Meet the FITT Team

Nichole Bond is a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee with over ten years of experience working with families in her capacity as a teacher and Head of School for GATE Academy. At GATE Academy, Nichole teaches and counsels gifted and twice-exceptional school-aged and pre-teen children—and their parents—supporting their academic and social development through inquiry-based learning.

 

Nichole also holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, which provided her with valuable experience mentoring teens and young adults in both classroom and laboratory settings. Nichole is delighted to offer her experience with parents and children as a support to the families of Marin Foster Care.

Grey Cunningham is a licensed clinical social worker who has supported families in the Bay Area for over 14 years. They specialize in Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health, working with children and families who have experienced separation, system involvement and complex trauma. Grey is trained in Infant Parent Psychotherapy and certified in Child Parent Psychotherapy through UCSF’s Child Trauma Research Program.

 

In addition to psychotherapy, Grey provides supervision, training and consultation to inform best practices with infants and young children in the child welfare system. Grey dedicates their work to supporting families of all constellations to be together and thrive.

Adrián Hernandez is a Spanish speaking (Bilingual) Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over ten years of experience working with children, parents, families, immigrant communities, and the foster care system. He has a decade of child welfare experience working with youth struggling with the impacts of trauma, family conflict, and addiction to develop better coping skills, communication tools, and healthy relationships.

 

In addition, he has extensive experience supporting parents who are challenged with difficult behaviors at home or who are adjusting their family system to a new way of being. With an MSW from UC Berkeley, he received training in Motivational Interviewing and Solution Focused Therapy with a trauma-informed framework. In his spare time, he enjoys camping, rock climbing, snowboarding, and hiking in the mountains. 

Kiersten Kotaka is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in working with children and families navigating emotional, behavioral, and developmental challenges. With over 13 years of experience in preschool, elementary, and high school settings, including her work as a school counselor, she brings a deep understanding of how children grow, learn, and respond to stress across home and school environments. She opened her private practice, Marin Youth Therapy in 2021. Kiersten uses play therapy and trauma informed, developmentally attuned approaches to help children express emotions, build coping skills, and make sense of difficult experiences.

 

Her approach is warm, collaborative, and family-centered, grounded in the belief that lasting change happens when caregivers feel supported, confident, and equipped to respond to their child’s needs. Kiersten partners closely with caregivers to provide practical tools, deepen insight into their child’s emotional world, and offer strategies that extend beyond the therapy room. She creates a safe, engaging space where children and families can build resilience, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop a greater sense of confidence and connection.

Jennifer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked both in hospice grief counseling and in private practice, working extensively with couples, individual adults, families, and teens who are in need of relationship support, navigating life transitions, addressing addiction, healing from a loss, and getting resourced for many other challenges. 

 

Jennifer has been an educator and student life administrator in high schools and colleges for over 25 years and completed a certification in spiritual formation, serving as a parish and campus minister, as well as a spiritual director. After completing her Master of Counseling Psychology degree at Dominican University of California, she transitioned to working in a group private practice.

 

A native of Marin County, she and her husband were foster parents to a 9-year-old boy. 

Carol Singer is a licensed clinical social worker who has worked with children and families for more than 40 years. Carol has provided child, individual, group, and family therapy, and has worked extensively with caregivers on parenting skills and family dynamics.  She works from a strength-based, attachment, and trauma-informed lens. As a school therapist and mental health consultant, she has consulted with teachers of preschoolers through high school age students. Carol is a graduate of the Harris Early Childhood Mental Health Training Program, the Child Trauma Training Institute, and the UCSF Child Trauma Research Program. 

 

Carol currently specializes in parent-infant/child therapy and early childhood mental health consultation, particularly with children who have experienced trauma. She also has extensive experience in program development and management and clinical supervision. Carol has two grown children and two fur babies. In her spare time, she loves to knit and travel.

Katharine is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) who works with adolescents, adults and families in need of support, be it with relationships,
transitions, identity or grief and loss. She creates a safe, trusting and non-judgmental environment to encourage clients to engage in the process of
therapy, and utilizes an integrated approach with a focus on building strengths and understanding how our experiences and relationships shape who we are.

 

Katharine moved away from a career in finance in London when she relocated to Marin ten years ago, and found herself supporting her husband and two teens navigating this huge transition. Since graduating with a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Dominican University, she has worked mostly with high schoolers and adults working through a multitude of challenges. She also has five years of experience as co-facilitator of a monthly parent support group for parents of teens who were struggling, often with mental health and co-occuring addictions. She has first hand experience of adopting children from the foster system.