Welcome

My name is Jordan Gonzales, and I am a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #122870) and a nationally Registered Art Therapist (ATR#19-131).

My experience includes working with individuals with anxiety, depression, PTSD, neurodiversity, and other challenges related to life transitions and trauma across the lifespan. I primarily utilize art therapy treatment with a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approach. Both treatments are evidenced-based and paired with neuro-informed and culturally humble lens.

In addition to being licensed and practiced in traditional talk therapy, I also value and offer options for alternative processing through the visual creative process. Artmaking, the process and the product, is another form of communication that we are all fluent in. Engaging in the art therapy process provides distinct benefits to the mind, body, and spirit compared to traditional talk therapy alone. No art skills are required for this method of healing.

In addition to my clinical work, I serve as adjunct faculty at Dominican University of California in the Art Therapy Psychology department. I also lecture at Sonoma State University in the psychology department. My passion for teaching and training stems from a deep curiosity and excitement to explore and contribute to the frontiers of knowledge in art therapy and psychology . Click here to learn a bit more about me.