Experiencing addiction can be devestating and all-encompassing. Many people want to change, but fear the grieving process and loss of something that helped cope with life stressors. Whether you are ready to change or just thinking about change, therapy can help. Oftentimes addiction is a result or cause of depression, anxiety or other disorders. In therapy, you can tease out what came first and work on breaking free from the chains of addiction. You need not suffer anymore.
Olivia chose her career as a Behavioral Health Provider / Counselor when she was a teenager after witnessing the gap between conventional medicine and mental health while a family member recovered from a traumatic brain injury. In an effort to connect the two fields, Olivia dedicated her undergraduate and graduate studies to biopsychology at the University of Colorado and Pepperdine University.
Concurrently, Olivia lived abroad for three years in Spain and Peru, gaining fluency of the Spanish language and served as a Community Health Peace Corps Volunteer.
Since her return in 2008, Olivia ...