Willow Pearson Trimbach ’88

Willow Pearson Trimbach ’88 earned a BA from Stanford University in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and went on to receive an MA in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Music Therapy from Naropa University, followed by a PsyD in Clinical Psychology from The Wright Institute.

 

Now a licensed clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and nationally board-certified music therapist, Willow leads a private practice—Integral Relational Psychotherapy—based in the East Bay of Northern California. She also serves as Director of Clinical Training and Core Faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. In addition to her clinical and academic work, Willow is a published author and singer/songwriter; her second book, The Emotional Truth of Dreams: Learning from Dream Dialogues in Psychotherapeutic and Spiritual Practice, co-authored with Eva Tuschman Leonard, is set to be released by Routledge in 2026. Her eighth album, Caesura's Cry, is set to be released by Lionessroars this July. 

 

Her advice to the Class of 2025? “Your unique contributions to the world emerge from the places where passion and service join.”

 

A dual recipient of the Mendenhall Award for Service and the Bush Award for Character, Scholarship, and Service in 1988, Willow continues to embody these values. As she puts it, “I cannot do everything, but I can do something”—a line from her senior page that continues to guide her today.