… has been in private practice since 1991, specializing in couples therapy, post-trauma, addictions, and anxiety/depression.
In addition to being a licensed clinical psychologist, she is a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFT),
a certified substance abuse counselor (CADAC-II), and a certified practitioner of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).
She has been a clinician and consultant for several mental health agencies, addiction treatment facilities and multi-disciplinary teams,
and was on staff at Queen’s Hospital and at Kahi Mohala Psychiatric Hospital in Honolulu. She sat on the Board of the
Hawaii Psychological Association for two years. In 2005, she started a practice in San Diego, where she currently resides.
Dr. Allen teaches ongoing relationship workshops for women, men and couples. Her book,
“A Woman’ s Guide to Opening a Man’s Heart,” presents an effective and compassionate approach to resolving everyday relationship problems.
