Alexandra Matthews, Ph.D. (Psy16219)

Services I Provide 

I provide Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for a variety of issues, including anxiety (obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic, phobias, shyness and social anxiety), child and adult ADD/ADHD, depression, bipolar illness, parenting issues, and coping with chronic and/or life-threatening medical illness.

I provide a variety of Life Coaching services for children, teens, and adults.  I work with my clients to clarify goals and values, prioritize, work towards meaningful goals, decrease stress, and improve organization and time management.

I particularly enjoy working in a Coaching capacity with students who are applying to college or private high school.  Visit my Coaching page to learn more.

I provide a variety of education and consultation services to professionals, organizations, schools, and parenting groups, as well as bullying prevention consultation and training to schools.  I am currently an Assistant Clinical Professor in the psychiatry department of the Univeristy of California, San Francisco Medical School. 

What I Do

I provide personalized therapy and coaching based on scientifically proven treatment methods.  I focus on developing effective coping skills, healthier habits, and new tools for future use.  My goal is to create lasting change by reducing fear, anxiety, depression, and other coping problems, and to increase confidence, self-esteem, coping skills, and improve relationships.

As a certified Olweus Bully Prevention Program trainer.  I provide training and consultation to schools who are ready to take the step of doing something real and positive to stop bullying.

I also give educational talks to a variety of groups and organizations on various topics, including parenting, anxiety, and bullying.  As an Assistant Clinical Professor in the psychiatry department at UCSF, I provide teaching and supervision to the Child Psychiatry residents.

 In the news

February 21, 2010: Completed filming for an episode of Hoarders: Buried Alive for the Discovery Channel.

February 16, 2010: Gave an invited talk on The Hazards of Overindulging Our Children to the PTA of a school on the San Francisco peninsula.

October 12, 2009: Invited speaker on the topic of Hoarding for the NAMI Marin monthly meeting.

September, 2009: Provided Olweus Bully Prevention Program training to a middle school on the Peninsula.

August 19, 2009: Invited speaker for Brisbane School District staff training on reducing threat in the school environment by implementing a bully prevention program.

April 16, 2009: Invited speaker on hoarding at the California Environmental Health Association annual conference.

March 19, 2009: Panel discussant on hoarding with colleagues from the Marin County Hoarding Alliance at the Forensic Mental Health Association of California annual conference.

March 4, 2009: Invited speaker on Parenting for the Ross Valley PTA. 

February 24, 2009: Invited speaker on Parenting at  Wade Thomas Elementary School.

January 31-February 1, 2009:  Guest appearance on KTVU-2 Rosy Chu's Bay Area People episode about hoarding.

January 21, 2009: Invited speaker on Bullying at the Dixie School District PTA. 

2008: I completed training a Northern California school district to implement the Olweus Bully Prevention Program. The school saw significant reductions in bullying, and a significant improvement in their school environment, in the first year of the program.

May 14, 2007: Invited talk on hoarding to the Marin County chapter of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)  (NAMI Marin ). The room was packed, and we all had a great evening.

Channel 2 (KTVU) 5 O'Clock news interviewed me for a story on hoarding.

May 11, 2007: The Marin Independant Journal published an excellent article on hoarding.  The IJ interviewed me about what hoarding is, and what can be done about it.

May, 2007: Trained  a school district in northern California on the Olweus Bully Prevention Program.  The school staff were very open to recognizing the bullying going on in their schools, and eager to find solutions that work.  Read more about bullying .

April 27, 2007:  I gave a talk on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) at the Marin General Pediatrics Grand Rounds.

April 25, 2007: See my article, Schools Must Confront Bullying published in the Marin Independent Journal.