About
Sam Jinich, PhD
Sam holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University’s Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, and a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Pepperdine University. He did his predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Sam has experience teaching at the university level both as an adjunct faculty at Alliant International University (formerly known as the California School of Professional Psychology), and at San Diego State University, and as a guest lecturer at the University of San Francisco, The University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, and at College of Notre Dame. He is past president of the San Francisco Psychological Association and a former chapter representative to the Board of Directors of the California Psychological Association. Sam is one of the founders of the Northern California Community for EFT (NCCEFT), which is affiliated with the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). Sam is bicultural and fluent in Spanish. He offers therapy, trainings and consultation to therapists and organizations in English and Spanish.