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Elizabeth Chavez, MS, MFT
Elizabeth is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 12 years
experience working with individuals who have chronic mental illness.
She has worked with children, adolescents, adults and families
using psychotherapy, and has worked extensively with domestic
violence. As part of the Círculo de Vida staff, she runs a group
for children ages 6-8 whose family has been impacted by a cancer
diagnosis, and provides individual and family therapy to Círculo
clients. In addition to her work with Circulo, Ms. Chavez works for
Mission Mental Health (MMH), an outpatient behavioral health clinic
with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Ms. Chavez
has worked with the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy program at
MMH since the service began there in 2003. Ms. Chavez is also
in private practice in San Francisco where she sees low income
clients referred by the San Francisco City and County Private
Provider Network and the Foster Care system. These clients are
often impacted by histories of abuse, neglect and other traumas.
Ana Estrada, Peer Support Counselor
Ana Estrada has over ten years of experience providing Spanish-language support to
Latinas living with cancer. She also conducts home and hospital visits
to Latinos too ill to attend a support group and to those in the terminal
phase of their illness. She facilitates the young mothers support group.
Ms. Estrada was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 at the age of 29.
Maria Rubio, Peer Support Counselor
Maria Rubio has over nine years of experience providing Spanish-language
support to Latinas living with cancer. She conducts home and hospital
visits to Latinas unable to attend a support group and to those in
the terminal phase of their illness. She also facilitates a mix-aged women’s
support group. Ms. Rubio was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996 at the age of 46.
Florida Barillas, Peer Support Counselor
Florida Barillas has over five years experience providing Spanish-language support to Latinas
living with cancer. She conducts home and hospital visits to Latinas of all ages.
Ms. Barillas also worked for the Family Developmental Center where she assisted teachers in their work with children.
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