Dr. H’Sien Hayward is passionate about helping adult individuals and couples transform and thrive. She believes that therapy has the power to illuminate the true potential of clients, and offers tools to reach that potential.
            H’Sien has extensive experience working with a wide range of mental health concerns, and creates culturally-sensitive treatment plans that are individually tailored to each person or couple with whom she works. Her style is warm, thoughtful, and gently challenging. Therapy sessions integrate both insight-oriented and skills-based approaches. H'Sien uses strengths-based and empirically-supported methods, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).
            H'Sien received her PhD from Harvard University, completed a postdoctoral respecialization at the California School for Professional Psychology - San Francisco, spent several years training at VA Medical Centers and Kaiser Permanente, and did her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. At Harvard, her award-winning and widely published doctoral research focused on the science of happiness and posttraumatic growth, which informs her clinical practice today. She welcomes you to start your journey with her, working together towards creating a life that you love.

Senior Clinician
Two Chairs Behavioral Health Group; Redwood City, CA


Postdoctoral Fellowship
Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Palo Alto, CA


Clinical Psychology Internship
Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center; Long Beach, CA


Postdoctoral Respecialization
California School of Professional Psychology; San Francisco, CA


Clinical Externship
Kaiser Permanente - Department of Psychiatry; Richmond, CA


Clinical Externship
Vinogradov Schizophrenia Research Laboratory; San Francisco, CA


Clinical Externship
San Francisco VA Medical Center, General Psychiatric Outpatient Services Mood Disorders Psychotherapy Program; San Francisco, CA


Clinical Externship
San Francisco VA Medical Center, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center; San Francisco, CA


Clinical Practicum
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Institute, McLean Hospital; Belmont, MA


Clinical Practicum
Cambridge Hospital, Department of Psychiatry; Cambridge, MA


Volunteer Position
Edgewood Center for Children and Families; San Francisco, CA


Volunteer Position
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Peer Counseling; Santa Clara, CA


Staff Position
Women’s Center Peer Health Educator, Stanford University; Palo Alto, CA


Staff Position
Residential Peer Health Educator, Stanford University; Palo Alto, CA


Volunteer Position
SYDA Prison Project; Oakland, CA


Volunteer Position
The Bridge Peer Counseling Center, Stanford University; Palo Alto, CA