Mark Roland Arquero Castañeda
​(he/they/el/elle/isu)

[email protected] | 415-689-5662 ext 315 | Facebook: Mark Castañeda Lmft​

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Title: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Ilokano (basic)
Affiliations: Richmond Area Multi-Services Inc.
​Approach: Brown Power, Pride, and Decolonization in mostly narrative therapy, expressive arts therapy, emotionally focused therapy, relational therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. 

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Born in Quezon City to Zenaida Arquero Castañeda of Sta. Teresita, Cagayan and Balbino Martinez Castañeda, Jr of Ilagan, Isabela.  Of Ilokano, Ibanag, and everything-else-in-Philippine-history heritage and awareness.  Raised in the LA

area. Graduated from UC Santa Cruz with BA in History (focus on East Asian Women's History and Islamic History). Lived in San Antonio, Texas. Completed MA in Transpersonal Psychology at JFK University, Pleasant Hill, California.

Currently living in San Francisco and working at RAMS for CalWORKS as a Spanish speaking Behavioral Health Counselor and for the Asian and Pacific Islander Mental Health Collaborative as a Mental Health Consultant.
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I work from a spiritual, post-colonial, decolonizing, "Brown Power," strength-based, collective, holistic, social justice, anti-oppression, queer, and feminist perspective. ​