Marianna Jakucska has been a licensed marriage and family
therapist since December 2014. She got her Bachelor of Arts degree at San
Francisco State University in Psychology and her two minor focus-of-interest in
Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies. She received her Master of Arts
degree in Counseling Psychology at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, CA.
She is originally from Hungary and she finished her high school education
there. She moved to the U.S. in 1993, lived in New York, then moved to the East
Bay, California in 2003. She has been a Sacramento resident since 2015.
Marianna worked at Alameda County Crisis Support Services in
Oakland and counseled many people who called the crisis hotline. She acted as a
milieu counselor for adults using substances at New Bridge Foundation in
Berkeley. In Sacramento, she was employed by WellSpace Health and provided
much-needed trauma counseling to children, young adults and their caregivers as
well as to parents who were mandated to counseling by CPS. She also provided
therapy at Lions Heart Counseling. Since February of this year, she is in her
private practice full time.
Next year? Marianna is aiming for the Secretary position at
SVC-CAMFT to give back to the Community that has provided so much support to
her. While developing her private practice with a focus on coaxing creative
thinking from her clients, that integrates the intuitive and symbolic language
of emotions and the critical, questioning language of reason, she hopes she has
gained enough wit to fulfill this position to benefit the Sacramento therapist
community.
Treasurer Ann Leber, LMFT
I
have been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over 20 years. I
believe that clients come to counseling not only to gain a better
understanding of themselves, but with a desire to leave with new skills
and tools to apply to their lives.
I work with individuals, couples, families and adolescents.
I
serve as an adjunct instructor at California State University,
Sacramento. I served as President of SVC-CAMFT in 2015 and
Past-President in 2016 and then again President in 2019 and Past
President in 2020. I look forward to serving as Treasurer. I am
committed to advancing the profession of Marriage and Family Therapy. I
enjoy teaching and mentoring new therapists in the field.
President 
