Tom Wooldridge, M.A., is a student at the American Professional School of Psychology at Argosy University in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he received his M.A. and plans to earn his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2011. Previously, he completed his undergraduate work at Brown University, receiving a B.A. in Philosophy.

Tom’s clinical training has thus far focused on families. He spent two years working with multi-stressed families at the Family Institute of Pinole. During that time, he completed the two-week summer intensive training in structural family therapy at the Minuchin Center for the Family. He was also certified as a Brief Strategic Family Therapy clinician. Currently, he is completing an advanced practicum with Berkeley Mental Health’s Mobile Crisis Team. In addition, he works as a Psychological Assistant for Dr. Deanna Reardon, where he provides low-fee psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families in the Bay Area.

Tom became a Student Member of AFTA in 2009. In addition to participating in the Next Generation Initiative Task Force, Tom has helped to set in motion the Student Committee, which seeks to recruit, retain, and integrate AFTA Student Members.