Jennifer Tai, MSW, ASW

Counselor Faculty

Licensure/Certifications:

  • Associate Clinical Social Worker Registrant, ASW 111553
  • Supervised by Dr. Kathy Lee, PSY 18989

Academic Training:

  • Master of Social Work with Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC), San José State University (2022)

Internships:

  • Masters of Social Work (MSW) internship at Pivotal August 2020 to May 2021
  • Masters of Social Work (MSW) internship at Andrew Hill High School Emotional Disability (ED) program (school social work) August 2021 to May 2022
  • 2 years Post-MSW clinical fellowship at UC Berkeley Student Mental Health: Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and Social Services Units July 2022 to July 2024

Professional Affiliations:

  • National Association of Social Work

Areas of Special Interests:

  • Current foster youth and former foster youth identities
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Holistic care
  • Strengths-based therapy
  • Social justice
  • Intimate partner violence and sexual assault
  • Intersectionality
  • API/Asian American identity
  • Grief/loss counseling
  • Women of color's mental health and healing
  • PTSD
  • Anxiety and depression disorders
  • Chronic health conditions
  • Life transitions
  • Socio-emotional skills building
  • Childhood trauma
  • Disordered eating
  • Alcohol and drugs counseling
  • Pregnancy counseling

Theoretical Orientation:

  • Trauma-informed
  • Narrative therapy
  • Social justice oriented
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Holistic care and collaborative approach
  • Trauma informed CBT
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Strengths-based therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)
  • Systems theory
  • Humanistic and person-centered therapy
  • Attachment theory
  • Art therapy 

Other Information:

  • My identities: I am a former foster youth and a first-generation Asian American.