Dr. Melanie Chinchilla provides solution-focused therapy tailored to help you achieve your goals and make sustainable changes. She has worked with physicians and healthcare providers as they navigated different academic and clinical career phases.
Dr. Chinchilla is a credentialed psychologist with the National Register of Health Psychologists. She has worked in emergency rooms, inpatient units, outpatient clinics, large healthcare systems, academic medical centers, and private practices. In addition to her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Chinchilla earned a Master of Science degree in Healthcare Administration. She values being part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, has experience conducting pre-surgical consults and evaluations, and enjoys collaborating to optimize patient and provider outcomes. Dr. Chinchilla completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, in the UCSF Faculty and Staff Assistance Program. She served faculty, staff, residents, physicians, postdocs, and clinical fellows.