LCSW, 10 years of experience
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and over ten years of clinical experience. I specialize in helping adolescents and adults who are struggling with mental health challenges related to traumatic life experiences and circumstances beyond their control. My therapeutic approach is compassionate, client-centered, and collaborative. I integrate holistic and evidence-based practices to help clients heal, build resilience, and reconnect with their sense of purpose and inner strength. My goal is to provide a safe, supportive space where meaningful change and self-discovery can take place.
n our first session, we’ll take time to get to know each other and talk about what brought you to therapy. You’ll have space to share your goals, ask questions, and move at your own pace. My focus is on creating a comfortable, nonjudgmental environment where you can begin to feel safe, understood, and supported as we start building a plan for your growth and healing.
take a unified approach to mental health, combining different therapeutic methods to fit each person’s unique needs. I believe therapy works best as a genuine partnership built on trust, openness, and compassion. My goal is to help clients understand their mental health and how emotional and physical well-being are deeply connected.
I work with clients who feel unbalanced or overwhelmed by life circumstances and past experiences that have left a lasting impact. My approach is grounded in compassion and trauma-informed care, helping clients process pain, rebuild a sense of safety, and restore connection with themselves and others. With a background in the medical field, I also support individuals navigating chronic conditions and the emotional toll of complex life stressors, offering hope and guidance through healing and recovery.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) uses eye movements to help the brain process trauma stored in the neural network. Trauma can manifest as anxiety, stress, and negative self-talk, affecting quality of life. EMDR helps access and process unprocessed trauma, opening new channels for healing.
Awareness is crucial in processing daily ideas, emotions, and encounters. Have you ever questioned your awareness of pain or confronted your shortcomings and fears to see if they truly exist? MBSR helps you explore and understand yourself through mindful awareness, focusing on living in the present and fully experiencing each joy and pain. Through MBSR, you will appreciate being alive and gain a deeper understanding of your sense of self.
As the most commonly used therapy today, CBT helps to change your thought processing. This therapy uses a specific formula to challenge your thoughts and create different outcomes in your behaviors and feelings.
ACT helps to distinguish a sense of self that is continuous, safe, and consistent, and from which the client can observe and accept the flow of internal experiences. ACT helps the client flexibly take perspective toward himself, others, and his own experiences to facilitate the ACT flexibility processes, as well as compassion and empathy. The client learns how to approach life in a fluid and flexible way while setting up the goals toward fulfilling and meaningful lives he/she can create for himself/herself.
3 ratings with written reviews
June 19, 2025
Olena is always goal and solution oriented. The open-minded communication allows for advancements of positive direction in my personal and professional relationships. This service has been monumental in my life.
May 16, 2025
In just one session, Olena helped to structure a positive future plan with me. I look forward to individual sessions together or continuing my mental health journey with the recommendation of another provider at Grow Therapy because of the seemingly outstanding professional service.
March 26, 2025
Very understanding and made me feel heard!