Therapy

EvoLibri offers the following therapeutic services:

• Psychotherapy using CBT and EMDR and other therapeutic interventions:
  • Individual therapy for children, teens, adults, and their families
  • Group counseling/skills-based therapeutic classes for teens and adults
• Case Management:
  • When needed, we offer case management to help keep a client’s team on track with documented goals, and provide communication between professionals and the family.

Our therapists and case worker work with children, teens, young adults and their families:

• Angelique Bagley is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has extensive experience working with different types of clients and specializes in working with children, adolescents and young adults. Her experiences include working in school settings, private practice, agencies specializing in children and adolescents, and an outpatient hospital. She loves supervising the next generation of therapists. For many years, she has also helped to create the California licensing exams for marriage and family therapists. We are excited she is now on the EvoLibri team!
  

• Utana Baxter is a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT #120180), working under the supervision of Angelique Bagley, LMFT (MFC 37081). She joined EvoLibri in 2016 as a paraprofessional providing our clients with support in academics, independent living skills and job training. She recently earned her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University and now provides individual therapy services and co-facilitates our PEERS® social skills training and our Self & Sexuality program. Utana also has experience providing school-based therapy, and has many years of experience working with children and families in academic, sport, and childcare settings throughout the Bay Area. Utana values a holistic and collaborative approach in working with clients and aims to support clients in developing healthy and fulfilling lives.

• Cynthia Haartman is our Case Manager who is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. She has a background working 1:1 with clients, group settings, in residential care, and teaching Independent Living Skills. Working alongside Cynthia is Taz, her certified therapy dog.

• Rebecca Ochoa is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She received her B.S. in Psychology from Purdue University in Indiana, then earned her Master’s in Holistic Counseling at JFK University in San Jose, California in 2013. During her years in school and as an intern, she worked primarily with children and young adults. She also gained a focus during that time with children of all ages on the autism spectrum. Rebecca appreciates an eclectic approach to therapy and working with each individual based on the perspective that human beings are a mind, body, spirit collective. Her preferred tools include a mix of expressive arts, somatic awareness, psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), narrative therapy, process therapy and mindfulness. She has additional training in Buddhist psychology, Depth psychology and the Process Model. Additionally, she has a certification in iRest® meditative practice and Soul Collage® expressive arts practice.

• Lucia Thomas Olson  is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked for community agencies, Santa Clara County, and in private practice. She received her Masters in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University. She has worked with community college students, members of the LGBTQ population, adolescents and adults on the autism spectrum, and women with postpartum mood disorders.

• Caci Tassano  is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Caci studied Art History and Fine Arts at the American University of Paris and Parsons School of Design in Paris, France. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Media from Otis College of Art and Design. In 2013, Caci graduated from John F. Kennedy University with a Master’s in Counseling Psychology. Since completing his Master’s degree, Caci has been working as a therapist with families and youth in the Santa Clara County. Caci values therapy as a collaborative and creative process that is designed to make life more enjoyable.

As with all of our other offerings, our goal is to make the client feel welcomed, understood, and supported. We do not pathologize our clients, but rather work with them as individuals to help them understand and overcome their barriers to success — as they have defined it.

We will of course continue to work closely with a client’s existing team of experts, and will offer outside referrals for clients who request them, or who we feel might be better served by another clinician. But we are thrilled to be able to offer our clients the opportunity to be more fully-served in-house.

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