Latino Mental Health Concentration

Latino Mental Health Faculty

Albert “Al” Munoz-Flores, PsyD,is a Core Faculty member and the Director of Clinical Training in the Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology Program. Dr. Munoz-Flores also oversees the program’s Latino Mental Health Concentration and is adjunct faculty in the Doctor of Clinical Psychology Program. He holds a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Forensics from the Phillips Graduate Institute in Encino, California.

Dr. Munoz-Flores has completed an APA Certified Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology from Casa Pacifica Residential Treatment Center in Camarillo. During his predoctoral internship, Dr. Munoz-Flores treated children and adolescents who were diagnosed with a severe emotional disturbance. Dr. Munoz-Flores also completed advanced studies in chemical addiction and crisis evaluation at Tarzana Treatment Centers. Before joining the AUSB faculty, Dr. Munoz-Flores worked as a school-based, and crisis staff therapist at Child & Family Center in Santa Clarita, California. Dr. Munoz-Flores is bicultural and bilingual in Spanish, and his primary clinical interest is in working with Latino families to strengthen their parenting skills.

Dr. Munoz-Flores is the Host of the Central Coast Region of the California Marriage and Family Consortium. He also serves as a member of the Leadership Collaborative of the California Marriage and Family Therapy Consortium.

Mariela Marin, MFT, earned her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Santa Barbara in 2005. She currently serves as Co-Director at Community Counseling and Education Center allowing her the opportunity to work not only with the community, but also with talented trainees and interns. She has previously worked with other area non-profits serving abused and neglected children and the LGBTQ community. Mariela's strong interest in the area of multicultural competence and is dedicated to combating power, oppression and privilege through the empowerment of her clients and students.

Salvador D. Treviño, PhD, earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, his MA in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and his BA in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Treviño has taught graduate level professional psychology for 13 years and lectures extensively on the theory and practice of family/couples therapy, child and adolescent psychology, character disorders, clinical skills development, Latino mental health, and psychoanalytic therapy. His additional interests are in the areas of mental health and special education, and mental health and juvenile justice. Dr. Treviño is dedicated to the advancement of community mental health and to increasing the pool of well qualified Latino professional psychologists. Dr. Treviño is a full clinical member of the American Psychological Association, the California Psychological Association, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Dr. Treviño is licensed as a marriage and family therapist in California since 1986.

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