Born and raised in Pittsburgh PA, Dianne Olvera has always wondered why some families get along and other
don't; why some groups achieve their goals quickly and easily and others don't; why some people succeed
and others don't.
She first cultivated her lifelong fascination with people as a TWA flight attendant, based in New York City. She earned her B.A. in Education at La Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981; completed her M.Ed. in 1989, and her Ph.D. in Language, Reading and Culture with a minor in Bilingual Education in 1994 at The University of Arizona, Tucson.
Dr. Olvera and her husband served as Air Attachés for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City before returning to the U.S. where she worked at a large school district and served as liaison to the University of Arizona. "That experience heightened my awareness of the difficulties that people with cultural and ethnic differences experience in the American school system," she says.
Dr. Olvera has been a graduate school professor at Lynn University and Florida Atlantic University. She taught Linguistics and all areas of Education at California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, CA. In addition, she was counseling coordinator for the MESA program at UC Santa Barbara while practicing as an Educational Therapist. Her conviction that the way we learn affects everything in our lives prompted her to open the Center for Educational Therapy in 2003.
It's all in the way we are taught to use words," she states. "If we can learn to communicate our thoughts and feelings effectively, we attain clarity of thought which results in clarity of expression and leaves no room for misinterpretations of our thoughts, words or actions. Hence, we are able to achieve deeper relationships, improved interpersonal communication and less a less stressful environment."
With clients who range from troubled couples or dysfunctional businesses to students and adults with all types of emotional and behavioral disorders, Dr. Olvera's diverse background gives her a unique perspective from which to help them. Dr. Olvera believes that many children (and some adults), currently taking medications for everything from Attention Deficit Disorder to difficult interpersonal issues, can be helped more effectively with Educational Therapy and professional collaboration, thereby often eliminating the need for drugs.
She first cultivated her lifelong fascination with people as a TWA flight attendant, based in New York City. She earned her B.A. in Education at La Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981; completed her M.Ed. in 1989, and her Ph.D. in Language, Reading and Culture with a minor in Bilingual Education in 1994 at The University of Arizona, Tucson.
Dr. Olvera and her husband served as Air Attachés for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City before returning to the U.S. where she worked at a large school district and served as liaison to the University of Arizona. "That experience heightened my awareness of the difficulties that people with cultural and ethnic differences experience in the American school system," she says.
Dr. Olvera has been a graduate school professor at Lynn University and Florida Atlantic University. She taught Linguistics and all areas of Education at California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, CA. In addition, she was counseling coordinator for the MESA program at UC Santa Barbara while practicing as an Educational Therapist. Her conviction that the way we learn affects everything in our lives prompted her to open the Center for Educational Therapy in 2003.
It's all in the way we are taught to use words," she states. "If we can learn to communicate our thoughts and feelings effectively, we attain clarity of thought which results in clarity of expression and leaves no room for misinterpretations of our thoughts, words or actions. Hence, we are able to achieve deeper relationships, improved interpersonal communication and less a less stressful environment."
With clients who range from troubled couples or dysfunctional businesses to students and adults with all types of emotional and behavioral disorders, Dr. Olvera's diverse background gives her a unique perspective from which to help them. Dr. Olvera believes that many children (and some adults), currently taking medications for everything from Attention Deficit Disorder to difficult interpersonal issues, can be helped more effectively with Educational Therapy and professional collaboration, thereby often eliminating the need for drugs.
The Center for Educational Therapy
Dr. Dianne L. Olvera BCET# 10070300 James Way Suite #130
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Phone: (805) 556 - 0814
Email: dianne@drdianneolvera.com
