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Armstrong, PhD, MFTI Dr. Brooke Armstrong has long been fascinated by how the brain works and how we create our own experience. She conducted research at the Salk Institute and received her PhD in Neuroscience from UCSD. Her studies focused on how we integrate perception, memory and attention to understand the world around us. Dr. Armstrong is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern (#65349) who has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the Wright Institute and an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Stanford University. She was a Visiting Professor in the Psychology Department at UC Berkeley, and she has lectured at Stanford University, UCSD, and California College of the Arts. Most recently, she was invited to give a talk on the Neurobiology of Love at California Pacific Medical Center. Currently, Dr. Armstrong sees clients in a private practice in Hayes Valley, where she is employed and supervised by Robert Norgaard, LMFT #42553. She also runs DBT/CBT groups and teaches coping skills at UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. For two years, she provided counseling for individuals and couples at Haight Ashbury Psychological Services, where she helped people with relationships, health concerns, depression, career, creative expression, anxiety and stress. Her clients have worked through major transitions, discovered their strengths and overcome the obstacles in their lives. Dr. Armstrong provided suicide and grief counseling at Family Services Agency of Marin, art therapy at Conard House, and animal-assisted therapy for developmentally disabled children at St. Francis Elementary School. Along with her interest in brain science and psychology, Dr. Armstrong pursued a career in design. For many years, she worked as an interaction designer, and ultimately she specialized in design research and ethnography – studying people’s emotions, motivations and behaviors in order to provide practical design solutions to address their needs. Brooke holds two US patents, and she continues to design things, paint and make films. She also enjoys giving her standard poodle Lokita unusual and somewhat embarrassing haircuts. Lokita Mariposa Lokita is a non-shedding, hypoallergenic standard poodle who is available to work with clients. She received her Canine Good Citizenship award from the AKC, and she is a licensed therapy dog with San Francisco SPCA. |
Dr. Brooke Armstrong provides counseling and psychotherapy for anxiety, depression, creative block and relationships. Dr. Brooke Armstrong does couples counseling and marriage counseling, sex therapy and stress managment.
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Neuroscience • MA in Counseling Psychology
Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #65349 supervised by Robert Norgaard, LMFT #42553
Marriage & Family Therapist Intern #65349 supervised by Robert Norgaard, LMFT #42553