Lisa Marie Oefinger, PhD, NCSP

Dr. Oefinger (she/her) is a licensed psychologist in San Francisco.  She completed her doctoral studies in school psychology at Teachers College Columbia University and internship/postdoctoral training at WestCoast Children's Clinic in Oakland.  She specializes in child and adolescent collaborative psychological assessment, including testing for learning differences, attention differences, and social-emotional traits impacting development, family dynamics, performance, and/or relational patterns.  With this model, assessment is held as a short-term, therapeutic intervention that allows for developing deeper understanding and identifying targeted next steps. 

In addition to her private practice work, Dr. Oefinger is the coordinator of psychological services and co-director of clinical training at Envision Education, a charter school network in the Bay Area.  There, she manages a team of school psychologists and clinical psychology supervisors, supports training and programming for 15 clinical psychological doctoral students, and provides clinical and assessment supervision.   Dr. Oefinger is a parent, animal lover, fitness enthusiast, and coffee drinker.