about

EDUCATION and training

Meredith’s path began with working in the HIV/AIDS field and she was guided toward the field of social work and public health. Meredith first earned her Master of Social Welfare in 2007 and continued on for another year to complete her Master of Public Health in 2008, both from the University of California, Berkeley. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2012 (License # LCS 29015), she spent over a decade working with young people, first as a clinical social worker in the Oakland and San Francisco Unified School Districts and later as a psychotherapist at Sonoma State University. It was during her early days as a social worker, in 2008, that Meredith sat her first silent meditation retreat and has continued to sit several retreats a year and study Buddhist philosophy. Her meditation practice and connection to mindfulness led her to be trained in Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy in 2018, at which time she was encouraged to open her own private practice and work individually with teens and adults. With her passion for the environment and knowing nature as a healer and teacher, she became certified as an Ecotherapist in 2020 through Holos Institute and furthered her training as a Wilderness Rites of Passage Guide, completing the Somatic Ecopsychology and Wilderness Quest Apprenticeship with Wilderness Reflections in 2022. Meredith continues to seek training and expand her skillset, most recently becoming a certified California Naturalist in 2022 and Climate Steward in 2023.