Living Improv Groups are all facilitated by two Licensed Clinical Social Workers practicing psychotherapy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Together we bring a strong background in improv and theater as well as advanced training and experience in group psychotherapy.
Elizabeth Ehrenberg (left) and Ali Kimmell (right)
Elizabeth Ehrenberg, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker who loves all things improv, comedy, and storytelling-related. She has studied improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade, Bay Area Theater Sports, Pan Theater and Leela. She got her start doing improv in high school with the troupe “Zippy-O.” In college she was a member of Vassar College’s all-female comedy group “Indecent Exposure.” Since 2014 she has been a member of Pan Theater’s “Sunday Brunch” improv troupe. She has a psychotherapy private practice in San Francisco and Oakland where she specializes in eating disorders and body image issues, shame, perfectionism, and LGBTQ issues. Elizabeth received her masters in social work from Smith College School for Social Work where she wrote her thesis on comedy as a healing art form for women. To learn more about Elizabeth's private practice, please visit www.elizabethehrenberg.com. (LCS# 64143)
Ali Kimmell, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker who integrates her background in theater, psychodrama, and improv with individual and group psychotherapy. She has a private practice in Oakland where she practices from a relational psychodynamic and social justice lens. She has particular expertise in working with emotional disconnection, anxiety, depression, sociocultural identity, LGBTQIA+ folks, and relationship issues. She received her masters from Smith College School for Social Work and has received advanced training at the Psychotherapy Institute and Center for Group Studies. She published an article "Embodied Connections" which explores the use of body-oriented practices in group psychotherapy. To learn more about Ali's private practice, please visit www.alikimmell.com. (LCS# 67173)