Community Partners
Engaged community partnerships are supportive relationships between us and other people in the community. These relationships can be between powerful. Partners value and nurture relationships. Each partner looks for ways to strengthen the partnership.
Jane Kovich
Jane has worked in the field of mental health for 6+ years and has experience working with children, youth, adults, couples, and families.
Jane’s areas of interest include but are not limited to, depression, anxiety, complex trauma, survivors of childhood abuse, sexual assault survivors, criminal justice-impacted youth and adults, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), grief and loss, relationship issues, domestic violence, victims of crime, and general life transitions.
Jane was born and raised in New York City and holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Bard College in Human Rights and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Southern California. Jane also has a background in the arts which helps inform her therapeutic approach. Jane is a Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker #109572, practicing under the professional supervision of Sara Acharya, LMFT #99389 at Los Angeles Therapy Network.
Caitlyn Budd
Caitlyn is a trauma therapist trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM). She specialize in sexual assault, childhood sexual, cult, and religious abuse, and dissociative disorders. Caitlyn works specifically with individuals, couples, and facilitate three groups for women dealing with the all-encompassing impact of sexual assault/rape on their lives and hoping to find a community of support regarding this issue.
Erika Perry-Dutton
In 2012, Erika began to work with Zaroff & Zaroff and provided social skills groups with them until they retired in from providing social skills in 2018. Erika then partnered with Danie DeVine who, she met while working at Z&Z, to form Social Connections Counseling Center. Erika is passionate about helping those with social challenges gain the skills necessary to navigate the social world. Erika believes, after working with this population for over 20 years, that improving social skills and interaction is a strong predictor of future independence and happiness. Erika is committed to working with each client to help them improve their social interactions and build self-esteem.