Linda Olson, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Her intensive training has been in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy(DBT), Mindfulness, Exposure Response Prevention(ERP), and Attachment theory. She furthered her training with Dr. Harville Hendrix’s Imago Relationship Therapy for couples and relationships. With her expertise and unconditional support, Dr. Olson is highly skilled in providing a customized trauma-focused and cognitive-behavioral approach which can be tailored to the individual needs and goals of each patient.
Dr. Olson earned a Masters in Clinical Social Work and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from the University of Iowa and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University, Georgia School of Professional Psychology in Atlanta, Georgia. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the Georgia Regional State Hospital, focusing on forensic testing and adolescent and adult court ordered evaluations. Her post-doctoral training was completed at the New Learning Center in Westport, Ct., a comprehensive outpatient center where she focused on child custody evaluations and provided individual, couples and family therapy to clients with histories of domestic and sexual abuse.
Dr. Olson’s passion and commitment to healing women and adult children comes out of her own pain of growing up with childhood domestic violence and narcissistic abuse and losing two sisters. One of her sisters was killed from domestic violence and her other sister died homeless after being in and out of abusive relationships. She also lived in a narcissistic and violent marriage for over two decades. She had the courage to leave when she saw the effects her marriage was having on herself and her three sons.
“I cannot change the past; however, I can change the future by raising awareness of childhood domestic violence, reaching out and supporting individuals going through the cycle of abuse, and sharing the Truth – ‘There is hope, you can heal and reach your full potential. Your life matters”.
Dr. Olson’s commitment to raising awareness of childhood domestic violence comes out of her pain of believing the false belief and lie -“It must be my fault.” -and of breaking through to the real truth – “It was not my fault.” Going from feelings of constant fear, uncertainty, confusion and doubt to realizing the incredible strengths and gifts that were developed by growing up with childhood domestic violence has enabled and empowered her to help people discover their true potential hidden themselves.
Her wisdom and compassion are available for all who get to know her and work with her.
Dr. Olson has been a national board member since 2015 for the National Childhood Domestic Violence Association (CDV.ORG).
In 2016, she founded the Georgia Chapter of Childhood Domestic Violence Association (CDV.ORG), a nonprofit to raise awareness on the profound impact growing up witnessing domestic violence has on children.