About Olivia
Olivia Gordon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with four years of clinical experience based in Oklahoma. She works with people facing addiction, relationship strains, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and depression. Olivia emphasizes practical steps people can use day to day to feel steadier and more connected.
Her style is conversational and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on clear goals, communication skills, and building self-compassion. Olivia draws on approaches that help clients notice patterns, practice new behaviors, and make choices that match their values.
Background and approach
Olivia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. She also brings Attachment-Based ideas into sessions to look at how early relationships shape current expectations and reactions. She describes her practice as Christian-informed and respects each person's beliefs while keeping the work practical.
That perspective informs how she talks about meaning, values, and resilience without imposing faith-based solutions. Olivia helps people create plans for situations that feel overwhelming. That can include coping skills for intense emotions, communication tools for difficult conversations, or step-by-step plans to reduce risky behaviors.
She focuses on what clients can try between sessions to move forward. People seeking therapy with concerns listed in her specialties can expect sessions that are collaborative and straightforward. Olivia aims to walk alongside clients as they test new ways of living and relating, adjusting the work to match each person’s pace and goals.
How Olivia’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep people from living the life they want.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. This approach is practical for depression, relationship worries, and changing behaviors that cause harm or distress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Olivia will discuss goals and try methods that fit the client’s needs and preferences, adjusting pace and techniques as progress is made. The process is collaborative, with the client and therapist deciding what to try next.
Online sessions offer flexibility for different days and rhythms. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and emotion work. Phone sessions are an option when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can serve as brief check-ins or when written reflection helps. These formats help fit therapy into busy schedules while keeping the focus on actionable steps and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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