About Gail

Gail Caulfield is passionate about her work as a psychotherapist.  Since 1995 she has been practicing Art Therapy and Psychotherapy to  help people re-connect to their authentic selves. With her guidance they heal their, often traumatic, emotional injuries at their very root, which then transforms their current distressing symptoms. Both she and her clients are repeatedly awed by the wisdom and intelligence of the imagination in pointing the way to integration and well-being. Gail draws on her training in family systems, self psychology, contemporary psychoanalytic approaches, cognitive/behavioral therapy, Art Therapy, Mindfulness Meditation and EMDR. Her choice of approach depends on the best fit for each client.

Her qualifications include:

• CA license in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFC 36874) since 2000.  (www.bbs.ca.gov)
• Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher through The Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley since 2021.
• Trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) by Jay Earley, PhD, 2016-2018, IFS Continuity Program, 2017-2018.
• Board Certified Art Therapist by the American Art Therapy Association since 2003 (www.arttherapy.org)
• Certified EMDR Practitioner by EMDRIA since 2004 (www.emdria.org)
• Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis North, post-licensure training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, 2000
• M.A. from Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA with specializations in Marriage and Family Therapy, and Art Therapy, 1995
• M.A. from San Francisco State University with emphasis in Ceramic Art, 1980
• Over 30 years practice in Vipassana Meditation (www.spiritrock.org)
• Over 20 years as a professional studio artist with extensive experience as a college art instructor.
• Student in the Diamond Heart Approach from 2009 to 2018

Through personal experience and in her clinical work with individuals and families over the past fifteen years, she knows the deep pain and suffering that comes from growing up in unhappy families that didn’t know how to change.  She has seen the effectiveness of Art Therapy, EMDR, and Mindfulness Training in reversing and transforming the debilitating side effects of unresolved traumas and early childhood attachment injuries.

Gail finds great joy in guiding clients as they clear away the barriers on the pathways to inner wisdom, creativity, and well-being.  As these internal connections grow stronger, they experience more fulfilling relationships in all areas of their lives, find more meaning and satisfaction in their work, and become more authentic human beings.