Olivia Keiner
I am a compassionate, trauma-informed therapist who works with individuals navigating crisis, anxiety, life transitions, and unresolved conflict. I provide a supportive, grounded space where people can feel heard. My approach is integrative and holistic, building resilience, strength, and movement toward meaningful change. My goal is to support you in finding clarity, stability, and a renewed sense of hope and purpose.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Our first session focuses on building rapport and creating a safe, supportive space. We’ll discuss what brought you to therapy and the type of support that may be most helpful. We will review your background, current concerns, and relevant mental health, medical, and social history to better understand your experiences and begin identifying goals. We will also review important information about confidentiality, mandated reporting, and the structure of therapy and I'll provide information on a specific modality we agree would be most appropriate. If needed, I can introduce grounding or coping strategies during the session. You are encouraged to ask questions at any time. Together we will begin identifying areas of focus and possible steps for growth. Between sessions, you may have opportunities to practice skills or brief exercises that support progress, while follow-up sessions allow us to process experiences and continue the work collaboratively.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I am known for being both honest, compassionate and solution-focused. I'm known to crack a joke or two! I offer steady support for clients facing trauma, complex mental health challenges, and emotional crises. I help clients connect the impact of past experiences to current patterns, guiding them toward deeper insight, nervous system regulation, and meaningful recovery. People can feel "stuck" in their habits, patterns, feelings and the goal is to work together to get "unstuck".
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I work best with individuals who are going through intense or overwhelming seasons of life—whether that involves trauma, addiction, suicidal thoughts, a recent hospitalization, or chronic mental health conditions. I also have experience supporting clients affected by work-stress, grief and loss. My goal is to offer a steady, compassionate space where clients can feel safe, understood, and supported in finding hope and healing.
Location
VirtualMy treatment methods
Cognitive Processing (CPT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a proven approach for healing from trauma and PTSD. I work with clients to gently explore how difficult experiences have shaped their thoughts and feelings about themselves, others, and the world. Together, we uncover unhelpful patterns and “stuck points,” and build new ways of thinking that promote safety, self-compassion, and confidence. My approach is structured but warm and supportive, helping you move through trauma at a pace that feels safe while making real, lasting progress.
Existential
In Existential therapy, I help explore life’s deeper questions, especially those that come up with grief and loss—identity, meaning, freedom, purpose, connection and mortality. We develop a space to reflect on what it means to live authentically, especially during times of anxiety, loss, transition, or uncertainty. Rather than focusing only on symptom reduction, I support in understanding lived experiences, clarifying values, and making intentional choices that align with a life desired.
Gestalt
In Gestalt therapy, we focus on helping build greater awareness of thoughts, emotions, and experiences in the present moment. We explore what is happening in the “here and now” to better understand patterns, needs, and relational dynamics. We work collaboratively and experientially, supporting in reconnecting, strengthening authenticity, and creating meaningful change.
Narrative
In Narrative therapy, I support individuals in crisis and trauma recovery by helping people feel more separate from their problems. Trauma and overwhelming life events can shape painful, limiting stories about identity, safety, and worth. In therapy, we work collaboratively to explore these experiences with care, identify resilience and survival strengths, and re-author narratives that restore agency, hope, and meaning.
Psychodynamic
I take a psychodynamic and relational approach to therapy, meaning I pay close attention and sometimes draw attention to the past and present relationships which shape our inner worlds. We explore recurring patterns, emotional struggles, and the deeper needs underneath them. I believe that through a trusting therapeutic relationship, folks gain clarity, work through unresolved pain, and move toward lasting growth and wholeness. I often blend psychodynamic with Cognitive Processing Therapy to help clients connect past trauma to current stuck thought patterns.