LCSW, 3 years of experience
New to Grow
Hello! My name is Olivia, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who comes from a background in community mental health and I have a MSW from IUPUI. I believe in creating a collaborative space to work with my clients through compassion, honesty and support. I strive to create this supportive and collaborative space where you can explore your experiences, better understand yourself, build resilience, and develop practical strategies to grow at your own pace and achieve meaningful change in your life.
During our first session, we’ll get to know each other and talk about what brought you to therapy. I’ll ask questions to understand your goals, challenges, and strengths. My goal is to create a supportive, collaborative space where you feel heard and understood from the very beginning.
I combine practical strategies with a warm, strengths-based approach, helping clients apply insights from therapy to real-life challenges. My work is trauma-informed and person-centered, which means I focus on understanding your experiences while supporting you in building resilience and coping skills. I aim to meet each client where they are, tailoring techniques to your needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.
I may be the right fit for you if you are a teen or adult looking to better understand yourself, navigate life’s challenges, and build resilience. I work well with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, stress, or the impact of past trauma, as well as those seeking practical strategies to create meaningful change in their lives.
CBT is the base for many therapy practices, and a treatment method I have been using since I began therapy services in 2022. I have experience using CBT to help clients identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress. I’ve applied CBT techniques across a range of presentations, including anxiety, depression, and adjustment difficulties. I tailor CBT interventions to each client’s readiness and goals, ensuring the process remains person-centered and paced appropriately.
My approach emphasizes creating a warm, validating, and safe therapeutic environment where clients can begin to understand the function of self-criticism and the protective role it often serves. I guide clients in developing their “compassionate self” through imagery, mindfulness, and experiential exercises aimed at activating the soothing system. I also focus on helping clients balance self-improvement with self-kindness, fostering resilience and emotional regulation through compassion-focused practices.
My overall therapeutic work is grounded in trauma-informed principles, ensuring sensitivity to the impact of trauma across all areas of intervention. I emphasize safety, choice, trust, collaboration, and empowerment in all interactions. I avoid pathologizing trauma responses, instead viewing them as adaptive coping mechanisms. I integrate regulation and stabilization techniques and ensure interventions are paced to avoid re-traumatization.
I attended the 2024 cohort on TF-CBT with the University of Louisville. Since my training I have supported clients with trauma histories using TF-CBT principles, particularly focusing on stabilization, processing traumatic memories, and building resilience. My experience includes working with individuals who have experienced childhood trauma, abuse, or other significant adverse events. I prioritize safety and pacing, using gradual exposure and narrative work when appropriate. I integrate grounding techniques and emotion regulation strategies to help clients manage distress. Collaboration and consent are central to my approach, ensuring clients maintain control throughout the therapeutic process.