CAROLINE MOK PH.D.

Biography Caroline Mok, Ph.D. is a Quadrilingual Psychologist, Author, Researcher and Professor. She received her doctorate in 2013 from Palo Alto University, completed her internship at Metropolitan State Hospital in Los Angeles and post-doctoral training at Palo Alto University and Department of Veteran Affairs in Palo Alto and, and stayed at the university for several years as a researcher, program director, and professor. Dr. Mok received extensive training in psychodiagnostic, neuropsychological, and forensic assessment at Department of Veteran Affairs and on inpatient units at Vacaville Prison and Metropolitan State Hospital. Dr. Mok continued her assessment practice in Berkeley, California, providing individual and group psychotherapy and assessment for the local community, surrounding schools, and attorneys in need of an expert witness in civil litigation proceedings and independent medical exams. Services I provide a range of services to children and adults including: Neuropsychological Testing Psychoeducational Testing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Testing Autism Spectrum Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Learning Disorder Testing Forensic Assessments Personal Injury Lawsuits Independent Medical Evaluations Expert Witness Work and Testimony Fitness for Duty Evaluations Adoption Evaluations My other work includes providing Individual Psychotherapy: I also provide psychotherapy to children, family, and adults. I have experience in treating numerous psychological disorders and supporting patients through difficult times, conflictual relationships, and troubling emotions. I specialize in working with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Minority, and Neurodivergent Populations. I am also able to provide psychotherapy services in Chinese including Cantonese. Patient-therapist interactions often vary, but the thing my patients value is my supportive, open, accepting, and interactive style. I work to develop an approach based on what seems helpful for the person I am meeting with. For example, some patients, especially at the beginning of therapy, find questions helpful; others need to talk about whatever is urgent while I listen. ​ As we talk over the patient’s life experience, things that may feel vague, confusing, and even difficult will begin to emerge. Together we will put together the various experiences to understand the development of patterns or styles of relating to the world. When patients can understand their experience rather than blame themselves for frustrations and disappointments, they are ready to choose different options and take risks they didn’t believe they could. ​ Group Psychotherapy Online Trauma Processing Group Therapy for adults to address emotional distress and coping skills. We meet every other Wednesday nights at 5:30-6:30pm online. Each client will be assessed for appropriateness of fit prior to being admitted to group. The group is appropriate for those who want to process difficult or traumatic experiences as well as grief, loneliness, depressed moods, mood swings, anxiety, conflict with peers or parents or work/school/family related stress.