Jennifer Chen

Dr. Jennifer Chen is a clinical psychologist, educator, and activist. She has a small private practice in Berkeley seeing adolescents and adults for individual therapy, utilizing CBT, EMDR, attachment theory, and trauma-informed approaches. She is currently an adjunct professor in the Clinical Psychology PsyD Program at USF and has taught classes on Evidenced Based Practices: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Practicum 2A and 2B. Dr. Chen is passionate about teaching and training new therapists, especially in helping them understand and utilize therapeutically the dynamics of the therapist-client relationship. Additionally, she consults and facilitates workshops for organizations and institutions that want to initiate change conversations on identity, privilege and power.

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Mindfulness-based interventions
• Trauma

• Asian American mental health
• Culturally responsive treatment
• Trauma

• PGSP - Stanford PsyD Consortium, PsyD in Clinical Psychology, 2013
• UC Berkeley, BA in Psychology, 2005
• UC Berkeley, BS in Business Administration, 2005

• Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco
• Clinical Manager, Asian Health Services
• Senior Psychologist, Manhattan Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Adjunct Professor, City University of New York  - Boston College