RtW’s History
This page is set up to acknowledge the four+ years that RtW functioned as a clinical training site in Santa Cruz in
Gender Affirming, Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders & Relationship Care
and to gratefully acknowledge the many people who have helped RtW be what it was, is and will be.
Some of the Fellows & Staff Trained at RtW:
In August 2018, Dr. Ashleigh Kramer-Walthall (she/her) became RtW’s first Fellow. Ashleigh engaged in her postdoctoral Fellowship entirely at RtW, under the clinical supervision of Dr. Susan Gulbe-Walsh (she/her), and under the training and clinical direction of Kat Zwick. Ashleigh completed her postdoc hours at RtW and achieved licensure as a Clinical Psychologist in August 2020. Ashleigh was predominantly trained in eating disorders and gender affirming care. She started her own private practice in November 2020. You can find her at completewithin.org.
In June 2019, River Ornellas (they/them) joined RtW and was supervised by Kat Zwick. They specialized in gender affirming care and received training and supervision in eating disorders and codependency and brought this training to their work with their clients. River completed their pre-licensure clinical hours in December 2021. River moved into private practice in February 2022, and you can find them at their private practice here. River remains in Kat’s consultation group focused on gender affirming, neurodiversity affirming and eating disorder care.
In June 2020, Whitney Heier (she/her) joined RtW as a pre-licensed employee under the supervision of Kat Zwick. After starting at RtW as an Interim Clinician covering clients for a staff member who was away, Whitney was then offered a position as an Eating Disorders & Family Therapy Fellow in August 2020 and in the Summer of 2021, Whitney began adding gender affirming care to her clinical work at RtW. Whitney successfully graduated from her Fellowship as a licensed clinician in April 2022 and is now working in her own private practice in Santa Cruz. You can find her here.
In September 2020, Dani Villalobos (all pronouns) became a Gender Affirming Care & Eating Disorders Fellow and was supervised by Kat Zwick. They specialized in gender affirming care for clients recovering from eating disorders, substance use disorders, and other co-occurring challenges at RtW. After they graduated from their Fellowship in September 2021, they went into private practice full time but remain on at RtW as an Assessment Specialist for incoming DBT clients. You can find them here at their private practice. Dani is also a member of Kat’s consultation group focused on gender affirming, neurodiversity affirming and eating disorder care.
In June 2021, Heather Freeman (she/her) became a part-time Gender Affirming Care, Eating Disorders and Yoga Therapy Fellow, supervised by Dr. Susan Gulbe Walsh. She also provided administrative, program development and marketing support to Kat Zwick while at RtW. Heather continued to work full-time at Stanford University’s YogaX program as its Manager.
Other contracted staff - without whom RtW would not have been possible! - were as follows:
-Ramon Mentor (he/him) - Interior Contractor for RtW’s offices - Summer 2018
-Rae Clements, BA (she/her) - Intake Coordinator & Administrative Assistant - August 2018- August 2020
-Lauren Reppy, MA, LMFT (she/her)- Interim Clinical Assessor - Dec 2018 - March 2019
-Kat Brown, RD (she/her) - Group Dietitian - Kat led two group series on Intuitive Eating at RtW - August 2018 - May 2019
-Laura Griffith Machado, PsyD (she/her) - Interim Clinical Assessor - Spring 2019
-Emilee Turbeville, AA (she/her) - Personal & Administrative Assistant to Executive Director Kat Zwick - March 2019 - August 2019; Admin & Billing Assistant December 2020 - April 2022
-Micah Hammond, MA, LPCC (she/her) - Gender Affirming & Eating Disorders Therapist & Interim On-Call Supervision - January 2020 - August 2020
Kat also appreciates and acknowledges the many consultants and specialists who worked with Kat and RtW staff over the years, including but not limited to:
-Desiree Adaway (she/her) - Anti-Racism at Work, Anti-Racism Consulting
-Geoff Ashmun, MA, LPCC (he/him) - Communications & Clinical Consulting
-Callum Bobb, MA (they/them) - Gender Affirming Workplace Practices
-Harper Cheaney, LMFT (they/them) - Gender Affirming Care Consultation & Interim Therapist
-Elizabeth Ehrenberg, LMFT (she/her) - Group & White Clinician Accountability Consultation
-Dana Farquhar, BA (she/her) - Business Consulting
-Ben Geilhufe, MA, LPCC (he/him) - Gender Affirming Care
-Finn Gratton, MA, LMFT (they/them) - Gender Affirming and Neurodivergent Affirming Care
-Jen Hastings, MD (no pronouns, Jen’s name) - Gender Affirming Care
-Dean Khambatta,LMFT (he/him) - Interim Gender Affirming Therapist
-Tracy Litzinger, JD (she/her) - Legal Consulting in Employment Law
-Anna Paganelli, MA, LMFT (she/they) - Employment Consulting
-Sorin Thomas, LPC (they/them) - Gender Affirming Management Practices
-Santa Cruz Gender Diversity Consultation Group