Mureithi Gakuo , MA, LMFT
Psychotherapist
Originally from Nairobi, Kenya, Mureithi (he/him) has been living in Minnesota since 2002. He has worked for more than 15 years in social services and education. He recently trained in Yale University’s Family-Based Recovery (FBR) model and practiced as a clinician in the pilot phase of the In-Home Family recovery (IHFR) model in Minnesota. Mureithi takes a person-centered approach- trying to understand clients within their family, community, and cultural contexts- with a particular interest on how intersectional identities influence a person’s self-identity.
Mureithi has a master’s degree in Community Psychology from Metropolitan State University, and an MA in Counseling Psychology from the University of Saint Thomas. He is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in Minnesota, and is fluent in Swahili.
