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Gemma Lopez, MD

(she/her/hers)

Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist

San Mateo

Mabuhay!  <a Filipino greeting meaning to live, be, exist, and grow>

I was born and raised in the Bay Area, and I am a second-generation Filipina-American.  I feel delighted and privileged to work with the community in which I grew up.

I work with children, adolescents, adults, and families to provide comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, second opinions, psychotherapy, medication management, and treatment recommendations.  I strive to develop a warm, trusting, and nonjudgmental relationship to create a space where a person or family can feel seen and heard.  I will listen to your story and help empower you with a voice.

I have particular expertise in working with people and families from diverse cultural backgrounds, especially immigrants and children of immigrants struggling with acculturation, identity formation, and navigating multicultural relationships.  I also specialize in working with those going through fertility treatments as well as supporting pre-and post-natal parents as they adjust to parenthood and strengthen the parent-child connection.  In addition, I help people through relationship difficulties, family stressors, school/work/career challenges, difficulties with social interactions, and loss of purpose and direction.

In general, my approach is direct, humorous, warm, and gentle.  However, I uniquely design my approach to fit each person’s style of thinking and relating.  I help people share, explore, and release feelings and emotions that may be difficult to express verbally.  My hope is that each person I work with can (re)discover their authentic self; learn to understand and accept themselves; find meaning, direction, and fulfillment; and reach their goals.

Ingat at Salamat po. <Take Care and Thank you.>

Education:
– High School:  Mercy High School, San Francisco – Valedictorian
– College:  University of San Francisco – B.S. in Biology, with minors in Psychology and Chemistry; Magna cum laude
– Medical School:  Creighton University School of Medicine

Training:
– General Psychiatry Residency:  California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco – Chief Resident
– Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship:  University of California, Davis Medical Center – Chief Fellow

Board Certification:
– Psychiatry
– Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Professional Memberships:
– American Psychiatric Association
– Northern California Psychiatric Society

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