Meet Our Team
Our Team Approach
All services are provided by licensed mental health professionals who are on-site university staff members. Our wellness professionals work in conjunction with the veterinary faculty, staff, and students of the hospital, along with another staff member who specializes as a Pet Loss Grief Recovery Specialist. This team helps clients be as educated as possible on all aspects of end-of-life decisions, to cope with pet loss, and to help manage stress if a pet has recently been diagnosed with a long-term illness or is having behavioral problems.
Aaron Hansen, MA, LMFT
Client Support and Wellness Professional
mfthansen@ucdavis.edu (for wellness support only)
530-752-7341
Aaron Hansen serves as the client services counselor at the veterinary hospital. Throughout his career, he has worked in a multitude of treatment environments, such as: residential treatment for those with severe mental illnesses; short-term crisis evaluation and risk assessment post-psychiatric hold; intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization; and outpatient services. He has worked with a wide variety of clients and helped manage and treat different problems that interfere in people's lives, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and PTSD, grief and loss, substance use and abuse, among others. Aaron also helps people with increasing their confidence, learn how to implement and hold boundaries, assertiveness training, and other important life skills that promote a happier and more fulfilling life. He strives to make a positive impact for all at the hospital and in the community at large. Aaron holds a master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and is also a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Dale Brown, LCSW
House Officer Support and Wellness Professional
530-752-1393
Soli Redfield
Pet Loss Grief Recovery Specialist
530-752-0290
Soli Redfield has worked in many services of the UC Davis Large Animal Clinic since 2003, including as a technician in the ICU, surgery, and pathology. After seeing how difficult and stressful euthanasia could be on clients, veterinarians, staff members, and students, Soli decided to pursue an educational program focused on grief and bereavement. She attended the American Academy of Grief Counseling, where she earned a Certificate as a Pet Loss Grief Recovery Specialist. Soli now assists clients with their decision making process and explains the euthanasia procedure. Her ability to talk clients through the euthanasia experience plays an important role in helping the veterinarians better assist the patients. Clients routinely comment positively on Soli’s program to gather bereavement memorabilia for them, including collecting the manes, tails, and hoof prints of horses and paw prints of dogs and cats. These mementos are then packaged neatly for the clients by Soli personally.