Welcome

As a psychologist, it has been my privilege to help people address emotional pain and experience increased ease and satisfaction in their lives. I am dedicated to helping each individual client achieve success by working together collaboratively and since each person is unique, I utilize a variety of approaches and techniques. I work primarily with individual adults and couples in my Albany office. My practice includes these treatment issues and more:

• Anxiety, phobias, fears, panic attacks
• Trauma, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress
• Grief and complicated bereavement
• Depression
• Stress management
• Adjustment to life stressors such as job change, job stress, relocation, chronic illness
• Parenting issues
• Improving relationships
• Healing childhood wounds
• Coping more effectively with everyday challenges
• Couples therapy: traditional and nontraditional couples
  • Relationship problems
  • Communication issues
  • Divorce and separation

Professional Background

Dr. Carol Odsess is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Albany, California. Her work as a psychologist integrates both traditional and innovative approaches and emphasizes EMDR and Energy Psychology methods.

Carol has considerable expertise in the most popular form of Energy Psychology, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques.) She teaches EFT to other psychotherapists as an adjunct faculty member at JFK University, Pleasant Hill, CA. Carol is also approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences to provide CEUs to MFTs/LCSWs and offers private workshops, individual mentoring and group consultation to other clinicians.

Carol also has extensive experience and training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.) She is both an EMDRIA Approved Consultant in EMDR and an EMDRIA Certified Clinician (EMDR International Association). She also participates in teaching other psychotherapists EMDR as a facilitator in EMDRIA approved trainings.

For more information about EMDR, click here.

To see a list of EFT workshops, click here.

(California Psychologist license # PSY 14361.)