Telehealth therapy · California
Through every
threshold
of being
Compassionate, depth-oriented therapy for grief and loss, the perinatal journey, and the profound transitions that shape a life.
Telehealth therapy · California
Compassionate, depth-oriented therapy for grief and loss, the perinatal journey, and the profound transitions that shape a life.
Areas of focus
Loss takes many forms — the death of a loved one, a relationship, a version of yourself, a future you imagined. Therapy here creates a spacious, unhurried container for grief to move at its own rhythm, and for meaning to slowly reconstellate.
Pregnancy, birth, postpartum, infertility, pregnancy loss, and the identity transformation of becoming a parent. Specialized perinatal mental health support for one of life's most tender and complex passages.
The thresholds between who we were and who we are becoming — career changes, relationship shifts, aging, illness, identity — are held with the depth and nuance they deserve.
From adolescence through older adulthood, therapy is tailored to where you are in your life story — honoring the unique developmental tasks, relational context, and hard-won wisdom of each stage.
Who I work with
People of all ages, at every threshold
All sessions via telehealth. Currently accepting clients throughout California.
How we work together
No single modality captures the full complexity of a human life. Therapy here draws from a rich range of evidence-based and depth-oriented approaches, woven together in service of your particular needs, goals, and moment.
The relationship itself is the foundation — a warm, non-judgmental presence that holds space for the full range of your experience, while offering structure, tools, and perspective when they are useful.
"You bring the expertise on your own life.
I bring a map of the territory."
Therapy grounded in genuine human connection, presence, and attunement.
Space for complexity, contradiction, and the full texture of your experience.
Neither rushed nor stagnant — we move at the pace that is right for you.
Clinically rigorous approaches, individualized to what research and your story suggest will help most.
Beyond the therapy room
For associate therapists
BBS-compliant individual and group supervision for post-graduate associate therapists (AMFT, APCC, ACSW) working toward licensure in California. Supervision is grounded in relational warmth, clinical rigor, and a genuine commitment to your growth as a practitioner.
With over 15 years of clinical experience and deep expertise in grief, perinatal mental health, lifespan development, and trauma-informed practice, supervision here offers both breadth and depth — helping you develop your own clinical voice while building a sound, ethical foundation.
What supervision includes
For clinicians & organizations
Drawing on 15+ years of clinical practice and executive leadership in behavioral health, consultation is available to individual clinicians, clinical teams, and organizations navigating complex terrain.
Whether you're facing a regulatory question, a sudden loss in your community, a clinical dilemma, or a leadership challenge, consultation offers a thoughtful, experienced perspective — without the long-term commitment of an ongoing engagement.
Areas of consultation
Compliance
BBS, licensing, clinical policy & regulatory guidance
Sudden loss response
Organizational & community response to unexpected death or grief
Clinical advisement
Complex case support, diagnostic clarity, ethical dilemmas
Leadership
Clinical teams, workforce strategy, manager & director development
Interested in supervision or consultation? Reach out via the contact form below or email directly — I'm happy to discuss your situation and find an arrangement that works.
Get in touchAbout Caiti
I am a woman working in behavioral health clinical leadership in the Bay Area, California. I hold California licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist — a non-physician, non-doctoral path to clinical leadership that remains underrepresented at the executive level in behavioral health. I bring the perspective of a practitioner who has moved into organizational leadership without losing grounding in the clinician experience, and a sustained commitment to building clinical systems that are equitable for both the people who receive care and the people who provide it.
My DEI commitments are embedded in the infrastructure I build. The Associate Therapist program I've redesigned at Foresight centers equitable access to clinical supervision for early-career therapists — including clinicians from communities historically underrepresented in licensed practice. My quality assurance work is grounded in health equity principles, with attention to Medi-Cal populations, CCBHC delivery models, and community-based care for underserved communities. And I have been direct in protecting affirming, evidence-based care for LGBTQ+ clients under political pressure.
I hold a Certified Thanatologist (CT) credential, Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C), and am completing my PhD in Research Psychology at CIIS (California Institute of Integral Studies), where my dissertation research explores lived experience and transnational caregiving through a qualitative lens.
Clinical leadership
VP of Therapy · Foresight Mental Health
Clinical operations, workforce strategy, quality assurance, and technology adoption across a multi-state outpatient behavioral health organization.
Clinical Supervisor · BBS-Compliant
Extensive experience supervising and mentoring associate therapists, developing supervision infrastructure, and supporting clinician growth and wellbeing.
PhD Candidate · CIIS Research Psychology
Dissertation-stage qualitative researcher integrating social justice frameworks, lived experience, and psychological inquiry.
Reading & resources
These are books, frameworks, and thinkers that have shaped how I practice, lead, and move through the world — offered here as an invitation to explore.
It's OK That You're Not OK
A compassionate reframe of grief that refuses to pathologize sorrow — essential reading for anyone who has lost someone and felt pressured to "get over it."
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
A profound extension of Kübler-Ross's framework, exploring how meaning-making can emerge — not to diminish loss, but to honor it.
The Wild Edge of Sorrow
A soul-level exploration of grief as a communal, not merely personal, experience — drawing on ritual, mythology, and depth psychology to restore grief's sacred dimension.
Refuge in Grief
An online community and resource hub for people navigating grief — including writing workshops, guides, and community support rooted in the radical idea that grief doesn't need to be fixed.
Postpartum Support International
The leading global organization for perinatal mental health support, education, and advocacy. Includes a provider directory, helpline, and extensive resources for families and clinicians.
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts
A gentle, illustrated book that normalizes the intrusive thoughts many new parents experience — destigmatizing postpartum anxiety and OCD with warmth and clinical precision.
Pregnancy After Loss Support
Community, education, and peer support for families navigating pregnancy after miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss — holding both hope and grief simultaneously.
The Politics of Trauma
A somatic, systemic approach to healing that refuses to separate personal trauma from its social and political roots — essential reading for practitioners committed to justice-oriented care.
Decolonizing Therapy
A direct challenge to the white, Western foundations of psychotherapy — calling practitioners to examine how dominant frameworks can harm the clients they claim to help, and how to build something more just.
Therapy for Black Girls
A podcast, directory, and community platform centering the mental health and wellbeing of Black women and girls — an important model for culturally-specific, community-held care.
Movement for Global Mental Health
A coalition working to expand mental health services globally while questioning whether Western psychiatric models should be the default export — and centering community, culture, and local wisdom.
The Gifts of Imperfection
A guide to letting go of who you think you should be and embracing who you are — grounded in Brown's research on shame, worthiness, and the practices that make a wholehearted life possible.
Atlas of the Heart
A meticulous mapping of 87 human emotions and experiences — building the language needed to actually feel, name, and connect with our inner lives. A clinical and personal treasure.
The Book of Joy
Two of the world's great spiritual leaders — one Buddhist, one Christian — in conversation about how to find lasting joy in the face of suffering, impermanence, and loss.
Joyful
A surprising, research-backed exploration of the sensory and aesthetic roots of joy — why certain colors, shapes, and spaces reliably spark delight, and how to cultivate more of that.
Dare to Lead
Brown's landmark application of her shame and vulnerability research to the workplace — making the case that courageous, values-driven leadership is both the hardest and most necessary kind.
The Body Keeps the Score
The foundational text on how trauma lives in the body — and the wide range of somatic, creative, and relational approaches that can restore a sense of being alive and present.
Unlocking Us & Dare to Lead
Two podcast series exploring vulnerability, courage, leadership, and connection — featuring researchers, artists, and leaders in wide-ranging, deeply human conversations.
Leadership and Self-Deception
A quietly radical book about how we get "in the box" — treating others as objects rather than people — and how seeing people truly is the foundation of every kind of leadership that actually works.
Supporting & related research
Continuing Bonds in Bereavement
The foundational research challenging the idea that "letting go" is the goal of grief — proposing instead that an evolving bond with the deceased is normal, healthy, and meaningful.
Prolonged Grief Disorder: Diagnostic Criteria & Clinical Implications
The primary research behind the PGD diagnosis — clarifying when grief becomes clinically impairing, while illuminating the wide range of experiences that fall within normal mourning.
Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders: An Evidence Base
Clinical research and practice guidelines on the full spectrum of perinatal mental health conditions — from depression and anxiety to OCD, PTSD, and psychosis.
Rethinking Global Mental Health
A landmark series challenging the uncritical export of Western psychiatric models — centering local knowledge, community healing, and cultural context in global mental health policy.
Brené Brown's Grounded Theory Research
The original qualitative research on shame, vulnerability, courage, and wholeheartedness — with links to published papers, methodology, and data.
WHO Mental Health Action Plan
The WHO's global framework for mental health policy — a lens for examining which assumptions about "mental health" travel across cultures, and which don't.
This list reflects perspectives I find valuable — not an exhaustive bibliography, and not a substitute for professional support. If something here resonates, I'd love to talk about it.
Investment in your care
Individual session
per 50-minute session
Payment is due at time of service. I accept major credit and debit cards, FSA, and HSA.
A limited number of reduced-fee slots may be available.
Please inquire during consultation.
All sessions are conducted via secure, HIPAA-compliant video telehealth. I am licensed in California and see clients throughout the state — wherever you are most comfortable.
Telehealth offers the flexibility to receive care from your home, office, or any private space, removing the barriers of commute and geography that so often delay people from getting the support they need.
We begin with a free 20-minute consultation call — a chance to ask questions, share what's bringing you to therapy, and sense whether we're a good fit. There is no obligation, and no wrong reason to reach out.
If we decide to move forward, we'll schedule weekly (or biweekly) sessions and build a treatment approach tailored specifically to you.
Out-of-network benefits: I am a private-pay provider. I can provide superbills for reimbursement through your out-of-network insurance benefits. Contact your insurer to confirm your coverage before our first session.
Take the first step
Reaching out is often the hardest part. Fill in the form and I'll be in touch within one to two business days to schedule a free 20-minute consultation — no commitment, no pressure.
Telehealth
Seeing clients throughout California
caiti.crum@gmail.com
License
LMFT #84338 · California
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