Katherine L. Olson, PhD
Licensed Psychologist
PSY 26091
(she, her)

Welcome! If you are here, you’ve already taken the courageous first step toward getting support. Parenting in the context of our world today is hard enough—and many of us are doing it without the help we need from family, schools, and the broader community. We all know we can’t parent from an empty cup, but the standard advice to engage in more “self-care” falls flat for many of us facing very real challenges with our children who are suffering right before our eyes.

My goal is to partner with you to offer a new lens for understanding and supporting your family’s needs, including your own. 

When I first became a parent, I was shocked and humbled to find myself unable to soothe my extremely sensitive child. Our journey was scary, isolating, and often traumatic. My deepest hope is to provide parents and caregivers with the support that my family desperately needed, and could not find.

What I’ve come to understand on a deep level is that connection and felt safety are underpinnings of any work that I do with families, and the foundational north star of our work together. While all kids need and deserve autonomy and respect, some kids cannot function without it. I specialize in helping families who have children with extremely sensitive nervous systems who don’t respond well to traditional parenting and educational approaches.

My lived experience continues to inform my work everyday, as do the lessons I learn from the families I am fortunate to work with. From the lens of Interpersonal Neurobiology, I view nervous system support and relational connection as primary goals toward well-being. My approach is trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and grounded in my lifelong effort to be culturally responsive.