I work with people who want to understand themselves more deeply and overcome the impacts of their life histories. Many experiences in life — loss, traumas, minority stress — can make it harder to fully be yourself and feel connected to others. You might be left feeling anxious, loaded up with difficult emotions, or distant from what matters to you in life.
Therapy can be a place where you put words to what feels difficult to name, work through what you feel stuck in, and find the safety to explore and experience what it may be hard to talk about or express elsewhere. It can also be a place to feel more rooted in who you are and strengthened in contending with the world around us.
I practice from a relational approach and view people’s distress as interconnected with the world around them. My areas of focus include trauma, grief, suicidal thoughts, identity conflicts, and difficulties with intimacy and connection. I also teach clinical theory to doctoral students in psychology at Mount Saint Mary’s University.
My clients find that I’m open and honest with them, gently challenge them to go closer to the heart of things, and get what it’s like to hold multiple/minority identities. This work, and each person I work with, really matters to me.
Reach out if this feels like a good fit for you! I’ll do my best to get back to you within 24 hours.
– Michael Olivares, PhD
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