Dan (Da) Song, AMFT, APCC
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #143305
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor #15311
Supervised by Nanci Kim, LMFT CA #95979
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 evidence-based approaches such as ACT, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
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 English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
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.
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, and related evidence-based approaches, he helps clients build greater clarity, emotional steadiness, and more effective ways of navigating work, relationships, and responsibilities.
Cultural Identity, Family Dynamics 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, and those 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.
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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