About Olga

Many of the people I work with have spent a long time adapting—to their families, their cultures, their workplaces, their relationships, or systems that were never really built with them in mind. Sometimes that adaptation has been so successful that they've lost track of what they actually want, need, or believe.

I work with teens and adults who are navigating anxiety, neurodivergence, identity, burnout, trauma, and life transitions. I'm especially drawn to working with people who are thoughtful, reflective, and often much harder on themselves than they would ever be on anyone else: caregivers, helpers, children of immigrants, neurodivergent folks, and people who have spent much of their lives feeling "different" in ways they couldn't always explain.

My approach to therapy is collaborative, relational, and grounded in curiosity. I don't believe that diagnoses or symptoms tell the whole story. Instead, I try to understand how your experiences, relationships, culture, identities, and environment have shaped the ways you've learned to move through the world. My work is informed by liberation psychology, which means I pay attention not only to what's happening within us, but also to the relationships, communities, and larger systems that shape our lives. Together, we'll explore what has helped you survive, what no longer serves you, and what might need care, attention, or change.

In sessions with me, you can expect warmth, honesty, humor, and flexibility. Some days that might look like exploring long-standing patterns and relationships. Other days it might mean learning concrete coping skills, untangling a difficult experience, or simply having a space where you don't have to explain or justify yourself.

Outside the therapy room, I'm a mostly outdoor cat when it's not too hot out. You'll find me wandering the woods with no particular destination, finding cool bugs, or volunteering with local community groups. I love to read: sci-fi, Octavia Butler, science/history told from outside the colonial lens, anthropology and ancestral practices. I have a soft spot for animals that are traditionally hard to love, opossums and raccoons very much included.

Clinical Training and Background

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor providing therapy for children, teens, and adults in Texas. Before becoming a therapist, I spent over a decade working in education, including as a paraprofessional, teacher, and school counselor. Those experiences continue to shape how I understand stress, learning, relationships, family systems, and the broader contexts that affect our well-being.

I earned my Master's degree in Counseling and Development from Lamar University. My work draws from relational, attachment-based, somatic, and ACT-based approaches, while remaining grounded in culturally responsive and affirming care. I strive to practice in a way that is attentive to the ways that identity, relationships, culture, and larger social systems shape our experiences. More than any specific modality, however, I believe that meaningful therapy comes from building a relationship where you feel understood, respected, and able to show up as yourself.