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Education & Training

Advanced Trainings (selected)

  • Somatic Experiencing

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Predoctoral Internship, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System

  • Specialized rotations in Women’s Trauma Recovery and Behavioral Medicine (Oncology, Pain Clinic)

PhD Clinical Psychology (expected August 2026),University of North Carolina-Greensboro

  • Clinical experience with chronic pain and illness, eating disorders, and disorders of gut-brain interaction

  • Dissertation research in Hispanic Women’s Body Ideals and the Role of Culture

Jessica Garcia, PhD

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Jessica is a Licensed Psychologist Associate and Postdoctoral Fellow at MBTW. She specializes in the intersection between trauma, attachment, and emotional and physical health. She takes an integrative, holistic, relational, somatic trauma-informed, and culturally-sensitive approach. She aims to empower her clients to build self-confidence and holistic health while reducing the impact of anxiety, hypervigilance, stuckness, and the impact of chronic stress on their body.

Jessica works with clients experiencing:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Trauma, PTSD, and Complex PTSD

  • Perinatal and Postpartum support

  • Interpersonal issues and relationships

  • Body image concerns

  • Disordered eating

  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBS), functional GI disorders (FGIDs) or disorders of gut-brain interaction

  • Chronic illness, cancer and other medical issues

Jessica received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from University of North Carolina- Greensboro and completed her Pre-doctoral Internship at Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, specializing in women’s trauma recovery and behavioral medicine (chronic pain, oncology).