Name

Ms. Eunice Ra, MA, MSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Current Specialties

• Sandplay Therapy
• Trauma healing and inner growth
• Cultural adjustment and identity issues
• Developmental issues
• Children, adolescents and young adults

Education & Professional Designations

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California)
• Master of Social Work (University of Southern California)
• Master of Arts (Seoul National University)
• Bachelor of Arts (Seoul National University)

Background & Career

Eunice was educated and trained as a psychotherapist both in Korea and in the United States. Her personal and professional experiences across the cultures motivated her to serve individuals of global citizenship and international groups. Eunice is a certified sandplay therapist whose ability to use symbols in a clinical process ensures clients' healing and growth within.

For the past 10 years, Eunice has worked in California, USA providing multicultural & multiracial populations with culturally competent mental health services.  She has done extensive work with immigrant families and children, expatriates, international students, interracial couples, and biracial/multiracial individuals. Besides  doing conventional counseling and consulting, she was actively involved in community psycho-education, crisis intervention, debriefing services and preventive work in collaboration with school districts, churches, and law enforcement as a response to a variety of crises. As a clinical supervisor, Eunice also supervised a number of junior clinicians and graduate students. She led supervision groups and presented sandplay in professional circles.

As an Associate of Adaptable Human Solutions Eunice currently provides consulting and counseling services to individuals, couples and families of diverse cultural backgrounds. She offers bilingual services to families with Korean speaking parents but English speaking children. Eunice specializes in working with children and adolescents who have experienced emotional adjustment difficulties, trauma, developmental issues, life transitions or loss. She loves utilizing expressive art therapy techniques including sandplay therapy, dream work and storytelling.