Boukje Eerkens

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About Boukje Eerkens

Boukje Elisabeth Eerkens, Psy.D, QME has worked with adolescents and adults in intensive inpatient and outpatient settings since treating depression, anxiety, and PTSD. She completed her internship with Community Institute of Psychotherapy in 2003 and did her post-doctoral training with Alta Bates Hospital Pain and Rehabilitation Consultants in 2004. From 2005 to 2007, Dr. Eerkens provided intensive psychoanalytic team-based psychotherapy for Boyer House Foundation. She has now been in private practice for 20+ years with a focus on clinical health psychology, utilizing humanistic third-wave Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), attachment sciences, and collaborative assessment to provide evidence-based treatment of stress, trauma, chronic pain, and occupational injuries. Dr. Eerkens serves as a Qualified Medical Examiner (QME) for the California Department of Industrial Relations and as a Consulting Psychologist for the State of California PASRR program. She conducts qualified medical examinations and therapeutic/psychodiagnostic assessments. She is a former Expert Reviewer for the Board of Psychology and is active in her professional memberships with CPA’s Division of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Therapeutic Assessment Institute (TAI), and Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP). Areas of specialized study include: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP) Attachment (J. Bowlby)/ Co-regulation / Relational Defenses Biopsychosocial Model Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Therapeutic Assessment (TA)