About Us
About
As licensed psychologists Dr. Cerda and Dr. Sniffin combine 40 years of clinical experience working with diverse populations and clinical issues. It is our mission to provide excellent and ethical psychotherapy and psychological assessment services to the Central Valley of California. Our goal is to help you discover your authentic self and improve the quality of your life. We can work together to help you understand and resolve challenges in your life, increase self-esteem, confidence and competence while developing healthy coping skills. By applying proven therapy approaches and techniques, we will help you to unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be preventing you from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
If you’re looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation or you’re just ready to move in a new direction in your life, we look forward to working with you to achieve your goals.
Providing psychotherapy and psychological evaluations for individuals couples and families.
Treatment specialization includes:
- Anxiety Disorder
- Mood Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Couples Communication
- Parenting and Co-parenting Support
- Grief and loss
- Trauma
- Medical and Injury Related Issues
- Psychodiagnostic Assessments
- Anger Management
- Work and Career Related Issues
- Life Phase and End of Life Support
- Immigration Evaluations
- LGBTQIA +
- Forensic
We work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues providing services that span from therapy for depression and grief counseling to parenting support, couples counseling and beyond. In a comfortable and supportive atmosphere, we offer a highly personalized and knowledgable approach tailored to each clients individual needs.
Our Team








Jennifer Beach-Romo
Certified Medical Administrative Assistant
National Certified Coding and Billing Specialist

Jasmine Swalef, MA
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor

Denise D. Sniffin, Psy.D
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder of Cerda Sniffin Psychology Group
Dr. Sniffin, a lifelong resident of Fresno County, observed a mental health system that was struggling to meet the needs of the area’s diverse population and community. She entered the mental health profession with the goal of providing ethical and excellent mental health services to a diverse and multicultural community and to train new mental health clinicians to do the same. This continues to be the driving force behind Dr. Sniffin’s approach to the treatment and care of her patients.
Dr. Sniffin’s theoretical perspective is person centered, collaborative, insight oriented along with cognitive behavioral interventions to address cognitive distortions and maladaptive beliefs that are undermining an individual’s quality of life. She has extensive clinical experience with anxiety disorders, mood disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, trauma, medically compromised conditions, life phase and end of life care.

Valarie Silva, Psy.D.
Psychological Assistant
Dr. Silva is a registered post-doctoral psychological assistant who has over six years of clinical experience. She works with children, adolescents, adults, and families conducting therapy and psychological evaluations.
Dr. Silva’s therapeutic approach is a psychodynamic and attachment orientation incorporating cognitive behavioral, behavioral, and play therapy techniques. She has experience with parenting groups, marriage counseling, and student counseling. In addition, she is competent in ADHD assessment, autism spectrum disorder assessment, and cognitive assessment. Dr. Silva has experience providing forensic assessment and court ordered treatment. She is certified to work with children of all ages in an out-patient setting.

Karen Craft, Psy.D
Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Claudia E. Cerda, Psy.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder of Cerda Sniffin Psychology Group
A native of Los Angeles, CA, Claudia Cerda, Psy.D., Q.M.E is a first-generation, bilingual Spanish- speaking clinical psychologist. Licensed in 2000, Dr. Cerda brings over 22 years of clinical experience to the therapeutic alliance. Originally specializing in children and families with complex trauma and mental health conditions; psychotherapy has been provided to individuals across the lifespan with positive outcomes, restoring people to productive functioning and a stable mental health status within their family, social and occupational lives.
As a Qualified Medical Examiner since 2007 she provides her expertise and professional opinion about the nature, extent and likely cause of an illness or injury that is the subject of a workers compensation claim.
Identity-affirming evidence-based care and assessments are also specialty areas of psychological assessments. Additionally, Dr. Cerda has been qualified as an expert witness in Federal, Immigration, Criminal, Family and Juvenile Court proceedings.
