Tanya Erazo

Dr. Tanya Erazo is an adjunct professor at the San Francisco campus. As a woman of color and child of immigrants, her experiences have cultivated her interests in the health and safety of people of color and other oppressed groups. She has dedicated over a decade’s worth of work to serving marginalized communities (like women of color, LGBTQ+ persons, incarcerated peoples, and intersectional identities) – adding their voices to her clinical and empirical contributions to the field of psychology.

As an award-winning psychologist as well as the CEO of Liberate Psychological & Consultation Services, Dr. Tanya Erazo credits her upbringing in compelling her to continue selecting research, clinical, and professional projects that serve non-dominant groups. And she is also really funny – which this brief bio didn’t let her highlight – and now she feels self-conscious about it.

• Clinical psychology
• Forensic psychology
• Psychological assessment
• Pedagogy

• Psychological trauma (including but not limited to: complex trauma, migration-related trauma, identity-related trauma)
• Behavioral health impacts of oppression and discrimination 
• BIPOC mental health
• Microaggressions
• Conflict resolution

• PhD in Clinical Psychology, Concentration in Forensic Psychology
• MPhil in Clinical Psychology
• MA in Forensic Psychology
• MA in General Psychology, Concentration in Mental Health & Substance Abuse Counseling
• BA in Law & Society

• Chief Executive Officer, Liberate Psychological & Consultation Services, Inc.
• Adjunct Professor in Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

• American Psychological Association (APA), Committee for Global Psychology: Elected Committee Member, 2026-2028 Term
• Society of Indian (Native) Psychologists (SIP): Honored Early Career Member, 2025
• APA, Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women), Section 4 (Sexual and Gender Diversity): Early Career Pedagogy Award, 2023
• National Register of Health Service Psychologists and National Register Scholarship Fund: Early Career Psychologist Credentialing Scholarship, 2023
• APA Women's Programs Office & Office of Socioeconomic Status: Distinguished Speaker for Social and Economic Justice for Women in the Service Sector, 2018

• Erazo, T. (in print). A journey through the obsidian blade and crystal pyramid: A participant observation study of psychological healing aided by Pipil community, cosmovisión, and traditional practices. Special Issue of Women & Therapy: Authentically Native and Striving to Thrive.
• Hubbard, A. A., London, M. J., Endsley, Jr., M., & Erazo, T. (2024). Race-based stress and trauma empowerment group. In J. Ruzek, M. Yalch, & K. Burkman (Eds.), Group approaches to treating traumatic stress (pp. 191-208). The Guilford Press.
• Nadal, K. L., Erazo, T., & King, R. (2019). Challenging definitions of psychological trauma: The influence of racial microaggressions on traumatic stress. Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 11, 2-16.
• Erazo, T. (2018). Migration-related trauma and the UN's response. Psychology International, 29(7).
• Nadal, K. L., Davidoff, K. C., Allicock, N., Serpe, S., & Erazo, T. (2017). Perceptions of police, racial profiling, and psychological consequences for communities of color: A mixed methodological study. Journal of Social Issues, 73(4), 808-830.