About Dr. Han.
A bicultural Asian American psychologist offering culturally affirming therapy for teens, adults, and families across California.
The work I do, and why I do it.
I came into this field because I'm genuinely curious about people: what they carry, what they hope for, and what gets in the way. Therapy, at its best, is a place where you can stop performing, where the parts of you that have been working overtime can finally exhale.
My role isn't to hand you a script. It's to help you slow down enough to hear yourself, and to bring real expertise to the patterns and pain that have been hard to budge on your own. We'll set goals that mean something. We'll do the work. And we'll do it with warmth.
As a bicultural Asian American clinician, I hold particular care for the layered terrain of family expectation, identity, and belonging. Whatever your background, your culture is welcome in the room.
Dr. Nancy Han, Psy.D
Training & experience.
Education
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Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.)
American School of Professional Psychology -
Master's in Clinical Psychology
American School of Professional Psychology -
Master of Social Work
California State University, East Bay (Hayward) -
B.S. in Psychology
Saint Mary's College of California
Professional path
- Several years as a Registered Psychological Assistant prior to licensure.
- Postdoctoral work at The Cancer Support Community, supporting patients and families navigating cancer.
- Led the children's program for kids whose parents were facing cancer, early grief, big questions, and the gift of play as a language.
- Years in Bay Area schools building bridges between families and staff, supporting students across many cultures and learning profiles.
- Community mental health experience with diverse populations across age, income, and identity.
Empathy with direction. Strength with self-compassion.
I work from a strength-based, integrative lens. That means I draw on different evidence-based approaches, cognitive, behavioral, attachment, trauma-informed, and play-based work, and choose what fits the person in front of me, not the other way around.
Self-compassion as a foundation
Lasting change tends to come not from harsher self-criticism, but from learning to be on your own side while you grow.
Healthy interpersonal dynamics
Relationships are where most of our pain shows up, and where most of our healing happens. We'll pay attention to both.
Active practice between sessions
Insight in the room is only half of it. The other half is what you try, notice, and adjust during the rest of your week.
Curious whether we'd be a fit?
The first conversation is the easiest way to find out.
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