Leah Oliver(She/Her/Hers)

Dr. Leah Oliver is a licensed psychologist. She earned her doctorate from California Institute of Integral Studies in 2017. Dr. Oliver completed her pre-doctoral training working with children, adolescents, adults, and families at Ann Martin Center in Oakland California. She completed her postdoctoral training from California College of the Arts (CCA), where she currently serves as a psychotherapist and administrator of the Counseling department. At CCA, Dr. Oliver works with students in individual therapy sessions, as well as staff and faculty to provide consultation, workshops, and psychoeducational training to support them in their roles supporting students.

Dr. Oliver has worked with different local community groups to develop and provide workshops to assist organizations in thinking critically about self-care practices, as well as offering trainings in social-justice, liberatory methods for providers caring for those most vulnerable in our society. Organizations include: Night Ministry; Bridge Live Arts; and East bay meditation Center (EBMC), among others. Dr. Oliver co-founded The Multi-racial Deep Refuge Group at EBMC in 2013.

Dr. Oliver works with a diverse clientele and specializes in providing culturally responsive and identity-affirming psychotherapy. Dr.Oliver works with adults in individual and group settings, as well as teens 16+, and has experience working with first generation and international undergraduate and graduate students, as well as artists, educators, and professionals. She holds particular insights into working with those that have been through chronic relational trauma, as well as those that have grown up in families where parental drug and alcohol addiction was ever present.