Our Team
Glynis Banks, LCSW, MSW
Oakland Vet Center Director since 2021
- License/Certification: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Cognitive Processing Therapy clinician.
- Masters of Social Work (MSW) : Temple University
- Specialize training in Trauma counseling.
- Experience Child welfare, hospice, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, mobile crisis intervention, residential drug & alcohol treatment, outreach, counseling ( individual, family, couples).
Jacquelyn Simpson, LCSW
Oakland Vet Center Readjustment Counselor since 2021
- License/Certification: Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
- Trained in: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
- Masters of Social Work (MSW): California State University, Long Beach.
- Experience in community mental health and child welfare in the Bay area and Southern California.
Kim Mac Lean, RDH, ES
Kim is the founder of V.E.T. and Project H.O.P.E.
- she is the Executive Director of V.E.T.
- a certified Equine Specialist since 2011
- working with veterans, their families and groups since 2015.
- She owns Ridge Ranch in Novato where "Come into the world of the horse and see what you can discover about yourself" is the ranch motto.
