Dr. Menendez is a licensed psychologist and psychoanalyst who is proficient in both English and Spanish. She has extensive experience treating patients from various contexts, including couples, families, and young to elderly individuals. Her patients have sought therapy for a variety of issues, including anxiety, insomnia, addictions, and severe trauma. As a psychotherapist, Dr. Menendez recognizes that each individual is unique, but that certain demographic groups may struggle with similar problems. She has specialized training and years of experience working with depression, anxiety, interpersonal issues, loss and bereavement, chronic illness, trauma and abuse, addictions, the elderly, adolescents, the LGBT queer and questioning population, and the queer and questioning population.
Dr. Menendez's practice benefits from a plethora of specialized training and experience. As a psychoanalyst, she fulfilled the American Psychoanalytic Association's stringent requirements, which included extensive weekly supervision, personal psychoanalysis, and several years of experience treating patients four to five times per week. Additionally, she possesses a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
Dr. Menendez concluded her postdoctoral training in the inpatient adolescent male unit at Citrus Health Network in Miami, Florida. There, she cared for males between the ages of 10 and 17 who had endured severe neglect, trauma, and substance abuse. Dr. Menendez continued to provide mental health services to the homeless population of Miami and Miami Beach through the KIVA program after completing her post-doctoral training. She also served as the college mental health counselor at New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida.
In her San Francisco private practice, Dr. Menendez acquired expertise in treating individuals aged 20 to 75 with a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, difficulties with relationships, addictions, loss, social phobia, risky behaviors, impulsivity, and acculturation issues. She administered psychotherapy to both individuals and couples.
Dr. Menendez also worked at the Access Institute Psychoanalytic Geropsychology Program in San Francisco. She specialized in supporting elderly Latinas and Blacks with end-of-life worries, chronic illness, dementia, psychosis, delirium, caregiver fatigue, depressive disorders, and anxiety.
At the Women's Community Clinic in San Francisco, she received training in working with women experiencing emotional issues related to their reproductive health, such as those who had recently undergone an abortion, received a diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease, or experienced crisis intervention or sexual assault.
Dr. Menendez gained further experience and training at the Access Institute for Psychological Services, where she worked with individuals and couples feeling a wide range of difficulties, including anxiety, depression, bipolar illness, addictions, suicidality, loss of a loved one, infidelity, social phobia and other specific phobias, Obsessive Compulsive disorder, non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors, eating disorders, sexual orientation, and gender identity issues.
She received additional education at the Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco, where she worked with adults who suffered from serious illnesses such as terminal cancer, multiple sclerosis, diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy, Huntington's chorea, traumatic brain injury, and recent stroke victims.
Dr. Menendez worked with the lesbian, gay, transgender, and queer community in the Bay Area at San Francisco's New Leaf Clinical Services, where she gained experience working with LGBTQ+ individuals and couples. She assisted those struggling with the coming out process, alcohol and substance addictions, self-harm behaviors, disordered diets, impulsivity, prejudice, self-esteem issues, and relationship problems. In addition, she had formal training in providing psychotherapy to transgender individuals. At New Leaf Clinical Services in San Francisco, Dr. Menendez gained an appreciation for the unique experiences and challenges encountered by the LGBTQ+ community. This included an understanding of sexual orientation, gender identity, and the coming out process. New Leaf was a safe, inclusive, and identity-aware environment. This included utilizing language that is inclusive in all communications. She provided individual and group therapy at this location.
At Youth and Family Services of Solano County in Fairfield, California, Dr. Menendez assisted inmates with domestic violence, rape, loss, the foster system, child abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, impulsivity, PTSD, severe trauma, and antisocial behavior.
At Trinity Counseling and Training Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, she mainly treated children ages 5 to 10 with bedwetting, anxiety, acute fear, school phobia, selective mutism, parental divorce, and loss of caregiver.
Dr. Menendez's practice benefits from a plethora of specialized training and experience. As a psychoanalyst, she fulfilled the American Psychoanalytic Association's stringent requirements, which included extensive weekly supervision, personal psychoanalysis, and several years of experience treating patients four to five times per week. Additionally, she possesses a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
Dr. Menendez concluded her postdoctoral training in the inpatient adolescent male unit at Citrus Health Network in Miami, Florida. There, she cared for males between the ages of 10 and 17 who had endured severe neglect, trauma, and substance abuse. Dr. Menendez continued to provide mental health services to the homeless population of Miami and Miami Beach through the KIVA program after completing her post-doctoral training. She also served as the college mental health counselor at New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida.
In her San Francisco private practice, Dr. Menendez acquired expertise in treating individuals aged 20 to 75 with a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, difficulties with relationships, addictions, loss, social phobia, risky behaviors, impulsivity, and acculturation issues. She administered psychotherapy to both individuals and couples.
Dr. Menendez also worked at the Access Institute Psychoanalytic Geropsychology Program in San Francisco. She specialized in supporting elderly Latinas and Blacks with end-of-life worries, chronic illness, dementia, psychosis, delirium, caregiver fatigue, depressive disorders, and anxiety.
At the Women's Community Clinic in San Francisco, she received training in working with women experiencing emotional issues related to their reproductive health, such as those who had recently undergone an abortion, received a diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease, or experienced crisis intervention or sexual assault.
Dr. Menendez gained further experience and training at the Access Institute for Psychological Services, where she worked with individuals and couples feeling a wide range of difficulties, including anxiety, depression, bipolar illness, addictions, suicidality, loss of a loved one, infidelity, social phobia and other specific phobias, Obsessive Compulsive disorder, non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors, eating disorders, sexual orientation, and gender identity issues.
She received additional education at the Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco, where she worked with adults who suffered from serious illnesses such as terminal cancer, multiple sclerosis, diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy, Huntington's chorea, traumatic brain injury, and recent stroke victims.
Dr. Menendez worked with the lesbian, gay, transgender, and queer community in the Bay Area at San Francisco's New Leaf Clinical Services, where she gained experience working with LGBTQ+ individuals and couples. She assisted those struggling with the coming out process, alcohol and substance addictions, self-harm behaviors, disordered diets, impulsivity, prejudice, self-esteem issues, and relationship problems. In addition, she had formal training in providing psychotherapy to transgender individuals. At New Leaf Clinical Services in San Francisco, Dr. Menendez gained an appreciation for the unique experiences and challenges encountered by the LGBTQ+ community. This included an understanding of sexual orientation, gender identity, and the coming out process. New Leaf was a safe, inclusive, and identity-aware environment. This included utilizing language that is inclusive in all communications. She provided individual and group therapy at this location.
At Youth and Family Services of Solano County in Fairfield, California, Dr. Menendez assisted inmates with domestic violence, rape, loss, the foster system, child abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, impulsivity, PTSD, severe trauma, and antisocial behavior.
At Trinity Counseling and Training Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, she mainly treated children ages 5 to 10 with bedwetting, anxiety, acute fear, school phobia, selective mutism, parental divorce, and loss of caregiver.
