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Our Operations Team

Founder & Chief Strategist

Julie Lopez, PhD, LICSW

Dr. Julie Lopez is the Founder, Lead Supervisor & Strategist of the Viva Center. Viva’s mission, vision, and core values are the pillars of how she builds and evolves the Viva community.

Her primary responsibilities include:

  • Leading the strategic development of the Viva Center
  • Directing the management of Viva
  • Serving as a figurehead for the power of nonverbal therapies in the DC community through speaking engagements, trainings, and other forms of media
  • Continuously supporting and improving the Viva Center’s organizational wellness
  • Overseeing all clinical supervision

julie@vivapartnership.com

Dr. Julie Lopez, LICSW
Dr. Julie Lopez, LICSW

Ana Paola Wong

Ana Paola is Viva’s Client Specialist. Her work includes but is not limited to:

  • Maintaining timely communication with clients and external relations
  • Coordinating Viva’s referral program
  • Providing technical assistance and administrative support to the clinical team
  • Supporting onboarding for the clinical department

ana@vivapartnership.com

Ana Paola Wong

Staff

Alina McClerklin, LICSW

Alina, a Community Engagement Specialist, develops relationships with healing professionals in the DMV through the Viva Toastmasters group.

Her responsibilities include:

  • Cultivating external relationships based on common goals and ideals
  • Leading Viva’s branch of Toastmasters for mental health professionals

alina@vivapartnership.com

Therapist Alina McClerklin, LICSW
Alina McClerklin, LICSW

Regina Tosca, LICSW

As a Community Engagement Specialist, Regina Uses her gifts of the pen to highlight important issues in the field of mental health to our Viva community readership. Her work includes:

  • Creating media resources that promote healing and education throughout the community
  • Contributing to the Viva Blog

regina@vivapartnership.com

Regina Tosca, therapist
Regina Tosca, LICSW

Raven Jenerson, MSW, LGSW

Raven is an artist and visual arts goddess who provides oversight and social media coordination for all Viva social media platforms. Her responsibilities include: 

  • Posting content and updates across channels
  • Developing and expanding our outreach efforts to community through social media
  • Increasing Viva’s presence and visibility of our work and mission through targeting online audiences

raven@vivapartnership.com

Raven Jenerson, MSW, LGSW

Supervisors

Teresa E. K. Doniger, MA, LPC

Teresa brings her extensive expertise with grief and loss work along with her expressive and creative therapeutic skills to her supervisory practice with Viva. We are so grateful for all her clinical wisdom to help our clinicians continue learning and developing. 

Her responsibilities include:

  • Participating in regular clinician supervision meetings
  • Providing therapeutic creative/expressive work oversight
  • Educating on leading grief/loss practices
Teresa E. K. Doniger, MA, LPC

Patricia Anderson, MEd, LPC, NCC

Patti Andersen is a seasoned mind body, trauma informed clinician and certified Brainspotting practitioner who provides supervision groups to Viva clinicians on a regular basis.

Her responsibilities include supportin Viva clinicians on Brainspotting use and efficacy through BSP coaching.

Patricia Anderson, MEd, LPC, NCC

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