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Biography
Dr. McKenna was born in Central America and raised in Latin America until she came to the United States with her American parents just shy of her sixth birthday. Although her first language was Spanish, she is currently working on regaining fluency. She lived in France for a year as a teenager, and is still conversational in French.
She received her M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from Cambridge College in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1988. She completed her studies at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California, receiving a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. While a graduate student Dr. McKenna worked and trained in a variety of mental health settings including a homeless rehabilitation program and a brain injury rehabilitation program, both at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Menlo Park, California. She did her Internship at the University of Virginia Counseling Center. She did her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Kaiser Santa Clara Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, where she continued on as a Psychological Assistant.
Dr. McKenna has special knowledge and experience working with parenting, depression, anxiety, chronic illness, trauma, stress management, and end-of-life issues. She appreciates the opportunity to practice collaboratively on a primary care team to improve the care of Kaiser members.
Before becoming a psychologist, Dr. McKenna worked as a project coordinator, computer consultant, administrative assistant, restaurant manager, waitress, activist, nanny, secretary and bookkeeper. Today, besides practicing at Kaiser, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoys reading, gardening, music, movies and outdoor activities. Cycling, dancing and traveling with her daughter are among her favorite pastimes.
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