about Mallika
For over 20 years, I have pursued knowledge, freedom and a deeper understanding of myself. I am a seeker. This has come through a variety of educational, personal and collective experiences, including: therapy, expressive and visual arts, yoga philosophy and practice, family and motherhood. I am here and dedicated to my own liberation and collective transformation.
I have in these processes, I have held both a designated leader role (private practice therapist, group facilitator, stage performer and director, parent educator, mother) and also the one being guided (therapy client, daughter, spiritual seeker, group member, student). In both of these types of engagement, I have found immense value in cultivating curiosity; toward both my internal experience and that of the external, someone else or collective.
I highly value all relationships in my life, including my husband, my daughters, friends, family and clients; I also deeply tend my relationships with the earth, plants, and the Divine. I find the most healing experiences of my life happen when I feel witnessed, connected and curious about what is happening.
My dharma, my deepest desire, is to create these types of transformative spaces for myself and others.
Credentials, Trainings and Experience
2022 to present - SCT training and group participation with Bonnie MacBride, LMFT
2022 - Group therapy training
2021 to present - Dagara African Divination initiation and study with Mark Bockley
2020 to present - Yoga Philosophy study, daily meditation and asana practice with Kaya Mindlin
2019 - Ritual training and Ancestral Healing course with Daniel Foor
2018 to 2019 - Created and facilitated Conscious Mothering groups and classes
2016 to 2020 - Private therapy practice in Berkeley and San Francisco
2016 - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, CA#97541
2013 to 2020 - Personal individual therapy and couples therapy
2013 to 2018 - Resources for Infant Educarers training and mentorship
2013 to 2016 - Associate Marriage and Family Therapist at The Marina Counseling Center, SF
2010 to 2013 - Therapy Intern working with children and families in Burbank, CA
2011 - Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University LA
2003 to 2009 - Acting training at Playhouse West Los Angeles
2003 - Bachelor of Arts in Drama at SUNY Buffalo
2000 - Youth Yoga Retreat, Mt. Madonna Center
Raised at Mt. Madonna Center under the guru Baba Hari Dass