Mental Health Services

Cybele’s daily motivation is to cultivate affirming and inclusive spaces for authentic connection, compassion and wellness.  Bringing her experience as a licensed mental health clinician (LMFT), with gender-affirming clinical care training from leading organizations, such as WPATH, Fenway Institute, PAU’s LGBTQ+ Clinical Academy, Yale’s LGBTQ+ Affirming CBT Model and Family Acceptance Project to TDC, Cybele guides the success of our mental health program of goal-oriented trauma-informed LGBTQ+ affirming mental health program. TDC has expanded mental health service capacity by bringing on supervised field-placement counseling Trainees and Associates who are our county’s next generation of gender-affirming clinicians. Cybele advocates, through education with healthcare settings, on the incredible life-saving power of having affirming and accessible practices, like gender-neutral bathrooms and LGBTQ+ inclusive customer paperwork.

Martha is a queer therapist, who is passionate about providing culturally competent, neurodivergent inclusive, and trauma informed mental health care to our local community. They were drawn to joining the Diversity Center’s clinical team due to the unique opportunity to serve solely LGBTQIA+ clients in an intentionally affirming and welcoming environment. By joining the team, they seek to expand access to clinical services, and aid in training graduate student therapists to provide quality inclusive care. In session, Martha frequently uses somatic skills, humor, and art therapy to help clients reach their goals. They believe in the power of therapy to facilitate growth of self compassion and autonomy for a wide range of people.  

MacKenzie is a graduate student at Palo Alto University working towards a clinical mental health counseling degree. She is pursuing a Marriage and Family Therapy license as well as a Professional Clinical Counselor license. She is passionate about supporting the lives of others through mental health therapy and social advocacy. MacKenzie is active in the community for LGBTQIA+ safety and equity, environmental restoration, reproductive rights, and Black and Brown Lives Matter. MacKenzie is a queer counselor who likes to use person-centered therapy along with feminist theory, and somatic exercises. Her goal is to create a safe, non-judgmental, empathetic space where clients feel heard, valued, and hopeful. She spends her time outside of the office with friends, family and her pets. She loves to be outdoors, to go for a long walk or hike, to be a part of community yoga, to learn a new craft, and to bake a new recipe.

Item descripKim is a graduate student pursuing an MA at Santa Clara University in the dual MFT/LPCC track with a concentration in LGBTQ+ counseling. As a member of the QTPOC community, she is dedicated to fostering her therapeutic skills to best support clients in exploring sexuality, gender, gender expression, and beyond. She is interested in the intersectionalities between sexual orientation, gender identity, racial background, and culture, and they impact queer people who have been pushed to the margins. Kim is curious, empathetic, (funny on occasion), and centered around holistic health. 

Kim likes to be in nature when possible, especially by the cliffs of West Cliff in Santa Cruz, writing poems and listening to vibey music or the crash of the waves. She also enjoys reality TV, horror films, and baseball. She values moments and experiences with family and friends that make her feel most alive and connected.