B.A. Comparative Literature and Spanish, University of California, Riverside, 1974 M.A. Spanish Literature, University of California, Riverside, 1978
M.S. Clinical Counseling, California State University, Hayward, 1986
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, The Wright Institute, 1998

Dr. Martos-Perry has a private practice in Oakland specializing in issues related to cultural identity, early childhood trauma, and cross-cultural clinical training. She brings to her practice 16 years of clinical experience in psychodynamic psychotherapy and family therapy, with special expertise in multicultural issues.

Born in Argentina, Dr. Martos-Perry is bilingual in Spanish and has oral and reading comprehension of Italian and Portuguese. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience in clinical psychology, literature, Spanish and English as a Second Language.

Dr. Martos-Perry was former Interim Director of Clinical Services at WestCoast Children's Center in El Cerrito and served as a clinical faculty member at McAuley Behavioral Services, St. Mary's Hospital, SF. For six years, she was a family therapist at Horizons Youth and Family Services in Livermore. She provided family therapy to severely dysfunctional, high-conflict families of juvenile offenders, runaway and beyond control youth, and gained expertise in family systems and community mental health with emphasis on structural and contextual family therapy perspectives.

As part of her extensive work related to diversity, Dr. Martos-Perry has coordinated and conducted training for the Livermore School District, San Mateo County Social Services, and UC Berkeley Extension Program. She was research clinician for the Center for the Family in Transition in Corte Madera where she consulted on cases involving Spanish speaking families litigating custody disputes.

Her clinical and research interests include psychoanalytic and developmental theory, trauma, the impact of culture on individual and family psychology, multicultural identity, acculturation, and bilingualism.