Clinical Staff

• About My Practice

• Professional Experience and Training

• Alana Kivowitz’s Practice

Andrea Starn’s Practice

Andrea Starn’s Website: Andreastarn.com

Naomi Muzac’s Practice

• Jasmine Teleki’s Website

This is a link to Dr. Teleki’s own website. 

Kelsey Schraufnagel, PsyD is a licensed psychologist (PSY27998).  Dr. Schraufnagel earned her PsyD in clinical psychology at the California School for Professional Psychology in San Diego. She completed an APA accredited internship, with an emphasis on crisis assessment and intervention, at the University of Colorado-Boulder’s Wardenburg Health Center in the department of Psychological Health and Psychiatry.

Rochelle I. Frank, PhD, Consulting Clinical Psychologist.  Rochelle I. Frank, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Oakland, CA with over 25 years of experience in inpatient, outpatient, and residential treatment settings. She received her doctorate at Syracuse University and completed her clinical training at Yale Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Frank specializes in evidence-based treatment of complex and co-occurring mood, anxiety, and trauma-related problems in adults and adolescents, as well as therapy for high-conflict couples and families. She has received post-doctoral training in cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, prolonged exposure, cognitive-behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy, and radically-open DBT. Dr. Frank provides consultation and training workshops, and holds faculty and supervisory appointments at the University of California, Berkeley, The Wright Institute, and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. She is an advisory board member and clinical consultant for the Oakland DBT and Mindfulness Center, and is a clinical advisor for Octave Health Group, a bicoastal state-of-the art behavioral health services consortium. She is co-author of The transdiagnostic road map to case formulation and treatment planning: Practical guidance for clinical decision making (Frank & Davidson, 2014; New Harbinger), and a contributing author to S. C. Hayes & S. G. Hofmann (Eds.), Beyond the DSM (2020, New Harbinger). She is a past-president of the Alameda County Psychological Association, and currently is a reviewer for the American Psychological Association (publication division) and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (conference division). In addition to enjoying time with her family, Dr. Frank is an avid golfer, and a frequent beta-tester of her clinical skills while skiing and mountain biking.

Alison Acerra MS, RDN is a nutrition and lifestyle coach who supports her clients on their path to building better energy and experiencing more joy and wellbeing in their lives through the nourishing power of food and holistic health practices. She takes a collaborative, client-centered approach to her work, guiding each individual on their own personal path towards achieving their health goals. Alison brings 20 years of professional experience to her work with clients as well as her own personal experience in recovery from disordered eating and digestive and hormonal imbalances. She helps her clients in a variety of ways including building routines and strategies that sustain healthier behaviors and mindset as well as identifying and dismantling the limiting stories and beliefs that are preventing them from living a healthy, productive life.

Alison believes nourishing food is fundamental; not only one of life’s simple pleasures, but also a basic necessity and the foundation on which we may build rich, productive lives filled with joy and purpose. When she’s not supporting her clients, you can find Alison on the yoga mat, sipping wine, learning Italian, travelling to international places or cycling the hills of Marin County, CA where she lives. For more information visit her website, Strategic Nutrition Design.

Karen E. Kibler, MAAS, CHt. Yoga Therapist. Karen has a Masters degree in East West Psychology and is a certified Yoga Therapist and Ayurvedic Practitioner. She is in private practice in San Francisco and has worked with a number of patients at our clinic to help them meet both the physical and mood goals.

Robert Reiser, PhD, Consulting Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Reiser is a Beck Institute trained cognitive behavioral therapist and is certified by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He spent three years in a national VA CBT training program as a clinical consultant and 8 years as director of a traning clinic at Palo Alto University, where he supervised doctoral level psychology students who were interested in learning about cognitive behavioral therapy approaches that are effective for patients with mood disorders. He is the author of Bipolar Disorder (Advances in Psychotherapy – Evidence Based Practice).

Sabine Haake M.A.R.D. has a B.S. in Nutritional Science and Clinical Dietetics with advanced specialty training in Eating Disorders from U.C. Berkeley. She worked for the last 24 years in companies like Kaiser, New Dawn ED Recovery Center, La Ventana and CPMC with individuals and groups to facilitate normalized eating and to manage stressors during the recovery process from an eating disorders in a non-judgmental manner. She has successfully implemented the modified Maudsley method for teenage clients and their families and publicly speaks to local school communities about a non-dieting approach to prevent childhood obesity and body image crisis in our society. She is a member of the American Dietetics Association and the Academy of Eating Disorders.

Vandana Aspen , PhD, clinical psychologist received her PhD from Washington University in Saint Louis Missouri. She completed her clinical internship at UCSD/VA. and her post-doctoral training at Stanford University. She treats eating, mood anxiety and sleep related disorders with individuals across the life span. She uses empirically supported approaches including CBT, ACT and DBT. Her primary expertise is in treating eating disorders. Her practice is in Pleasanton and more info can be found at www.draspen.com

Chris Restivo, MFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (# 103275) who has focused the entirety of his career working with severe and persistent mental illness (e.g. psychosis, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance use) through the use of EBPs (Evidence-Based Practices) blended with a humanistic approach. He received his B.A.in psychology from University of California, Berkeley, and his M.A. from California Institute of Integral Studies(CIIS).