PSYCHOLOGIST · AUTHOR · RESILIENCE EDUCATOR
Helping kids feel their feelings, and bounce back stronger.
I'm Dr. Daniela Owen, a licensed clinical psychologist and UC Berkeley faculty member. Through my children's books, resilience workshops for companies and parents, and CBT Hero game, I give kids and the grown-ups who love them evidence-based tools that actually work.
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Three ways to work together
Clinical expertise, translated for real life.
Children's books
Two bestselling picture-book series that give kids ages 3–10 the words and the tools to handle anger, worry, and sadness, and to evoke calm, bravery, and kindness. Also available in Spanish.
See all books →Resilience workshops
Live, interactive workshops that teach working parents how to raise resilient kids. A benefit employees actually use, delivered by a clinician who does this work every day.
Bring Dr. Owen to your team →CBT Hero game
Free, browser-based comic adventures that turn core cognitive-behavioral skills into games for kids and teens. Play solo, or alongside a parent, counselor, or therapist.
Play CBT Hero ↗The books
Stories that teach real skills.
Every technique comes straight from Dr. Owen's clinical practice, adapted so parents and kids can use them together at home or in the classroom.
For employers
A family benefit your working parents will thank you for.
Resilience protects kids against anxiety and depression, buffers stress, and supports healthy brain development. Dr. Owen's Be Amazing! program teaches parents the concrete, evidence-based skills to help their children build resilience, in live sessions designed around the realities of a working family.
- Live on Zoom or on site, from a single lunch-and-learn to a multi-week series
- Role plays, Q&A, and take-home handouts, not just a lecture
- Led personally by a licensed clinical psychologist and UC Berkeley faculty member
What parents say
“I learned so much.”
This was such an excellent program. Dr. Daniela's expertise and wisdom really shined through the whole class, especially during the role plays and question/answer period. I learned so much from other parents' questions and it made me feel less alone in my struggles as a parent.
Hearing how you would approach examples really helped me understand how to implement in real life situations.
It was a very well thought out and executed program. The sessions flew by and were never stagnant or boring.
Latest writing
The Be Amazing! column on Psychology Today
Let's help your kids be amazing.
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