Dr. Deborah Gioia-Hasick

Dr. Deborah Gioia-Hasick, LCSW, MD, LCSW-C, brings 37 years of clinical and teaching work to her practice. She earned an MSW in 1981, completed clinical licensure a couple of years later, and finished a PhD in 2000. Since 2001 she has combined direct clinical roles with instructing Master's and PhD students in evidence-based interventions.

Her early clinical focus was with teens, young and emerging adults, including an 18-year period working with young adults with schizophrenia and their family supports. During that time she led multi-family groups and skill-building sessions that emphasized psychosocial education, symptom management, communication rebuilding, and cognitive skills training. She also completed a year of training in sexual health and sex therapy interventions at UCLA and provided couples counseling through that program.

Training and teaching inform her selection of approaches, which include client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic perspectives. She has a sustained interest in vocational identity for young adults and has pursued recent training in climate-focused trauma and resiliency, reflecting an openness to work with people facing climate-related concerns in California.