Slideshow Tour
Clinical Staff
Dr. Susan B. Day, Ph.D.
Dr. Susan Day is the president of Woods Creek Psychological Group, A Professional Corporation, and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who has been practicing psychology in the city of Sonora for over twenty years. She received her Masters degree in 2004 and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Meridian University in Petaluma, California in 2008.
Dr. Day offers a range of therapeutic options for her patients including talk therapy, art therapy, sand tray therapy, authentic movement, dream work, focusing/hypnosis work, Imaginal Psychology (IP), internal family systems (IFS), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). She is experienced in helping people who are suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, attachment disorder, somatic disorders, and attention deficit disorders. She works with adults, children, adolescents, couples, and families. She conducts research on dream sharing and facilitates dream exploration groups. She facilitates group supervision for psychological interns and licensed clinicians.
Dr. Day became a Registered Nurse in 1975 and worked at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California as an Intensive Care Nurse and was the Charge Nurse of the Cardiac Rehab Program for several years. Before gaining her Ph.D. in psychology, she developed and facilitated group therapy programs at both Tuolumne County Behavioral Health, and Calaveras County Behavioral Health Services, assessed and counseled individuals in crisis, as well as those with substance abuse and anger management issues.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, CA PSY 23349
Diana Miller, Ph.D.
Diana is a Registered
Psychological Associate with Ph.D. in Clinical Psychological from Meridian University. Her doctoral dissertation explored abandonment between mothers and daughters. Diana has most recently worked as a therapeutic social worker for foster children and resource families, an applied behavior analyst for children with autism spectrum disorder, a counselor with a wilderness adventure and leadership program for youth in the Sierra Nevada, and a certified coach with Scalar Heart Connection. Diana focuses on transforming pain and suffering into a trusting sense of self and a fulfilling life within the frameworks of imaginal psychology, creative arts therapy, mindfulness, Jungian psychology, compassion-focused therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. She invites all people experiencing a range of relationship issues, emotional wounds, inter-generational and personal trauma, transitions, addiction, low self-worth, loss and grief, overwhelm, and lack of purpose. She is sensitive to issues regarding identity, sexuality, gender, culture, and systemic disparities. Through compassion, gentle curiosity, and a relational style, Diana creates an accepting atmosphere that allows people to visit unloved or neglected parts of themselves as guided by their imagination, wild nature, and storytelling.
Registration PSB94026086
Suzy Corgiat, MA
Suzy is a Registered Psychological Associate with a Master’s in Psychology from Meridian University, where she is currently working towards her PsyD in Clinical Psychology. Suzy began working in the clinical setting with diverse populations (including adolescents, teens, adults, couples and families) in 2023, utilizing an integrative approach through a humanistic/holistic, client centered lens and the propensity for holding a compassionate container for one’s unique cultural and identity experiences. She offers strategies from therapeutic modalities such as CBT, IFS, EFT, imaginal psychology, somatic awareness, and mindfulness based on client goals, meeting them wherever they’re at.
For the past 12 years, Suzy has worked as a Holistic Health Practitioner and Traditional Thai yoga and massage therapist and instructor. Her studies in Ayurveda, Eastern Philosophy, martial arts and meditation heavily influence her perspectives on mental and emotional wellbeing. Suzy’s experience in working with the physical body and finding the client’s stored traumas, prompted her interest in the psychological piece of an individual’s suffering. She has also spent much of her holistic health practice in researching neuroscience, the nervous system, and functional medicine.
Suzy has a passion for working clinically with complex trauma and serious mental conditions, with the intention of fostering awareness of how our mind, body, and spirit connection is present in all of one’s internal experience and relational interactions. She believes in the benefits of exploring the role of attachment and intergenerational trauma in unhelpful thought and behavior patterns that underlie our primary life challenges. Suzy received her Bachelor’s in Music, which informs her enthusiasm for guiding clients to utilize their own artistic interests in processing and transforming deep emotional experience.
Registration: 94028320
Taryn Sawyer, MA
Taryn is a Registered Psychological Associate with experience working with diverse populations. She is passionate about honoring each person’s unique healing journey. With compassion and understanding, she creates a nonjudgmental space where individuals feel seen, heard, and supported.
Taryn has experience working with trauma, anxiety, addiction, life transitions, grief and loss, divorce, motherhood, personal growth, and more. She helps clients transform pain into growth through integrative therapeutic practices, incorporating depth psychology, imaginal work, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and person-centered approaches. Her work is rooted in the belief that healing comes from exploring one’s experiences with curiosity and self-compassion.
She holds a master’s degree from Meridian University and is currently pursuing her doctorate. She remains committed to providing thoughtful, individualized care that empowers clients on their path toward healing and self-discovery. “The task of psychology is to restore soul to the world.” – James Hillman
Registration: 9402887
Dr. Barbara Briner, DAOM
Dr. Briner serves as vice-president on the board of the Woods Creek Psychological Group. She is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, holding both a Masters and Doctorate degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine (2005 and 2011 Five Branches University, CA, USA). She is a Medical Qigong instructor, state and nationally licensed for acupuncture. She co-owns Sierra Acupuncture where she has been practicing for the last 14+ years with a passion for pain release, both physically and mentally. Before she moved to the US in 2001 she spent over a decade as a Swiss MD specializing in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in several Swiss Psychiatric Trauma Centers (i.e. Waldau Psychiatric University Hospital, Opiate Rehabilitation Station, Psychiatric Double Diagnosis Station, Systemic Family Therapy Station, City Behavioral Ambulatory Center in Switzerland) as well as maintaining her own psychiatry & psychotherapy practice in Bern, Switzerland.
Licensed Acupuncturist AC 10896, Diplomate of Oriental Medicine Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM) 29438
John Day, MBA
John Day serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO); Treasurer of the Board of Directors; and Administrative Supervisor for the corporation. He has a Master in Business Administration (MBA) in Health Care Administration from National University in San Diego, California.
John worked for Bay General Hospital in Chula Vista, California as a systems analyst and Rehab Coordinator from 1971 to 1976. He performed feasibility studies for Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, while obtaining a masters degree between 1976 and 1978. From 1978 to 1982 he worked for J.P. Scripps newspapers in San Diego as their internal auditor. In 1982 he opened a public accounting and tax office in Santa Barbara, California and later joined the CPA firm of McGowan, Thompson and Starlin in 1989 as their small business manager. In 1996 he and his family moved to Sonora, California while continuing the accounting and tax practice in Santa Barbara via telecommuting. During this time he authored two accounting workbooks for non-accountants. He retired from public accounting in 2018.
