Karolyn K. Palmer, M.A., MFT, PPS
Adjunct Faculty
Mrs. Karolyn K. Palmer is a licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist (#38766) and a Credentialed School Counselor. She
currently is a School Counselor at Monte Vista High School in
Danville, California and is a psychotherapist at Lafayette Family
Counseling. She focuses her private practice on providing children,
adolescents, and adults individual, family, and group
psychotherapy. In her nineteen years of professional experience,
she has gained specialized knowledge and training in the areas of
adoption/foster care, parenting education, trauma, and educational
issues. She received her Bachelor's and Master's
degree at University of California, Davis and University of San
Francisco respectively and has advanced to candidacy in her
Doctorate at California School of Professional Psychology at
Alliant International University in San Francisco.
Education
M.A., Counseling Psychology, University of San Francisco
B.S., Psychology, University of California, Davis
Pupil Personnel Services Credential, University of San Francisco
Research Areas
Adoption/foster care; parenting education; trauma; educational issues.
Teaching
- Developmental Counseling: Child and Adolescent
- Counselor as Researcher