Melissa N. Van Kirk, PhD, MSW

Credentials

• Licensed in Oklahoma as a Health Services Psychologist
• Earned a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco
  
• Earned a Master's degree in Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley
  

Training

• Adult Services, Marin County Community Mental Health: individual therapy with adults with chronic mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
  

• Berkeley Therapy Institute: individual and couples therapy with adults and adolescents with depression and anxiety

• Family, Youth & Children’s Services, Berkeley Mental Health: individual therapy with children and adolescents with depression, anxiety and chronic mental illnesses

• Children’s Hospital Oakland: therapy, crisis services and referrals for children and families

Professional Experience

• Twelve years in independent private practice
  
• Four years on the faculty of University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Social Work
• Two years as a Mental Health Practitioner on the Clinical Case Management Team at Marin County Community Mental Health
• Two years as a Clinical Case Manager at Bridge Home, a group home for adolescent girls