Miriam Rubino is a bilingual Spanish/English LMFT at The Child Therapy Institute in Marin County and the East Bay. Miriam provides bilingual, trauma-informed, culturally sensitive therapeutic services to a diverse range of clients and families through an integrative approach including evidence-based practices, Expressive Arts Therapy, EMDR, and Mindfulness among others. Miriam holds an MA in Counseling Psychology, concentration Expressive Arts Therapy, from the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Previously, Miriam worked at several non profits such as Parent Services Projects, Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco, and the Liberation Institute in San Francisco, CA. Her portfolio includes individuals, couples, and children, many of whom have experienced trauma, homelessness, and/or witnessed community violence.
She incorporates existential/ humanistic and attachment lenses through Evidence-based Expressive Arts and Play Therapy in her work with adults and children. Prior to her graduate work, Miriam worked as an expressive arts educator in elementary schools in the Bay Area. Before moving to the U.S., Miriam worked as a youth advocate and mentor implementing art activities for peace and conflict resolution programs, and as an art therapy facilitator in drug rehabilitation residential programs in East Africa.
When not offering therapy, Miriam can be found forest bathing, reading, hiking, doing yoga, art, journaling, or dancing.