Dr. Alina C. Whitmore is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Psy.D.). Her professional career has provided her with opportunities to work clinically with diverse populations in a variety of treatment settings, such as specialty correctional institutions for mothers and babies, residential living facilities for foster youth, K-12 schools, universities, community mental health clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and hospitals. Dr. Whitmore’s specialty areas include working with parents of children ages 0-5, adolescents, Transitional Age Youth (TAY), and providing intensive family-based interventions. Dr. Whitmore conceptualizes individual and collective needs through an ecological framework that considers the interaction between culture, community, human difference, trauma, and involvement in various systems of care–and the influence of these interactions on individual and collective well-being. Dr. Whitmore is committed to devoting her work and time to being a voice for underserved, underprivileged, and marginalized communities. She helps lead grassroots efforts and non-profit initiatives to advocate for others and promote lasting change.

Dr. Whitmore is the CEO of Youth Enterprise, Inc., a non-profit community-based organization, committed to serving youth and families by promoting mental health resiliency. She oversees mental health programming and clinical operations, as well as provides clinical supervision and training for the advancement of students, interns, early career professionals, and seasoned clinicians. Community engagement efforts include providing community-based trainings and workshops to various schools and organizations across counties.

Education Dr. Whitmore’s educational career has afforded her an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Studies, a Bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Development with an emphasis in Child and Adolescent Development, and two Master’s degrees, one in Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT) and another in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Whitmore has also obtained a Doctorate degree (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in clinical-community psychology. Dr. Whitmore holds professional licenses as a Clinical Psychologist in the states of California and Texas. Dr. Whitmore is certified to provide specialized Perinatal Mental Health Care (PMH-C), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE).