Our Team

Dyan Colven, PsyD

Clinical Supervisor

Dr. Dyan Colven completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. She most recently served as Clinical Coordinator, Program Coordinator, and Program Director at Vista del Mar Outpatient Program, a social service organization in Los Angeles, for approximately 15 years. She also served as a adjunct faculty member at UCLA and taught mental health awareness to medical students at UCLA. Prior to this, Dyan held a variety of positions at SHIELD for Families, Inc. She also served as Clinical Supervisor for Rosa Parks Sexual Assault Crisis Center. Before obtaining her doctorate, Dyan worked as a human resources professional in the private sector after obtaining her MBA from the University of Oregon.

Miranda Field, MFT

Clinical Supervisor

In practice since 1986, and providing clinical supervision since 1988, Miranda has served as Clinical Director for a number of counseling centers in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, including our own New Beginnings Counseling Center and Child Abuse Listening and Mediation (CALM).

The current focus of Miranda’s practice incorporates the intersecting fields of trauma and attachment theory, mindfulness, and somatically based practices. While maintaining a general practice, Miranda specializes in healing early trauma, including childhood sexual abuse and early attachment injuries, as well as couples therapy. With advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Miranda values a respectful and relationally oriented approach to healing.

Paul Guido, PhD

Clinical Supervisor

 A native of Los Angeles, Dr. Paul Guido studied English literature at the University of Southern California before earning Master’s and Doctoral degrees at the California School of Professional Psychology. Over the subsequent 30 years he practiced individual and group psychotherapy, at one time serving clientele in both Los Angeles and the Santa Barbara area. A Montecito resident, Dr. Guido currently practices and mentors interns exclusively in the Santa Barbara area. Dr. Guido is a Santa Barbara Museum of Art docent, and has served on the museum’s docent board for four years. He currently serves on the Board of the Music Academy of the West, and volunteers as the on-call counselor for the Academy Fellows during the summer Program.

Joan Willcombe, MA, PhD, LMFT

Clinical Supervisor

Joan Willcombe is a licensed marriage and family therapist who maintains a private practice in Santa Barbara. Joan was a volunteer counselor at New Beginnings for many years and now supports our work as one of our supervisors. She works with children, teens, adults, and couples. Her specialties include relationship issues, emotional disturbance, and marital and premarital issues. Joan received her master’s in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University and her doctorate in education from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Susan Wax, PhD

Susan Wax has 30+ years of clinical experience as a psychologist, specializing in psychodynamic psychotherapy with individuals and advanced couple’s work, with couples striving for intimacy and better communication.  She has also received divorce mediation training and a portion of her private practice is devoted to facilitating effective co-parenting.  Susan was a founding board member of SB-Court-Appointed Special Advocates and a trainer for CASA, Associate Professor at Antioch University, Parent Educator for SB County Courts, and Clinical Supervisor at UCSB Hosford Clinic. This is her second year supervising doctoral interns at New Beginnings.