Martha Merchant, Psy.D.

Dr. Martha Merchant has worked with children, youth, and families who have experienced trauma for the past 17 years. doc Martha is a biracial Korean/white, non-binary person and abolitionist, working to empower others and to change the systems of oppression that exist all around us. She works with people often viewed as being on the downside of power, including children, people of color, poly families as well as LGBTQ folk. She is also committed to working with interns/postdocs and educators, who are also systematically undervalued.

She earned her colonial credentials (M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy and her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology) at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. She came to San Francisco to train and work with Dr. Joyce Dorado, Ph.D., co-founder of HEARTS (Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools), at the University of California, San Francisco. She continues with that work in various schools in the US and Europe. doc Martha provides training and consultation to create more trauma-informed, racially just, safe, and supportive school environments.