Alisha Saxena

Alisha Saxena, PsyD (she/her) is a Core Faculty member in the School of Nursing and Health Professions Clinical Psychology PsyD program and serves as the Co-Director of Clinical Training: Internship Coordinator.

Dr. Saxena is a licensed clinical psychologist in California. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the PAU-Stanford PsyD Consortium and has specialized training in Women’s Mental Health and Trauma. In her private practice, Dr. Saxena provides culturally contextualized therapy for individuals, families, and relationship partners.

• Clinical psychology
• Trauma, risk, and resilience factors
• Health psychology 
• Multicultural identity experiences

• Technological integration in mental health treatment

• Co-Director of Clinical Training: Internship Coordinator (2026 - Present)

• PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium, PsyD in Clinical Psychology, 2021 
• Teachers College, Columbia University, MA in Psychology in Education, 2015 
• University of Pennsylvania, BA in Psychology with Honors, 2013

• Co-Chair, Doctoral Qualifying Comprehensive Exam / Standardized Patient Evaluation Examination (2025-2026)
• Co-Chair, Oakland Community-Based Outreach Clinic's Psychology Diversity Committee (2023)

• Palo Alto University Award for Excellence in Diversity, 2020

• Zainal, N.H., Chan, W.W., Saxena, A.P., Taylor, C.B., and Newman, M.G. (2021). Pilot randomized trial of self-guided virtual reality exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 147, 1-13. 

• Welner, M., O’Malley, K.Y., Gonidakis, J., Saxena, A., & Burnes, J. (2018). The Depravity Standard II: Developing a measure of the worst of crimes. Journal of Criminal Justice, 55, 25-34.

• Welner, M., O’Malley, K.Y., Gonidakis, J., Saxena, A., & Stewart-Willis, J. (2018). The Depravity Standard III: Validating an evidence-based guide. Journal of Criminal Justice, 55, 12-24.