she/her
Robin Olesen
LCSW
Location
Virtual, California
Insurance Accepted
Anthem Blue Cross Of CA, Aetna, Health Net/MHN, Blue Shield of California
Communication Style
Action-oriented, Mindful, Empowering
Focus areas
Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict, Family Therapy, Panic, Substance Use, Women's Issues
Experienced with
Geriatric clients, Parents, Veterans
Years of Experience
12+
I use a compassionate, holistic, mindfulness-oriented, and strengths-based approach to address a wide range of client concerns.
License number
#82063
Therapy style
I use a compassionate, holistic, mindfulness-oriented, and strengths-based approach to address a wide range of client concerns. Exploring goals and personal stories together can be the beginning of a new perspective offering the client freedom to move beyond destructive emotions and patterns of behavior.
I help clients change in directions desirable to them and to gain sustainable tools to break free and become unstuck on their road to fulfillment. Many experience shame which can impede progress. Supportive therapy that's practical as well as creative and spiritual can afford clients the opportunity for deep, ongoing growth.
Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
- Couples [Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)]
- Harm Reduction
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic
- Solution-focused
- Strengths-based
Education
BA - Psychology, Duke University
MA - Communications, Syracuse University
MSW - Social Work, University of California Berkeley
Interests
I enjoy reading and writing fiction. Creative expression through music and dance and performance are ways I spend my time outside of work, although I regard it as important 'work' of another kind.