LCSW, 5 years of experience
Frequently rebooked
Hi, my name is Olivia Raines, and I provide services in North Carolina and Florida. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker dedicated to helping individuals heal from painful life experiences, anxiety, depression, and substance use. I am passionate about helping others find healing and providing a safe space to share. I assist individuals in processing their experiences and work alongside them to promote wholeness. I offer a secure, therapeutic environment and employ a strengths-based, motivational approach. My practice focuses on individual therapy, specializing in anxiety, panic disorder, trauma, depression, relationship difficulties, and substance use disorder. I am trained in evidence-based interventions, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), to address trauma symptoms and other mood disorders. I look forward to serving your needs and helping you achieve optimal mental health.
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions, and target specific areas to focus on in session.
I will assist with identifying the root cause of your challenges and create a tailored plan that leads to measurable progress. I use an action-oriented, non-judgmental approach to encourage individuals to discover self-acceptance and find solutions tailored to their needs and treatment plan goals.
I bring experience from working in prison settings, mental health, and substance use inpatient programs. I have experience working with patients who struggle with childhood trauma, anxiety, depression, and substance use; and how it impacts their daily functioning, relational, and thinking patterns. I work alongside others to address these concerns and identify strategies to implement and heal from this.
2 ratings with written reviews
May 13, 2025
I came to Olivia seeking help for social anxiety and adjusting to major life changes. Since starting sessions, I have experienced significant improvements in both of these areas. Olivia made me feel comfortable opening up about my struggles with mental health and has offered very useful guidance for my concerns. I would recommend Olivia to anyone in need of therapy related to the same problems I had, or any other mental health concerns.
April 7, 2025
Olivia has always been very welcoming and warm. Sessions with her are never intimidating and they are like talking to a friend - a friend who has very intentional guidance and advice. She has provided me with very useful ideas and strategies to work on.
I utilized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a tool for others to identify their childhood schemas and experiences to become aware of negative or inaccurate thinking so they can respond to challenging situations more effectively.
I utilize CPT as a modality for individuals feeling "stuck" in their trauma narrative. This allows people to recognize how trauma has changed their thoughts about themselves, others, and the world. They learn to evaluate and change upsetting thoughts, and consider new, more balanced perspectives.
I utilize DBT as an intervention that helps people manage intense emotions and social relationships
I utilized Motivational interviewing as a technique that helps people find the motivation to change their behavior by resolving insecurities and ambivalent feelings. It's a short-term, practical, and empathetic process that acknowledges the difficulty of making life changes. MI is based on the idea that clients have the ability to change successfully and that their belief in their ability to do so, or self-efficacy, is necessary to instill hope.
Schema theory is a branch of cognitive science that studies how the brain organizes knowledge into mental frameworks called schemas. Schemas are clusters of knowledge or memory based on past experiences that help people interpret information, make generalizations, and guide their actions and understanding.