Rebecca Olsen

Hello, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in California and have been practicing therapy for 9 years. I specialize in working with adults and adolescents experiencing anxiety, depression, and healing from trauma. In therapy sessions I prioritize the client feeling safety and trust, and emphasize that you are the expert of your experiences. My goal is that you feel empowered, while also challenging yourself to explore your experiences, thinking patterns, and beliefs. I will encourage you to examine thoughts and feelings which may be painful or difficult, but which will bring you to a place of greater self-compassion and growth.

My approach to therapy is that each person is the expert in their lives and and that our work will be collaborative. I want to offer alternative perspectives and reflection on your thoughts and beliefs, however tailor exercises to be in line with what feels achievable and valuable for you. First and foremost I prioritize our relationship. Within that I will integrate skill building modalities such as CBT and DBT, along with reflective experiential modalities such as Humanistic, Narrative, and Internal Family Systems therapies.

After our therapy sessions my goal is that you will have a greater capacity for self-reflection and self-compassion, and that you will feel more in tune with and understanding of the parts that make up who you are. Between sessions I will ask you to reflect on information we have identified and explored in our session, and if it is your style, to practice skills as homework. Expect to take away greater confidence in your ability to manage stressors, and a deeper knowledge of what you need to reach a regulated place.