Marcelle Olsen, MFT

I am pleased to be partnering with Dr. Chia Chen to bring the North Coast a comprehensive weight loss program with a major emphasis on maintenance and conscious, naturally cued eating. In my thirty years experience with weight loss I can say without a doubt that dieting alone is not the answer. Diets have failed because they work on the outside without changing the inside. My focus is on the psychological components connected with eating and weight gain giving each patient a better understanding of the function of weight and food in their lives. I believe that when one's life is in balance, there is less focus on food, and more energy to live a quality life of passion, love, joy, relaxation, fun and meaning. At this point, food will takes its proper place as just one of life's many pleasures.

I currently have a psychotherapy practice with offices in Eureka and Fortuna. I love my work but I also love my life. My family, three children, grandchild, husband, friends, three horses, art, piano, pilates, and my home bring me incredible meaning and enjoyment.