Alison Cerezo, Ph.D.

Founder and Consultant

(they/them, she/her)

Alison Cerezo, Ph.D., founded Healing Space in 2020 and served as its founding director through 2023. They are a licensed psychologist, a faculty member in UCSB’s Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology doctoral program and a consultant to Kindred. They completed their doctoral training in counseling psychology at the University of Oregon, their predoctoral internship at UC San Diego Counseling and Psychological Services and their postdoctoral training at the Psychological Services Center in Oakland. Alison has provided clinical services to individuals, couples and families in community clinics, university counseling centers and K-12 settings.

Their research and clinical work center on the links between stress, trauma, mental health and substance use in communities that have faced interpersonal and structural barriers. Alison also maintains a private practice where she serves BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.