QIP Care Coordinator
Sunee is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 15 years in the mental health field. Her previous experience includes working as a peri-natal therapist in a residential women’s addiction treatment facility in Burlingame, CA and providing counseling services to children in the foster care system in Nashville, TN.
When she moved to Truckee in 2009, she began working as a therapist at Sierra Mental Wellness Group and filled in briefly as the adult therapist for Nevada County Behavioral Health, both with an emphasis on individuals with severe mental health diagnoses. She also held a small private therapy office for a couple of years with a focus on couples and families.
Sunee started with Tahoe Forest Hospital in 2011 as the Bereavement Coordinator for Hospice, and in that position, she facilitated the community Grief Group for over five years. She moved into a new position as a Care Coordinator with the PRIME program focusing on patients with chronic pain in June of 2016. Sunee began specializing in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in 2018 and focused her work on individuals who are experiencing mental health symptoms while pregnant or after giving birth. In addition to this, she works on the QIP program with an emphasis on upholding metrics for better patient outcomes in the health system in both preventative measures and primary care.
Sunee holds a Master’s degree in Psychology with a combined emphasis on Marriage Family Therapy and Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA. She spends her free time enjoying moments with her husband, two school-aged children and their menagerie of pets! She truly loves her Truckee community!