Licensed social worker, licensed clinical psychologist, and registered play therapist Dr. Miriam Galindo also serves as a nurse practitioner who provides compassionate care spanning adult-gerontology and psychiatric mental health. Maintaining a private practice with her husband, Dr. Miriam Galindo has a strong commitment to bettering her community. Her experience extends to a collaborative role with Families in Transition, where she has delivered reunification therapy and guided coparenting classes.
Dr. Galindo’s passion for her profession owes to a formative experience at age nine hearing Mother Teresa speak about the importance of providing service wherever one resides. This served as a guiding light, as she attended Chapman University and earned a BA in psychology. She completed her doctorate in psychology at the Trinity College of Graduate Studies and pursued nursing degrees at Stanbridge University.
The latter institution provided Dr. Galindo with the knowledge and self-discipline to become an exemplary vocational nurse. She developed a holistic outlook that considers the mind, body, and spirit of patients, and authored a thesis that evolved into a professional conference and earned her a Visionary Women award. Since 2016, Dr. Miriam Galindo has instructed in dementia caregiver education with Alzheimer's Orange County, a nonprofit center for Alzheimer's resources.