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Back to Meet Our Staff
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Keith Olson, Ph.D., MFT
Clinical Supervisor
kolson@enrichingrelationships.org
619-858-3105 x122
As Bethel Seminary’s program director for the Marital
and Family Therapy graduate program and lead faculty
member, I thoroughly enjoy supervising graduate
students. As the Clinical Supervisor for the Center
for Enriching Relationships, we endeavor to provide the
San Diego churches with the most qualified and skilled
interns.
In 1971, Family
Consultation Service was established as an expression of
my desire to integrate the perspectives of psychology
and my study of human relationships with God's word as
it is revealed in the Bible. This was the first
professional counseling center in San Diego to be
established with evangelical Christianity as its basis.
Many of the most fulfilling experiences in my more than
30 years of professional life have been in my
relationships with clients and colleagues that I have
been privileged to enjoy at the Center for Enriching
Relationships and Family Consultation Services.
During these years I have had the opportunity to work with a very
wide range of people dealing with an equally wide range of issues.
However, I have had the greatest amount of experience, and I believe
expertise, with:
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Therapy with individual adults dealing with depression and
anxiety |
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Adults working with a wide range of ministry-related issues
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Marital therapy |
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Individual and family therapy with adolescents
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Stepfamily adjustments |
In addition to providing direct psychotherapy and marital and family
counseling services, it has been my privilege to work to enhance
personal, family and community health through professional speaking,
teaching and writing.
I believe that at the core of all personal and relational problems
is alienation which has plagued humankind since almost the dawn of
creation. My therapy with individuals, couples, and families is
based on the process of helping people to develop stronger
connectedness (relationships with God, with each other, and with
themselves, as well as with the whole of creation within which God
has placed us).
Professional Speaking, Teaching and
Writing:
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Speaking engagements include a wide range of topics for
churches, schools, corporations and other organizations. These
opportunities include local presentations, national conferences,
association meetings, and invited international presentations in
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A wide variety of articles in journals and magazines
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Three published books (Counseling Teenagers, Why Teenagers
Act the Way They Do, and What Makes Your Teenager Tick?)
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Contributions to several other books by different authors.
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A four-volume video series on Counseling Teenagers, a
five-volume video series, Understanding Me/Understanding You
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Appearances in other video projects on parenting, pastoral
counseling, and psychotherapy |
Degrees and
License:
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Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Arizona
(1972). |
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BA in psychology from San Diego State University (1967)
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Licensed in the state of California since 1973 as a Marriage and
Family Therapist. License #M6022 |
Faculty Associations:
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1997 to present - Administrator and Lead Faculty of the M.A.
program in Marital and Family Therapy at Bethel Seminary San
Diego |
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1986 to 1997 - Associate Pastoral Care Faculty at Bethel
Seminary San Diego |
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1973 to 1999 - Associate Psychology Faculty at Point Loma
Nazarene University |
Affiliations:
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American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
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American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT)
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California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
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Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS)
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During the mid 1990s - a member and San Diego Chapter Officer of
the National Speakers Association. |
Contact:
kolson@enrichingrelationships.org
www.enrichingrelationships.org
619-858-3105 x122
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