Dr. Aileen Fullchange
ABOUT DR. FULLCHANGE
Dr. Fullchange is a Taiwanese-American, multilingual, licensed psychologist (New York #025725-01; Texas #37995, Washington #TE61508480) with a credential through the National Register of Health Service Psychologists (HSP #73155) and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP #51456).
She received her Ph.D. in Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara through a prestigious Doctoral Scholars Fellowship award. She then completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the nonprofit Momentous Institute in Dallas, Texas where she became a staff psychologist and supervisor of doctoral and master's level psychology students. She has published book chapters, written articles, and presented on social-emotional health, trauma, burnout, empathy, resilience, race and anti-racism, and identity at the intersection of mental health and education.
She has worked with families in numerous capacities for almost 20 years as a former public school teacher and school leader in Oakland, California, an educational consultant in Title I schools nationwide, and now as a clinical psychologist, founder of Fullchange Therapy, and speaker.
Dr. Fullchange has a passion for empowering others to reach their fullest potentials by cultivating understanding of individual and collective strengths and resilience.
Dr. Fullchange speaks English and Spanish fluently and holds the following therapy certifications: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Web, Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200), 40-hour Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY) Certification, Levels I and II training Gottman Method Couples Therapy, EMDR-trained, and Somatic Experiencing (SE) Advanced Year. She also has training in Solution-Focused Brief Counseling, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Positive Family Psychology. She has held a California teaching credential since 2008 and a California school psychology credential since 2017.