Social Services

specialty, compassionate counseling

The UHS Social Services Counseling staff provides compassionate, specialty counseling. Support services include alcohol and other drugs, chronic medical conditions and new diagnoses, eating disorders and body image, medical withdrawal administration, nutrition, pregnancy resources and referrals, relationship violence, stalking, sexual health, sexual violence, and victims of crime.
Our counselors provide education, counseling, advocacy, referrals, and assistance with academic, financial and related issues that may arise as a result of the above. 

Counselors

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Natalia Cameroni-Adams, LMFT

Eating Disorder Counseling Specialist

Pronouns: She/her

Natalia Cameroni-Adams is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) specializing in eating disorders. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and her M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of San Diego. Natalia brings a compassionate, patient-centered approach to therapy, with extensive experience supporting adolescents and adults through anxiety, depression, stress, and eating disorders. She integrates psychoeducation into her sessions, offering insights and resources that help patients better understand themselves. Guided by a step-down approach, she strives to create a safe, nonjudgmental space for personal growth and transformation.

Justin Castello, PhD

Licensed Psychologist

Pronouns: he/him/his 

Justin Castello, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist within UHS Social Services where he's served Berkeley students since 2016. He provides individual and group counseling on alcohol and other drug use and related mental health concerns from a Harm Reduction Therapy perspective. He also supports students who have survived trauma including sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and stalking and harassment, as well as those who have caused related harm. Justin's work with Berkeley students is very client-centered, tailored to their needs, collaborative, and respects their self-determination.  
 
Before joining UHS, Justin was the program/intake coordinator and a harm reduction psychotherapist at The Harm Reduction Therapy Center (a nonprofit with community programs and private practices in the SF Bay Area) for 8 ½ years. He's provided therapy (individual, couples, family, and group) in many settings including The Homeless Youth Alliance for transitional aged youth in the SF Haight, E.C. Reems K-8 Charter School in East Oakland, Hospitality House/a community program in the SF Tenderloin, and Pretrial Diversion of SF County. Justin has also provided therapy for people in a locked acute mental illness facility, a social rehabilitation home, and in SF and East Bay private practice offices. He's presented workshops and trainings on Harm Reduction and Harm Reduction Therapy Alcohol and Other Drugs Group facilitation and has over 15 years of experience in the field. 

Clinical Interests: Harm reduction therapy, alcohol and other drugs counseling, trauma counseling, couples and family counseling, multicultural/intersecting identity issues, and LGBTQ+ issues.  

Maayan Greene, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker  

Maayan Greene joined the UHS SOS team in 2013. She received her MSW from UC Berkeley. Maayan also currently works in private practice and at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital as a psychiatric social worker. She enjoys swimming and hiking in her spare time. 

Clinical Interests: Eating disorders, trauma issues, healthy relationships, identity development, mindfulness practices (including MBCT and DBT techniques), depression and anxiety, and wellness and self-care. 
Tiffany Hsiang Lin, LCSW

Tiffany Hsiang Lin, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Tiffany Hsiang Lin first joined UC Berkeley as a student, receiving her BA in Ethnic Studies and Sociology. She then went on to earn her masters degrees in Social Work at Columbia University and Social Science at the University of Chicago. Tiffany returned to UC Berkeley in 2015 as the first dedicated Confidential Advocate at the PATH to Care Center. She's also part of the UHS Transgender Care Team. In her spare time, Tiffany enjoys knitting, cooking, jigsaw puzzles, and video/board games. 

Clinical interests: trauma (EMDR trained), sexual/intimate partner violence, LGBTQ care, vicarious trauma and burnout, identity development, family systems, social justice, and multicultural/intersectional counseling.

Shanta Jambotkar, LCSW

Shanta Jambotkar, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Pronouns: she/they

Shanta Jambotkar, LCSW, has worked at UHS Social Services since 2016. She self-identifies as a South Asian American, queer, cis-woman of color. Her social work education at the University of Michigan is blended with clinical training about body, mind, and spirit healing after trauma. Shanta is a social worker, psychotherapist, educator, and organizational consultant. A primary focus of her practice is to decolonize wellness by creating community and accessibility to healing for BIPOC. Her services are holistic, cultural, and indigenous informed to support communities experiencing intersectionality, and queer and trans people enduring adversity. Shanta is honored to witness and support students to access material resources, build self-awareness and insight, and find pathways toward calm, purpose, and joy.

Clinical Interests: Healing after trauma, EMDR treatment, sexual violence and intimate partner violence survivorship, health conditions, LGBTQI, non-binary, and BIPOC women, immigrant, and next-generation SSWANA communities.

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Laurel Marks, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Pronouns: She/her/her

Laurel Marks, LCSW, grew up in the Bay Area and Sierra Nevada mountains. She earned a Bachelor’s in literature, creative writing, and dance from UC Santa Cruz and then journeyed around the world training educators and leading experiential education expeditions in Nepal, India and the Amazon Jungle. These experiences, as well as her roles as a naturalist across California and gap year internship coordinator, shaped her career. Inspired by these experiences, Laurel pursued a Master’s in Social Work at San Diego State University, where she conducted research on the impacts of social media and screen use on social emotional development and mental health.

After graduation, she supported teens and young adults through a family systems lens, offering experiential therapy to clients throughout the Bay Area. Most recently, Laurel served as a general and academic counselor at Los Medanos College, helping students navigate their academic and personal journeys. Laurel uses a client-centered approach, bringing her international experiences and background working in higher education to support the diverse students at University Village.

As a therapist, Laurel works from a strengths-based, client-centered model, helping clients discover their inner resilience and foster transformative relationships with friends, family, community, and themselves. In her spare time, Laurel enjoys hiking with her sweet rescue dog Stella Luna, reading, camping, and drinking a delicious smoothie in the sunshine somewhere beautiful.

Clinical Interests: family systems, positive psychology, LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming care, mindfulness and meditation, communication and healthy relationships, restorative justice, community building, and intersections of identity.

Raquel Castellanos Miller, LCSW

Assistant Director of Social Services

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Erin O'Connor, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Pronouns: she/her/hers 

Erin O’Connor, LCSW, joined UHS in 2020 as a Trauma and Health Concerns Clinical Social Worker. She previously worked as an outpatient therapist and trauma specialist at a community non-profit in Michigan. Erin’s educational background is in psychology and clinical social work and she deeply values holistic healing that centers the mind-body connection, affirms our intersecting identities, and acknowledges the impacts of oppressive systems on individual and collective wellness.

Erin is nationally certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and the Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method (TCYM) and is trained in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Body Trust. She is also an Accredited Certified Practitioner of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT Tapping), trauma-informed practices that integrate acupressure with elements of psychology and neurobiology to reduce the emotional and somatic impacts of stress.

Erin has traveled to five continents and enjoys yoga, hiking, writing, playing board games, and sharing home-baked desserts with loved ones.

Clinical Interests: Trauma, sexual and relationship violence, mindfulness, mind-body healing, chronic illness, body image & Body Trust, disordered eating, EFT Tapping, Muslim mental health, decolonized frameworks for wellness.

Robin Walley, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Interim Post-MSW Fellowship Coordinator

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Robin Walley, LCSW, joined the Social Services team in 2003. She received her MSW from UC Berkeley and her BA in Psychology from Pomona College. As the alcohol and other drug counseling team lead, Robin has been a steadfast advocate for a cross-UHS harm reduction orientation and motivational interviewing-informed practice, which has impacted the language used at UHS to talk about alcohol and other drugs, the services provided to students, and how UHS collaborates with campus and community partners.
Clinical Interests: Alcohol and other drugs counseling, harm reduction, motivational interviewing, LGBTQ+ experiences, polyamory and consensual non-monogamy, kink/BDSM, self-injury, sexual and racial identity development, and identity intersectionality. 
Hez Wollin, LCSW

Hez Wollin, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Pronouns: they/them/theirs

Hez Wollin LCSW joined Social Services and focuses on AOD and Trauma. Hez received their MSW from Smith College School for Social Work. Hez is also in the process of becoming a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. They have many years of experience working with LGB and transgender communities and have led trainings on providing gender-affirming care for mental health providers. Hez was formerly an adjunct instructor at the University of Washington School of Social Work and a clinician at UCSF Alliance Health Project. Hez aims to provide trauma-informed, holistic, embodied support while holding a decolonizing lens.

Clinical Interests: relational-cultural therapy, healing from PTSD and complex trauma, attachment, somatics, LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming care, perinatal mental health, undocumented communities, harm reduction, intersections of identity, and mental health/substance use.  In their spare time, Hez enjoys reading fiction, making pottery, riding their bike, and running around after their toddler.

Additional languages spoken: Spanish 

2nd Year Post-MSW Clinical Social Work Fellows

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Miyanna Clements-Williamson, MSW

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Miyanna, MSW, ASW is a 2nd year Post-MSW Clinical Social Work Fellow. She earned both her BS in Integrative Studies (with a minor in Psychology) and her MSW from Kennesaw State University. During her graduate training, she focused on supporting foster youth, veterans, and students with basic needs challenges.

Before joining UHS, Miyanna interned at Cares in Kennesaw, GA, providing case management to college students to help them sustainably meet their basic needs. She also interned at the Atlanta VA, where she provided individual and group support to veterans using various clinical approaches.

Her clinical interests include Christian mental health, trauma-informed care, foster youth identity, eating disorders and body image, depression, person-centered therapy, and self-compassion.

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Hannah Thurau, MSW

Pronouns:She/Her

Hannah (she/her) attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she graduated with degrees in psychology, criminal justice, and her Master’s of Social Work. Prior to UC Berkeley, Hannah has worked with survivors of intimate partner violence, incarcerated adults, LGBTQ+ folks, and systems-impacted folks of all ages. 

Hannah approaches healing work by understanding the relationship that exists between individuals, our communities, and the systems we are raised within. Her professional framework is informed by and continues to develop within the values of anti-oppression, anti-racism, decolonization, abolition, transformative justice, disability justice, reproductive justice, body inclusivity, harm reduction, gender equity, and sexual liberation.

Hannah identifies as a queer cis woman who finds joy in camping, cooking, sunshine, and live music. She is eager to connect with individuals seeking growth and healing.

Clinical interests: LGBTQIA+ care, trauma, healing from sexual assault/intimate partner violence, substance use, disordered eating, self-love, healthy relationships, sex and intimacy

Registered Dietitians

The UHS Registered Dietitians provide medical nutrition therapy and nutrition counseling for any UC Berkeley student with nutrition-related health concerns.

Sarah Minkow, MS, RD

Sarah Minkow, MS, RD

Sarah Minkow joined UHS in 2017 as a clinical dietitian. She completed her BA in Psychology with a minor in Exercise and Health Science at UC Santa Barbara (2006) and her MS in Nutritional Science at California State University, Long Beach (2016). Sarah has a clinical interest in nutrition for disease prevention and treatment, mindful eating, and food security.

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Toby Morris, MS, RD

Lead Clinical Dietitian

Toby Morris has been the lead clinical dietitian for students at UHS since 2012. She received her BA in Communication Studies from UCLA, her MS in Nutrition from San Jose State University, and completed her dietetic training at UCSF Medical Center. Toby specializes in eating disorders and mindful eating. 

Social Services Administrative Staff

Kimberley Mims

Kimberley Mims

Medical Withdrawal & Academic Adjustments Resource Specialist

Kimberley Mims is the lead administrative specialist for Social Services. She has been at UHS for 25 years. Throughout her career, Kimberly has worked as a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) in Primary Care and as an Administrative Assistant in Social Services. Her areas of specialty are medical withdrawals and academic adjustments. One of Kimberly's favorite aspects of her work is connecting with students who have mental and physical challenges, and seeing them overcome those barriers so that they can complete their education. She is dedicated, caring, and skilled, and is beloved by her team and clients. 

Kimberly's hobbies include gardening, walking, and hosting one of her homes for temporary housing to traveling healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, especially her son Terrell, granddaughter Avery, and grandson, Zakari.

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Paola Perez-Stephenson

Administrative Officer

Paola began her career at UHS in 2022 as a medical assistant in Primary Care. She received her B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga. Born and raised in the Bay Area by Guatemalan immigrant parents, she developed a passion for advocating for underserved populations. As an Administrative Officer for Social Services, she enjoys witnessing and assisting students as they overcome adversity to achieve their educational goals. 
In her free time, Paola enjoys watching sports, visiting coffee shops, and spending time with her Persian cat, Nimbus, and her partner.