Lori Lavinthal

Psychologist

Lori Lavinthal is a psychotherapist and assistant clinical professor at UCSF's Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute's Young Adult and Family Center (YAFC). She specializes in adolescent therapy and marital and family counseling. She has more than ten years of experience counseling child, adolescent and adult patients with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, trauma, loss, relationship problems and reproductive health issues.

Lavinthal earned her master's degree in counseling psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco and her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and the child and adolescent division of the American Psychological Association.