Dane Olney
Marriage & Family Therapist Trainee
Hi, I'm Dane. I'm a Tri-Valley native with fifteen years of experience walking alongside people as a local pastor. Through my own experience in therapy, I came to appreciate that healing and growth happen in relationships where we feel truly safe to be ourselves.
I hold a Master of Theology from Fuller Seminary and am completing a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Colorado Christian University while serving as a Marriage & Family Therapist Trainee. Outside of work, you’ll find me running Livermore's trails, cheering on Bay Area sports teams, or searching for my next great library book.
Why I Became a Therapist
For years, working as a pastor gave me the privilege of walking with people through some of life's most meaningful and painful moments. I found myself drawn to the deep work of helping individuals, couples, and families understand their story and heal their relationships.
Today, I work primarily with adults, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, addiction, betrayal, grief, anger, stress, relationship challenges, spiritual questions, or simply feeling stuck. My hope is to help people better understand what they're experiencing, strengthen their relationships, and discover a way forward that is authentic to them.
I am currently in training and working under supervision as I continue developing clinical competence. My program emphasizes both clinical skill and personal formation, which I believe are essential to ethical, effective care. I'm committed to ongoing learning and supervision as part of responsible practice.
Qualifications
Master’s Student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Supervised Practicum & Internship (Pre-Licensed) in California
Master of Theology, Fuller Seminary
My Approach
Helping you find clarity, heal relationships, and move toward lasting change.
I am an Emotionally Focused Therapist, while also drawing from other approaches when they best serve the needs of the client. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is the primary framework that shapes my work, particularly its focus on attachment, emotional experience, relationships, and the cycles that keep us stuck. EFT is evidence-based and trauma-informed, recognizing how our past experiences can shape the ways we relate to ourselves and others.
I’m also comfortable going into the deep waters of existential questions about meaning, identity, purpose, and death, while also drawing on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy to keep us grounded in hope, strengths, and practical movement forward—so we don’t get so focused on the problem that we lose sight of where you want to go.
Areas of Focus
Attachment
Marital and Pre-Marital Counseling
Parenting
Anxiety & Depression
Addiction Recovery
Spiritual Growth & Integration
Intimate Partner Betrayal
Spiritual Abuse & Church Hurt
A Note on Working Together
My hope is that this gives you a clear picture of how I approach therapy and care for clients. This is a collaborative process, and I welcome questions at any point. I'm also comfortable integrating spirituality into therapy when it aligns with a client's goals and values—always respectfully, and never by assumption or imposition. Ultimately, I'm less interested in applying a single model and more interested in responding with curiosity and intentionality to the individual, couple, or family I'm privileged to work with.
Let’s talk.
Reaching out is often the hardest part. It doesn't have to be a big commitment — a first conversation is just that: a conversation, to see if we're a good fit.