ABOUT DR. AKIRA OLSEN ~ Child, adolescent, adult PSYCHOLOGY

I’m a board-certified psychologist, psychotherapist, and coach. I have 16+ years of clinical experience in working with youth, families, and adult professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I'm bilingual in Japanese. I started my practice in 2010 and my clinic in 2017.

I specialize in treating Anxiety, Stress, Motivation, life transitions, Trauma/PTSD,  Attention/ADHD, Family/Marriage/Relationship issues, loss/grief, career issues, and motivation.  

I'm certified in Cognitive Behavior Therapy and EMDR I & II. 

I provide psychodiagnostic assessment, ADHD assessment, Individual/family/group therapy to youth and adults. 

My approach is Integrative: Cognitive-behavioral, Acceptance-Commitment, Play, Dialectical-behavior, Mindfulness, Humanistic,Psychodynamic, Multicultural, and Holistic (Somatic and Neuropsychology). 

In addition, my past training also includes but not limited to: Neuropsychology, Body-oriented psychotherapy, Mindfulness, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (Level I & I), and Trauma/PTSD treatment, Life Coaching and Executive Coaching. 

My working style is interactive, collaborative, evidence-based, compassionate, and problem-solving. 

I strive to provide client-centered, evidence-based, feedback-informed, culturally competent, developmentally appropriate, and individualized services to my clients.    

Contact me for a free 15 minute consultation,