Kindred Training Programs
Developing scientist-practitioners rooted in the ethics of love and care
Healing Space and ALMA are training clinics within UCSB’s APA-accredited doctoral program in counseling, clinical and school psychology. Trainees are supported through jegnaship, a mentor-elder relationship drawn from African diasporic traditions, in which guidance, accountability and presence flow in both directions and mentors walk with trainees as they grow into whole clinicians and people. Supervision is grounded in African-centered psychology, liberation psychology and Black feminist thought, and at ALMA, in curanderismo, Latin American liberation psychology and Chicana feminist thought.
Kindred Predoctoral Psychology Practicum
Doctoral students in UCSB’s counseling, clinical and school psychology program can train at Healing Space or ALMA through the Kindred practicum, seeing clients under licensed supervision. The training year includes weekly seminars, weekly group and individual supervision, a monthly gathering of the whole collective and a fall retreat.
Healing Space + ALMA Fellowships
Fellowships are open to students at different stages of their training. Fellows join our weekly seminars and monthly gatherings and lead community outreach or research projects.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Our postdoctoral fellowship is offered in partnership with the Gender Health Center in Sacramento, and fellows train and see clients at both sites.
Community Partnerships & Collective Learning
Each month, the full Kindred Collective gathers, and community partners are welcome at the table. Trainees learn from the communities they serve, and that learning shapes the work.
“We love you where you are, and you can’t stay there.” –Rev. Andriette Earl, Heart and Soul Center of Light
Leadership
Nolan T. Krueger, Ph.D. (he/him), Director
Malakai Coté, Ph.D. (he/they), Training Director and Staff Clinician, Healing Space
Ari Lozano, LMFT (they/them), Training Director, ALMA
Founding Director
