Mona Tahsini (she her)

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #49806

ABOUT MONA

Mona Tahsini is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience working with youth and families. She has worked in clinical and leadership roles for community-based agencies providing intensive services to youth and families in various settings, including Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS), Wraparound services, and Mobile Crisis.

Mona joined Teen Therapy Center in 2011 as a therapist. As an in-office therapist, she saw that teens and families often had difficulty implementing interventions and strategies in day-to-day life when faced with challenges. In 2014, Mona started Teen Therapy Center’s In-Home Coaching Program as an opportunity for teens and families to get support and practice skills in real-time at home and in the community. Mona is the Director of the In-Home Coaching Program and oversees the program.

Mona is not taking clients currently.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Education:

  • Advanced training in behavior modification

  • Certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Work Experience: 

  • Therapist at Teen Therapy Center (formerly Los Gatos Teen Therapy) (2011-present)

  • Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor for the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Public Health at Juvenile Hall (2007-present)

  • Working with teens, families and community support services since 1999 to provide individual, family and group therapy, clinical assessments, strength-based and community based mental health services, crisis intervention and parent coaching

  • Facilitated Aggression Replacement Training (ART) groups with teens to teach positive anger management and social skills (2007-present)

  • Worked with children, teens and families at EMQ Children and Family Services (2002-2006) in a variety of programs and positions including Family Facilitator in Program Uplift (Wraparound Services), Mobile Crisis Clinician for the Adolescent Mobile Crisis Program, and Behavioral Specialist with Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS).