Brigitte Knight, LCSW, PPSC, Lic#27073

Bilingual Child, Teen, & Family Therapy | (415) 857-5911

Brigitte Knight is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has provided therapeutic services to children and families in San Francisco for over 20yrs. She specializes in treatment for children from three years old through adolescence, families, and adults, and uses a strengths-based approach.  Brigitte believes that through having a safe therapeutic relationship, one can process past and present challenges, and learn new ways to create lasting change towards health and healing.

Brigitte specializes in treating ADHD, anger management, anxiety, depression, divorce/separation, educational needs & learning differences, grief/loss, immigration issues, and trauma (PTSD). To address clients' individual needs she uses an array of modalities including art therapy, play therapy, sand tray, somatics (mind/body awareness) cognitive-behavioral strategies, and EMDR. In addition, she supports her clients by providing information, referral, and linkage to services in schools, with medical providers, and with specific services as needed.

Brigitte is bilingual in English and Spanish and has worked in the Latinx community in SF for the last 20yrs, and can offer knowledge of resources and services in SF that serve children, teens, and families. She believes the therapeutic process benefits people of all ages as it allows one a safe space to deepen their self-awareness and develop strategies to live in greater harmony, health, and wellness.

Donaji Lona

Somatic Practitioner & Teacher

Donaji Lona integrates her Biniza (Zapotec) indigenous ancestral legacy of interdependence, resilience, resistance, and community struggle into the organic transformation process and integrates politicized somatics in her work with clients. She has been a long-term community organizer for immigrant rights (POWER) and as a member of (National Domestic Workers Alliance). She brings her commitment to social justice to her politicized healing work. She’s been a teacher and practitioner in the field of somatics for over ten years. Her experience as the mother of two sons, one with Down syndrome (now an ancestor), has defined her vision of inclusion and care for life.

Faauuga Moliga-Puletasi

Therapist | Psychology Today | moligapuletasiyouthfamilytherapy.com

Faauuga has the extensive lived experience to offer his clients as he himself is a trauma survivor and a parent. His goal in therapy is to help individuals who are suffering, so they can find peace and happiness. He helps clients heal deep-rooted issues connected to family dysfunctions, unhealthy relationships, or societal expectations. He works on identifying triggers and unhealthy behaviors stemming from these experiences and uses EMDR and IFS to repair the harm it has done to the mind, body, and spirit. As he and his clients process traumatic feelings such as anxiety, fear, or sadness, he has seen clients manage their life stressors better. They begin to discover healthier ways to live and move away from self-destructive behaviors. Their self-awareness improves and individuals become more accountable to themselves and others.

Faauuga is bicultural (American Samoan), bilingual (Samoan/English) Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and passionate about helping individuals, youth, and their families. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and speaks fluent English and Samoan.

Holly Calica

Clinical Herbalist & H3 “I Feel Good” Practitioner

Holly Calica, Co-Founder of Luna Nueva Wellness Collective and Kalingafornia Laga, continues to bring her experience as an educator, artist, and herbalist to the San Francisco Bay Area. Her unique background as a Cultural Worker preserving Indigenous traditional knowledge, skills, and practices lends itself to participating in the revitalization of plant medicine and other cultural practices in our time. She revels in teaching all she has learned about plant medicine, self-massage bodywork, and spiritual healing with the community in order for the community to learn about self-care and self-healing. She has spent the last five years collaborating with others to provide holistic and integrated care in private practice, clinical work, and educational forums. Her current work is in mentoring community members in becoming herbalists for the well-being of all.

Jennifer Moran

Holistic Bodyworker, Doula, Placenta Encapsulation | (415) 254-1141 | mamadoulajoy@gmail.com 

Jennifer Moran is a holistic bodyworker who is committed to healing the world through individualized somatic understanding, building strong families and communities, and promoting health equity. Her studies of somatics, psychology and anthropology, special education, bodywork and energywork, integrative medicine, birthwork and end of life transition all give insight and contribute to the well-rounded approach she has in working with her clients. Jen also has strong spiritual practices that guide her and her path forward. Please visit her website to learn more about her work and to schedule a meeting:  www.mamadoulajoy.net

Jennifer Navarro-Marroquin

Holistic & Prosperity Coach | (908) 205-3918 | jnav@mac.com | www.claimingprosperity.com 

Jennifer is proud to have a practice that integrates two of her passions- Financial Education and Holistic Healing. She is a financial professional who helps individuals, families, & business owners to secure their financial futures. She also has an extensive background in the healing arts including: massage, aromatherapy, energy work, breathwork, & meditation. She feels very fortunate to have found a way to weave together her financial background, and her holistic arts background, to provide a unique service right here at Community Well.

Kathleen (Kat) Cabanayan

Licensed Acupuncturist & Health Educator | www.mahalyoga.com

Kathleen, "Kat," Cabanayan is a full-bred Filipino-American. She was born and raised in the now-extremely-expensive San Francisco Bay Area. Kat is a licensed acupuncturist and a certified yoga teacher with almost 500-hours of training. She aspires to fuse movement, herbalism (Halamang Gamot), and bodywork (acupuncture, and Hilot techniques) as a means for deep healing from trauma, community healing, and community building. With a master's degree in public health, Kat recognizes that the acknowledgment of our individual and communal experiences inform our individual and communal health. Understanding and respecting the experiences of various communities is vital for pinpointing appropriate healing and health interventions.

Laura Marina Perez

Certified Professional Midwife, Licensed Midwife | (415) 846-8950 | parterachalaca@gmail.com

Laura Marina Perez, CPM, LM is an honorary founding member in the conception of Community Well, and a local community midwife who works with new and growing families. Laura is also a member of the San Francisco Homebirth Collective. As an apprentice-trained midwife, she trusts women and trusts birth. Laura is also studying traditional healing known as curanderismo. Please contact Laura for your pregnancy, birth, and women's health needs.

Luis Marroquin

Facilitator & Artist | peacefulwarriorsmenscircle@gmail.com

Luis Marroquin is a facilitator for the Peaceful Warriors Men's Healing Circle. He has been facilitating men's circles for 4 years in East Oakland at Amor Eterno Arte, a Tattoo shop and community space. Luis has also co-facilitated men circles with his mentor and community elder Maestra Teresa Iñiguez-Flores, a curandera based out of San Francisco.

Luis does not consider himself a healer, in the sense that he can heal anyone, as he knows he can only support those who choose to heal themselves. Luis shares his personal healing journey and experiences that are rooted in spirituality to support other men dealing with trauma. He does this by creating a sacred and safe space that allows men to connect to their emotions, identity, and spirit. He believes that healing is a lifelong process of reclaiming the self-identity of what a “man” should be, not the toxic masculinity that has been imposed on men through social and cultural constructs. Healing and self-awareness is a process that requires patience, courage, support, and a lot of self-love.

Leah Chalofsky, LMFT #83622

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist | (415) 305-1228 | leah.chalofsky@gmail.com

Leah Chalofsky, MFT (LMFT #83622) is a licensed psychotherapist who provides therapy for adolescents and adults.  Leah has experience working with clients on many issues and focuses on reproductive and maternal health, anxiety, recovery from trauma, domestic violence, and adolescent challenges.  She provides a warm, supportive environment that allows clients to feel heard, while also challenging them to use their strengths to heal and grow.  She believes that by supporting people therapeutically, she can impact the community one person at a time. Please see her website for more information about her practice and approach: www.leahchalofsky.com

Regina Walterman

Regina is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #115712 and art therapist intern ATR-P, working under the supervision of Gwen Chiaramonte, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker #10937, and Amy Backos, a Licensed Psychologist #24943 and Registered Art Therapist #99191 for completion of her supervised MFT and art therapy hours. Regina graduated with honors from Notre Dame de Namur University with a Master’s of Arts Degree in Marriage Family Therapy and a Specialization in Art Therapy. She completed her undergraduate degree at San Francisco State University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Child Development.

Regina is an integrative and holistic therapist and art therapist and mainly pulls from therapeutic modalities of DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), mindfulness practices, somatic awareness, expressive arts, motivational interviewing, and also CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), attachment theory, trauma-informed care, strength-based, and structural family therapy. Regina strongly believes that every child, teen, and family is different, and one modality of therapy may work for one child, teen, or family, but not for another. Utilizing multiple modalities of therapy, while incorporating all of Regina’s previous work experiences allows her to be an effective therapist, active listener, and communicator, and empathetically meet her clients where they are at by attuning to their multifaceted needs for connection, awareness, processing, problem-solving, change, growth, discovery, healing, and wellbeing. For more information or to schedule, please see Campbell Teen and Family Therapy’s website: www.campbellteenfamilytherapy.com

Sabrina Belara

High School Teacher, Chef, & Food as Medicine Practitioner

Sabrina Belara, was born and raised in the SF Bay Area. She is a high school teacher and uses her 10 years of culinary experience in the classroom to build community and empower youth. She also holds private cooking classes and menu planning consultations for individuals looking for healthier, time-efficient recipes and strategies. She believes it is important to meet people wherever they are with their relationship to food so they can start and continue their personal healing journey by eating well to feel good.

Tereza Iñiguez Flores

Curandera, Holistic Life Coach, Teacher & Facilitator | terezalamorena@gmail.com | tierramorena.net

For over 30 years, Tereza Iñiguez Flores has combined Mesoamerican (Curanderismo) traditional healing practices with contemporary healing arts. Integrative and intuitive, her work transforms the lives of individuals, couples families, and communities seeking to find a healthier and meaningful life; they find the inner knowledge of their true essence they need and are given the tools to solve their pressing issues in their day to day lives as they invite transformation. Reviving the true essence of the whole person by alleviating conflict, Flores offers a unique style of life coaching that uses a holistic approach to healing trauma, physical discomfort, illness, disconnection, soul loss, and depression.  Giving them the freedom to weave a colorful tapestry of self-acceptance, expression, and connection with purpose. www.tierramorena.net