Devon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and has extensive experience working with children, parents, and families providing telehealth, community-based and school-based services. Devon has a Master’s in Social Work, specializing in Children, Youth, and Families from the University of Southern California.

As an LCSW, Devon is interested in supporting healthy development and a safe life for all people. Recognizing the many and various forms of oppression due to individual identities, it is Devon’s mission to be an empathetic, compassionate, and understanding social worker while observing human behavior through a socio-theoretical lens. Devon uses a humanistic approach combined with skills from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Seeking Safety, and Brief Strategic Family Therapy to create a well-rounded and personalized therapeutic experience. Devon has helped individuals navigate symptoms related to complex trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, psychosis, bipolar, and borderline personality disorder, focusing on empowering clients to build self-awareness, self-compassion, and self-belief to assist clients in achieving their goals.

Devon was born, raised and currently resides in Los Angeles with her black cat, Luna. She received her bachelor’s in sociology, criminal justice, and law and society from Pacific University in Oregon. Throughout high school, college, and graduate school, Devon studied American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf culture and has worked with clients or clients’ family members who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or prefer to use ASL to communicate. Currently, Devon also volunteers her time to the Los Angeles Advocacy Council and Allies for Deaf Children (ACADC) and enjoys playing soccer, doing her nails at home, and spending time with loved ones.