Kirke Olson, Psy.D.    

NH Licensed Psychologist, Nationally Certified School Psychologist, Life Coach

Kirke has worked with adults, families and children since 1973. He is co-owner and past president of Warren Street Family Counseling Associates in Concord, NH;  a consultant to private and public schools; a teacher of positive psychology and interpersonal neurobiology; and, has training as a life coach. Kirke currently applies the science of well being at Parker Academy in Concord, NH.

Since he completed his doctoral dissertation on resilience in the face of trauma, he has focused on people’s strength during difficult times. He is a graduate of the first international class on Positive Psychology and Authentic Happiness led by Martin Seligman, Ph.D. (Kirke went on to help teach a subsequent edition of the class.) He is active with other professionals in the United States and abroad applying the research from Positive Psychology and Interpersonal Neurobiology to individuals, schools and organizations. For example, he writes a column titled “The Department of Education” for the G.A.I.N.S. Quarterly (Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiological Studies); helped teach a teleclass titled Relationships from the Inside Out with Dan Siegel, MD. and is involved in an international monthly "think tank" teleclass applying positive psychology in education.

Kirke has a Doctor of Psychology Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University New England; a Master’s Degree in Industrial Psychology from University of Nebraska (Omaha) and a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from West Virginia Wesleyan College.