of the National Institutes of Health. email: JamesKeim@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Bart Rubin, Ph.D - Psychologist
Dr. Rubin works with couples, families, children and adults with ADD/ADHD. He has been involved in the treatment of ADHD and learning disabilities for the past 30 years. He was an Adjunct Professor at Alliant International University-San Francisco for twenty years. His areas of specialty include family/couples therapy, ADHD, juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, trauma, behaviorally challenging youth, supervision and training. He was a certified trainer and supervisor in Brief Strategic Family Therapy and is certified in both Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy and trained in EMDR. He was also the Founder and Executive Director of The Family Institute of Pinole (FIP), one of the leading couples/family therapy training programs in the country. email: BartRubin@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Davida Cohen, MFT
Davida Cohen works with families, couples, children and adults and has been teaching, training and supervising for 20 years. She has worked at the Family Institute of Pinole in the positions of Director of Training, and Clinical Director. She also holds an MA in Art and works with adults and children to bring out their potential in mindfulness, creativity and relationships. Her specialties include ADHD, spirited, acting out children as well as overly constricted, anxious or depressed children. Additionally, she works with trauma and stress, adoption issues, and children and teen's behavioral difficulties. email: DavidaCohen@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Anne-Olivia S. Rose, Psy.D. - Psychologist
Dr. Rose is a licensed psychologist who specializes in psychological assessments for children, adolescents, and adults. She focuses on testing for ADHD, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and emotional issues. Dr. Rose is also on the training and supervisory staff of the Psychological Services Center in Oakland where she provides clinical and assessment supervision for doctoral trainees and provides training to the legal community on assessment of adolescents. She is also a Vendor Psychologist for the Regional Center of the East Bay where she performs Autism and Mental Retardation evaluations. email: Anne-OliviaRose@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Terry Regan, MA, ET/P
Terry Regan, MA, ET is an accomplished educational therapist, learning specialist and academic coach with proven experience as a teacher, trainer and counselor. His work focuses on executive function to create effective collaborations to improve performance. He works with clever, creative students from 7th grade to grad school. with ADHD collaborating with them to untangle their learning web. He also coaches adult ADHD clients. The Learning Specialist for the SFSU post BAC program [2007 to 2015], the Disability Specialist at SFIA; an instructor at Academy of Art University and UCSC. He holds a Master of Arts in Education and Technical Writing [SFSU] and Certificates in Educational Therapy [UCSC] and College Advising [UCB]. He is also a former rowing coach, coxswain and sculler, cabinetmaker, contractor and artist. email: TerryRegan@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Joshua Westhoelter, MFT
Joshua Westhoelter is a Marriage and Family Therapist therapist. He completed his M.A. in Marriage and Family Counseling at Argosy University and his B.A. in Psychology at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL). He has worked with survivors of domestic violence, substance abuse, homelessness, anxiety, depression, trauma, and a variety of other therapeutic concerns such as parenting skill, relationships, and major life adjustments. Joshua works from a collective of evidence based therapeutic orientations including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Family Systems, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness meditation. email: Joshuawesthoelter@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Carmelinda Mann Brewer, Ph.D.
Dr. Carmelinda Mann Brewer work with individuals, couples, and families, to develop a therapeutic relationship based on their needs and goals. Through this process, clients get to know themselves better, in a safe and supportive environment. She supports couples and families in developing empathy so that interactions become more connected and thoughtful. She incorporates mindfulness with other therapeutic modalities to find the best fit for each individual. She provides EMDR, EFT, and Prolonged Exposure for clients, to help them process difficult experiences when appropriate. she also offers Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), one of the most powerful, effective and proven treatment approaches for supporting families with preschool and school-aged children with difficult behavior and/or who have been exposed to trauma. email: CarmelindaBrewer@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Casey Brodhead, Psy.D.
Dr. Casey Brodhead is a licensed clinical and assessment psychologist who graduated from the Stanford-PGSP Psy.D Consortium. He does psychological assessments for ADHD and other learning disabilities as well as testing for mood disorders. He has been in the field for over 15 years in a variety of clinical and academic settings, including but not limited to Stanford University, Palo Alto University, local high schools and middle schools, and hospital/medical settings. Other roles he has experience with are as an educator, consultant, assessment psychologist, assessment supervisor, primary/delegated clinical supervisor, mentor, and department technology and efficiency trainer. email: caseybrodhead@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Helen Shamis, LMFT
Helen has been licensed as a marriage family therapist since 2005. She has worked with children with learning differences including ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety and Depression for over twenty years, within the school system and in collaboration with their families. Helen has held clinical positions in public and private schools, non-profit organizations and community mental health programs. Working with transitional age youth is one of her specialities. Also, she has extensive experience with treating clients with eating disorders, and was Clinical Director of Beyond Hunger, a non-profit providing support groups for those in recovery. email: helenshamis@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Candice Turner, Psy.D.
Dr. Turner is a licensed psychologist who specializes in therapy and psychological assessments for children, adolescents, and adults. She is experienced in diagnosing and treating ADHD, Autism Spectrum, Oppositional Defiant, and mood disorders. Dr. Turner trained at the Child and Adolescent Support, Advocacy and Resource Center (CASARC) at UCSF supporting families dealing with severe trauma and is an Adjunct Faculty member at California Institute of Integral Studies. As the Assistant Clinical Director at San Diego Psychology Center, her clinical work focused on children and adolescents with behavioral, social, attention, oppositional, and mood issues. Her treatment approach for adolescents is integrative using behavioral strategies, CBT, and attachment theory. In collaboration with the patient, she strategizes on treatment goals aimed to reduce patient and family stress, build self-esteem and confidence, develop executive functioning skills, and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. email: candiceturner@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Max Farber, Psy.D.
Dr. Max Farber is a licensed clinical psychologist who helps foster positive change in people’s lives. He listens and co-creates therapy goals. Dr. Farber’s work often involves helping people to identify and live by the values that give their lives meaning and vitality, become more aware and accepting of emotions, worry less, problem solve with more flexibility, be more resilient to stress, change emotion driven behaviors to behavior choices that are more in line with core values, and to make new and enhance existing relationships, be they personal or professional. He feels that it is a tremendous privilege to help people in this way. He is politically liberal and queer positive. His education, training, and experience include a doctoral degree from the APA-accredited Wright Institute, predoctoral and postdoctoral residencies at Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek, and supervising student-clinicians at the Berkeley CBT Clinic. email: MaxFarber@bayareaadolescent.com |
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Antonia Servat, LMFT
Antonia is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than nine years’ experience providing therapy to children, youth, and families. Her education and training are in the areas of child and adolescent psychology, family therapy, play therapy, and intake and assessment. Antonia has a private practice in San Francisco. Antonia has worked extensively with children, families, parents, and couples and is experienced in the areas of anxiety, depression, behavioral issues, attachment, matters related to self-esteem, relationship challenges, and life transition issues. Antonia has provided Individual, Couples & Family Therapy services and has worked with clients aged 4 and up since 2010. Her approach is Strength-based, viewing clients as the experts in their own lives. Antonia utilizes CBT techniques for skill building and Play Therapy with children. In addition to direct client care, Antonia’s background lies in nonprofit leadership and program management. Antonia currently provides Clinical Supervision at North Marin Community Services, was the Director of Operations at Masonic Center for Youth and Families, and the Associate Director for the Youth Service Bureaus of the Y. She has managed and developed programs serving youth in need, created and run large scale intake departments, and has led training programs for developing therapists. email: AntoniaServat@bayareaadolescent.com |