Dr. Lynette Lively Cookson (she/they) is Clinical Psychologist in San Diego who champions infant and early childhood mental health through treatment interventions, community collaboration, and provider training and supervision. Dr. LC earned their PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University in San Diego in 2022, and recently became a licensed Clinical Psychologist in fall of 2024. They completed their Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2016. They work part-time as lecturer and clinical supervisor for San Diego State University’s Department of Child and Family Development, Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling Master’s Program. Dr. LC provides reflective supervision and CPP for young children and families at the SDSU-affiliated clinic, Healthy Early Years Clinic, while additionally working in private practice supporting military families, blended and resource families, and other diverse populations. Dr. LC's intersectional identities that inform their professional work include their heritage as First Generation Filipino-American and Black-American Descendant of African Slaves sold into the areas of Mississippi and Louisiana, military child and spouse, gender-queer person, and first generation college graduate.