# Gillian Dreher > Artist, Designer & Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Location: Oakland, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/gilliandreher I'm an artist, designer, and therapist who loves to combine my diverse skills to expand access to the arts and quality mental healthcare. Whether crafting a new feature in a digital mental health product or working directly with people, I listen deeply to understand the needs of the people I serve and work collaboratively to deliver creative and transformative experiences. Interested in working together? Drop me an email at gill.dreher@gmail.com ## Work Experience ### Artist, Designer & Illustrator @ Gill D. Creative Jan 2016 – Present | Oakland, California, United States I provide freelance art education, illustration, and content design services for organizations & publications. I also provide product design consulting services for mental health tech products. ### Licensed Marriage And Family Therapist @ Alameda County Jan 2023 – Present | San Leandro, California, United States I provide therapy services to children, teens, and families both in person and via telehealth. Our clinic provides MediCal services to young clients who have severe mental health struggles, have recently been discharged from a psychiatric emergency facility, and/or are currently members of the out-of-home care system. LMFT 153746 ### Associate Marriage and Family Therapist @ Silver Fern Child & Family Therapy, Inc. Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Walnut Creek, California, United States I provided therapy services in an outpatient setting to children, teens, young adults, and families both in person and via telehealth. Common issues included GAD, MDD, SH, SI, gender and identity issues, family stress, and transitional issues. ### Lead Product Designer & User Researcher @ Little Otter Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 I was the sole product designer at Little Otter, leading the entire process and execution of our design and research efforts. I successfully systematized the entire mobile and web products, launched new features that helped improve care for families, supported leadership in conveying our product to board members and external partners through decks and presentations, and ran research studies with patients, families, and providers and shared learnings with leadership & staff. ### Marriage And Family Therapy Intern @ Portia Bell Hume Behavioral Health and Training Center Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Pleasanton, California, United States I worked with middle and high school students one-on-one and in groups both at public schools and in an outpatient clinic. I collaborated with school staff, teachers, and parents; completed mental health assessments, treatment plans, and other relevant diagnostic assessments; and created materials to address client needs to share with individuals, groups, and families. ### Product Design Mentor @ Designlab Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Oakland, California, United States I help aspiring product designers learn product design fundamentals and more advanced techniques, build their portfolios and resumes, and get hired! ### Senior Product Designer @ Modern Health Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States I designed experiences that connected employees with mental health services including digital tools, coaching, and therapy. ### Staff Product Designer @ Pandora Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | Oakland, CA I worked as a UX and UI designer to develop Pandora’s new streaming music service for mobile, web, auto and television. Highlights include upgrading legacy design systems, working closely with PMs and engineers to maintain key product areas, and redesigning legacy product to reach new users and goals. ### Product Designer @ Rdio Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, California Designed features, created and exported assets, oversaw file organization and set up team craft projects at Rdio, the now defunct but ever beautiful streaming music service. ### Production Designer @ Rdio Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area + Coordinate with studios, designers, developers and marketing team to collect, audit, and approve assets and graphics + Create and maintain a diverse library of assets + Create assets for use on web and mobile Rdio and Vdio products + Work within Rdio and Vdio brands to create product deliverables and promotional graphics + Work closely with Product Design team to create icons, screens, and other product deliverables + Provide web-ready assets for use in the Rdio blog, Twitter, and promotional e-mails ### Art Director @ East Bay Express Publishing Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Oakland, California, United States Oversaw visual appearance of the East Bay Express weekly paper and website. Lead redesign of eastbayexpress.com, designed weekly paper covers and editorial illustrations, created digital and print ads for sponsors. ### Lead Product & Brand Designer @ Luke's Local Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, CA + Create and manage design foundation for website and marketing visuals + Research and monitor user interaction and satisfaction with our website and products + Create and manage customer service and website support systems + Execute vendor relations and create new vendor relationships + Assist with general operations tasks such as inventory and employee relations ### Graphic Designer - Sustainability @ City of Oakland Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Oakland, CA + Create new layouts for the City of Oakland Sustainability Division website + Create and manage a Green Map for the City of Oakland + Assist City of Oakland Officer of Sustainability in daily administrative and creative tasks + Update and manage the Oakland Photo Library ### Letterpress Assistant @ Volta Press Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Oakland, CA + Assist in letterpress printing, book construction, formatting, and various other studio tasks ### Resident Intern @ Headlands Center for the Arts Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | Sausalito, CA + Provide general administrative assistance + Assist in general upkeep of facilities and files + Help at events such as the annual art auction and summer open house + Provide research assistance to artists ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Fine/Studio Arts, General University of California, Berkeley Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 ### Master of Arts - MA in Counseling Psychology Palo Alto University Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gilliandreher - Portfolio: http://www.gill-d.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/gilliandreher JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/gilliandreher/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25