Meet Dr. Ritchie Rubio!
Dr. Ritchie Rubio is currently the Director of Practice Improvement and Analytics at the Children, Youth, and Families System of Care (CYFSOC) Behavioral Health Services (BHS) at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). In that role, he plans and coordinates a clinical practice improvement and research/evaluation program focused on identifying best evidence-based and culturally-relevant practices for the CYFSOC. He is also an adjunct Associate Professor at the Counseling Psychology program of the Wright Institute in Berkeley. He teaches courses in child and adolescent counseling; psychological assessment; research and statistics; crisis intervention; and trauma therapy.
For the past 20 years, he has worked as a clinical child psychologist, play and expressive art therapist, researcher, program evaluator, statistical consultant, and assistant professor/lecturer in a variety of clinical and academic settings including universities, pediatric hospitals, community mental health settings, schools, and research institutes in three countries: Philippines, U.S.A., and New Zealand. He completed his PhD in Clinical Psychology with a Child and Family emphasis from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) in San Francisco. He was born and raised in the Philippines and immigrated to the U.S. more than a decade ago to pursue his doctorate through a Ford Foundation International Fellowship. His clinical work was primarily with immigrant and multicultural children and their families. As for research interests, he explores global gender roles, therapy strategies that blend Eastern and Western paradigms, culture-specific worldviews, and diversity initiatives.
Dr. Rubio prepares to teach an assessment course where he integrates the use of play and sandtray therapy.
You can reach Dr. Rubio by contacting him at ritchie.rubio@sfdph.org!
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