Mimi Olavarrieta

I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with young adults, adults, teens, couples, and families. I bring a warm, thoughtful, and relational style to therapy, and I care deeply about creating a space where people feel genuinely seen and understood. I have experience supporting clients through anxiety, depression, trauma, family and relationship conflict, substance use, identity concerns, and major life transitions. I have extensive experience working with teens and families in residential facilities, as well as adults struggling with substance use and mental health.

Maybe you're feeling stuck in familiar patterns, struggling in your relationships, or finding it difficult to feel grounded in who you are. Perhaps you're navigating anxiety, painful experiences from the past, family expectations, or a period of change that's left you questioning what comes next. You might be a young adult finding your footing, a parent worried about your teenager, or a couple or family struggling to connect. Whatever brings you here, therapy can offer a space to feel understood, explore what's beneath the surface, and move toward a more authentic relationship with yourself and others.

I believe meaningful change begins with feeling genuinely seen and understood. My approach is warm, relational, and collaborative, grounded in curiosity about the experiences and patterns that shape us. Together, we'll look beyond symptoms to explore what's happening underneath, creating space for greater self-awareness, connection, and lasting change. I value both insight and practical change, so therapy may involve understanding patterns more deeply while also building new ways of coping, communicating, and relating. And sometimes there may not be anything “big” to process or unpack—and that does not make therapy any less meaningful. Sometimes having one hour where you can slow down, be fully seen and heard, and have another person sit with you in what you’re carrying can be valuable in itself.

The first session is really about getting to know you and beginning to understand what brings you to therapy. I try not to make the first meeting feel like an interrogation or a checklist; we’ll talk about what has been going on, what feels most important right now, and what you hope could be different. You do not need to arrive with everything figured out. My goal is for you to leave feeling heard, a little more understood, and with a sense of whether working together feels like a good fit.