Adjusting to new cultures can be very exhausting, confusing, and frightening. Oftentimes, adjusting to a new culture can feel frightening as it feels as though you are losing a sense of yourself. In therapy, you are given the opportunity to determine the cause of anxiety and distress of the transition, as well as identify how you can maintain your own culture within the framework of a new culture.
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 ...