Mia Freund Walker

Mia Freund Walker is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in San Francisco, California. Her work focuses on college students, young adults, early and mid-career professionals, and parents. Her warmth, compassion and humor foster a welcoming and collaborative environment in which clients can speak openly and develop positive approaches to problem solving.

Mia’s professional background gives her a unique perspective on life outside the therapeutic setting. Before attending grad school and while raising her now-adult children, she worked as a journalist at ABC News in New York and as a communications consultant at Google in San Francisco. Her career in media and technology, where she saw the profound impact technology has on human behavior, drove her to pursue a career in which she could move beyond the role of objective bystander to proactive participant by helping others achieve full and meaningful lives.

Mia’s approach is strengths-based, direct, nurturing and results-oriented. She uses evidence-based treatment of depression, anxiety and self-defeating behaviors. She relies on proven strategies to help clients cope with loss, divorce and other major life transitions. She works to help clients realize their personal and professional goals, strive for less anxiety and more joy in their lives and relationships, and engage in the healthy use of technology.

Mia’s diverse experience enhances her ability to help individuals find careers that match their strengths and passions, and to achieve work-life balance. She has expertise in coaching parents struggling with the dual demands of work and family, an ever-increasing problem in the current work-from-home era. She believes that therapy provides valuable tools for developing the skills, language and awareness needed to cope with and thrive in our hyper-connected world.

With therapy comes progress.

Mia’s practice offers both telehealth and in-person sessions.