Youth Outreach Programs - Reno - MRD FOUNDATION, INC

California Helping Hands

Meet Vanessa

Vanessa Tearnan, Kathy Von Fartzenburg, and staff are raising funds, counseling, tutoring, and mentoring individuals and groups in the Bay Area. MRD's counselor, Vanessa Tearnan is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with specialized training in somatic psychology, and experienced Research Assistant; Experience providing supervised psychotherapy to infant-parent dyads, children and adults from diverse backgrounds (i.e. with various types of therapy including CBT, DBT, MBSR, ACT, somatic/body oriented therapies, infant-parent psychotherapy, etc.) Experienced Research Assistant with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry, skilled in psychological assessment, statistics, SPSS, etc. Strong research and clinical training and experience with a Master’s Degree in Counseling with Specialization in Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies.

Meet Darcy

Darcy Palmer works with at risk youth, fostering cross-cultural and long-term relationships, and facilitating social emotional restorative practices in a variety of capacities. She is passionate about dismantling the cradle-to-prison pipeline and intrigued by where education and behavioral science intersect and the role they have in the processes of global economic growth, political development, and social and cultural change. She is dedicated to further understand the complexities of social injustices that stem from educational inequality.