Finding Connection for Parents

Dr. Hsu is a bilingual (Spanish) licensed psychologist who has experience working with individuals throughout the lifespan utilizing individual, group, and psychological testing. In pursuit of her desire to provide culturally competent and sensitive bilingual services to ethnic minority populations, she enrolled in the Diversity and Community Mental Health Proficiency Track at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology at Palo Alto University. Dr. Hsu specializes in suicide prevention and intervention, anxiety and mood disorders, trauma recovery, and interpersonal relationships. Dr. Hsu’s research and clinical interests include decreasing mental health disparities, suicidology, and understanding how the complexities of human diversity influence emotional health and coping styles. Her therapeutic approach is integrative and strongly influenced by Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and aspects of rapport building from the humanistic tradition. Previously, Dr. Hsu completed her APA accredited internship at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services in Culver City, California and her APA accredited postdoctoral residency at Kaiser Permanente in Redwood City, California. At present, Dr. Hsu also conducts quality management at Center for Social Dynamics.

Dr. Cree is a licensed clinical psychologist with experience supporting children, teens, and adults. She specializes in diagnostic evaluations for autism, ADHD, learning disorders, and brain injuries, and provides compassionate care for challenges like anxiety, depression, and behavior regulation. She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings, supervised clinical teams, and taught graduate students in psychology.

Dr. McDonald is a Licensed Staff Psychologist with experience providing therapy and assessment to children, adolescents and families with difficulties including anxiety, depression, ADHD and individuals with developmental delays among other behavior and mood disorders. Her previous clinical training includes psychotherapy informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), interpersonal, psychodynamic, attachment and play therapy techniques in a variety of settings. Olivia also has a background in utilizing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and sand tray approaches. She additionally has spent several years training in and providing diagnostic, developmental and behavioral assessments.