Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #143305
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor #15311
Supervised by Nanci Kim, LMFT CA #95979
*Accepting new clients in person in Fremont and virtually throughout California
Dan (Da) Song, AMFT, APCC
Dan is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He works with adolescents, young adults and adults navigating anxiety, chronic stress, burnout, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. Many of the individuals he supports are high-functioning professionals, students, caregivers, and those balancing demanding careers, financial pressures, and family responsibilities.
As an immigrant, Dan understands the layered expectations that can come with navigating multiple cultures, including family roles, achievement, and responsibility. Prior to his clinical training, he worked in high-pressure business environments, including managing teams, large-scale operations, and complex projects. This experience informs his work with professionals, business owners, and individuals facing leadership demands and performance expectations.
Dan received his Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Golden Gate University and has clinical experience in both school-based and community mental health settings. He draws from therapeutic approaches including ACT, CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy and Brainspotting.
His approach is collaborative, practical, and culturally responsive. He helps clients understand patterns that contribute to stress and develop sustainable ways to navigate work, relationships, and responsibilities with greater clarity and steadiness.
Dan works with clients across a range of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, including immigrants and those navigating financial or systemic barriers to care.
*Available in person in Fremont, CA and virtually throughout California in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
Dan 在旧金山湾区为青少年（高中及以上）、大学生及成年人提供心理咨询服务，主要帮助应对焦虑、长期压力、身心疲惫、人际关系困扰以及人生阶段变化等问题。
他的来访者很多是承担较多责任的人，比如学生、职场人士、需要照顾家人的人，以及在工作、学业和家庭之间长期“硬撑”的个体。对不少移民或有跨文化背景的人来说，家庭期待、成就压力和身份认同往往交织在一起，久而久之容易感到压抑、焦虑，甚至有些迷失方向。
Dan 自身有移民背景，也曾在高压力的商业环境中工作，参与过团队管理和复杂项目运作。因此他对职场压力、责任感以及“必须把事情做好”的状态有比较实际的理解，也能够更贴近地和来访者一起梳理这些问题。
在咨询中，他会结合认知行为疗法（CBT）、接纳与承诺疗法（ACT）等方法，提供清晰、实用的支持。同时也会根据需要加入心理教育（psychoeducation），帮助来访者更好地理解自己的情绪反应、思维习惯和行为模式。
Dan 的风格相对稳、不过度评判，更注重一步一步把问题看清楚，找到更可持续的应对方式，而不是单纯“熬过去”。
目前可提供普通话、粤语及英语服务，支持加州范围内的线上咨询（telehealth），并在 Fremont 提供线下面对面咨询。
SPECIALIZATIONS
Adolescents and Young Adults
Dan provides therapy for adolescents (ages 14+) and young adults who are navigating academic pressure, stress, anxiety, and the challenges of balancing school, family expectations, and social relationships. Drawing from his experience in both school-based settings and high-pressure environments, he supports students in building practical coping skills, improving emotional awareness, and developing healthier patterns around performance and self-expectations. His collaborative and culturally responsive approach is especially helpful for teens from diverse backgrounds, including those managing the added complexity of cultural expectations, identity, and planning for the future.
Family Dynamics, Cultural Identity and Life Transitions
As an immigrant, Dan understands how cultural expectations, family roles, and identity can shape emotional experiences. He works with clients navigating cross-cultural stress, intergenerational dynamics, and the pressure to meet both internal and external expectations.
This includes adult children of immigrants, individuals in the sandwich generation, parents raising children while navigating cultural differences, generational expectations, or questions of identity while balancing personal values with family or cultural obligations. Therapy provides a space to explore these experiences with greater clarity, while finding ways to move forward in a more sustainable and aligned way.
Stress, Burnout and High-Responsibility Roles
Dan works with individuals experiencing chronic stress, burnout, anxiety, and the strain of carrying ongoing responsibility. This often includes high-functioning professionals, business owners, students, caregivers, and those balancing demanding work environments with family obligations or leadership roles.
These pressures may show up as overthinking, emotional exhaustion, irritability, relationship strain, or a sense of constantly needing to “hold it together.” Many clients are used to being the reliable one for others, while having limited space to process their own needs.
Dan’s approach focuses on understanding the patterns that drive stress and developing practical, sustainable ways to respond differently. Drawing from ACT, CBT, DBT and related evidence-based approaches, he helps clients build greater clarity, emotional steadiness, and more effective ways of navigating work, relationships, and responsibilities.
Professional Experience
Clinical experience in community mental health, working with older adults, high-achieving high school and college students, and individuals involved in court-mandated services
Experience in school-based settings, supporting students and collaborating within school systems
Experience in private practice, working with clients navigating anxiety, stress, and life transitions
Background supporting high-functioning individuals managing academic, professional, and family-related pressures
Prior experience in business environments involving team leadership, operations, and complex decision-making
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