Board Member Bio
Liliana is a licensed clinician who first joined SCV-CAMFT in 2015 as a pre-licensed member. Her pronouns are she, her, ella. She earned her master’s degree from Santa Clara University in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on health in 2018 and was licensed in 2020. Liliana has served as Director at Large for the past year and a half; helping the President in various projects. Now she is pleased to serve you as your Chapter’s President. Liliana has her own private practice in Milpitas, where she works with adults, couples and children who are experiencing trauma, anxiety, or relationship issues. She draws from psychodynamic, IFS, and EMDR techniques while using a multicultural lenses. For couples she uses the Couple's Institute Developmental Model and Gottman models. She uses a combination of CBT and Play therapy with children and has taken various classes on gender affirming care. She is a bilingual, LGBTQ+ affirming, and culturally affirming therapist. She uses her language skills when working with LatinX clients and when volunteering with RIWW to complete immigration evaluations. As a retired military veteran and immigrant, she enjoys working with veterans and immigrants. She also enjoys spending time with her family and friends, creating family videos, hiking, baking, and reading.
