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Meet Olivia:

EMDR Therapy for High-Achieving Women Ready to Heal

A Trauma + Anxiety Therapist in Santa Monica, CA

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If You’re Here, You’re Probably Exhausted…

The kind of tired that no amount of sleep or “self-care” can fix.

The tired that comes from carrying everything alone- your family, your responsibilities, your emotions, your past.

  • You’re the one everyone counts on.

  • The one who keeps going.

  • The one who “gets it done.”

But inside? It feels like you’re drowning quietly.

I Know What That Feels Like

There was a time in my life when I thought the only way to feel safe was to be perfect… agreeable, quiet, strong, put-together.
I learned early that being the “good one” kept the peace… even if it meant silencing my own needs.

I was the girl who said yes when I wanted to say no.
The people-pleaser who carried everyone’s emotions but her own.
The overthinker who replayed every conversation in my head, wondering if I did something wrong.
The self-critical perfectionist who believed rest had to be earned.

And underneath it all?

I felt deeply alone. Misunderstood.
Unseen by the people who were supposed to know me.
Disconnected from the parts of myself that were aching for care.

I didn’t know it then, but my body wasn’t “broken.”
My nervous system was doing what it learned in childhood… survive, perform, protect, & repeat.

What I Know Now

You don’t have to live in survival mode forever.
Your body can learn safety.
Your mind can soften.
Your emotions can stop feeling like something you have to manage, hide, or “fix.”

You can feel connected again…to yourself, your life, and the people you love.
That’s why I do this work.

Why I Do This Work

It’s my greatest passion because I know how exhausting it is to live in a body that never feels “off-duty.”


For decades, my nervous system stayed on high alert… overthinking everything, shrinking myself to keep the peace, and carrying pain I didn’t have language for. Healing transformed my life, and now I help women who are carrying that same invisible heaviness finally feel safe, seen, and supported.

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How Healing Happens Together

My approach blends:

  1. EMDR therapy to release the emotional pressure your nervous system has been holding

  2. Anxiety + trauma therapy to help you understand what’s happening in your mind and body

  3. Emotional intelligence coaching to build tools that help you stay grounded, connected, and confident

  4. A compassionate & validating space where you don’t have to make yourself small to be understood

Healing isn’t about trying harder… it’s about creating space to feel safe enough to let go.

Whether we work weekly, explore EMDR intensives, or mix talk therapy with nervous system tools, we go at the pace your body responds best to because I will never rush or force your healing.

Who I Work With

I specialize in supporting high-achieving, emotionally exhausted women across California who are navigating:

  • chronic anxiety and overthinking

  • perfectionism and burnout

  • people-pleasing and boundary struggles

  • mother wounds and childhood emotional neglect

  • feeling disconnected from themselves

  • trauma responses that won’t turn off

If you’ve spent years trying to feel “enough,” I hope you rediscover what it’s like to feel worthy without overworking, overthinking, or over-giving.

Therapy Services

  • Anxiety Therapy

    For high-achieving women who feel like they’re always “on”, overthinking, performing, or people-pleasing. Weekly therapy gives you space to slow down your body and mind down, regulate your nervous system, and release the pressure you’ve been carrying.

    High-achieving women attending online therapy in Santa Monica, CA to overcome anxiety.

  • Trauma Therapy

    For women who feel stuck in survival mode (anxiety, burnout or emotional exhaustion), trauma therapy helps you unlearn old patterns like people-pleasing, perfectionism, and overthinking. Using EMDR and nervous system regulation, you’ll feel safe, calm, and connected again.

    High-achieving woman stuck in burnout and emotional exhaustion from the childhood trauma

  • EMDR Intensives

    For when weekly therapy isn’t enough. EMDR intensives provide 3+ hours of focused healing so you can move through layers of trauma, heartbreak, or stuck beliefs without losing momentum.

    High-achieving woman undergoing an EMDR intensive and is blossoming in growth.

  • Therapy for Heartbreak, Grief & Loss

    For those carrying the invisible weight of grief, from death, divorce, miscarriage, estrangement, or the loss of the life you thought you’d have. Therapy gives you space to honor your loss, reconnect with hope, and begin to heal

  • Master of Social Work, University of Southern California (2017)

    Bachelors of Science, Arizona State University (2014)

    • Certified EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapist

    • Internal Family Systems (IFS) – Informed EMDR

    • Healing Emotional Neglect & “The Good Childhood” Wounds

    • EMDR for Complex PTSD and Dissociation

    • EMDR Intensives: Immersive Multimodal Healing

    • EMDR for Grief, Loss, and Mourning

    • Performance Enhancement for Complex Trauma

    • EMDR Research & Clinical Application in Complex Cases

    • Certified Wellness Coach II

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

    • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(TF-CBT)

    • Motivational Interviewing (MI)

    • Trauma and Resilience Informed Care

    • Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)

    • Cultural Competency

A Little About Me

Beyond my work, I’m a mom, a creator, a deep feeler, and someone who finds joy in understanding people’s stories.
I value softness, safety, authenticity, and helping high-achievers rebuild the inner world they were never taught to nurture.

My work is rooted in:

• EMDR & anxiety therapy
• trauma-informed care
• nervous system + emotional intelligence
• my own lived experience healing abandonment wounds, people-pleasing, and burnout

Everything I create, such as sessions, tools, workbooks, intensives comes from a place of wanting others to feel the safety I didn’t have for so long.

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If You’re Ready For Support?

You don’t have to keep carrying this on your own. You deserve a safe place to land and a space where healing feels possible, grounded, and supported.

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Let’s talk through what’s been weighing on you and explore whether working together feels aligned.

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FAQs About Working Together

  • I specialize in working with high-achieving women who feel anxious, overwhelmed, and never “enough,” no matter how much they do. Many of my clients grew up in homes where emotions were minimized, where they had to be the strong one, or where they learned to earn love through being helpful, perfect, or responsible.

    If you struggle with overthinking, people-pleasing, perfectionism, emotional shutdown, burnout, or the pressure to hold everything together, you’re in the right place.

    I help you understand the root of these patterns and not just cope with them, so you can finally feel calm, connected, and safe in your own body.

  • “High-achieving but anxious” describes women who appear put together, reliable, and successful on the outside…
    but inside, your mind never stops.

    You may:
    • overthink every decision
    • feel responsible for everyone else
    • struggle to relax or rest
    • try to be perfect to avoid criticism
    • feel guilty saying no
    • collapse into shutdown when overwhelmed

    This is more than stress… it’s high-functioning anxiety rooted in old emotional patterns. Therapy helps you learn how to feel safe without needing to perform, fix, or earn your worth.

  • Yes! absolutely!
    Most of the women I work with don’t identify their experiences as “trauma” at first.

    Trauma isn’t only what happened… it’s what happened inside your body when you didn’t get support, safety, or emotional care.

    You might relate more to:
    • emotional neglect
    • being the caretaker or peacemaker
    • growing up with unpredictable parents
    • feeling unseen, misunderstood, or dismissed
    • being told you were “too sensitive”

    If your nervous system is stuck in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn, you deserve trauma-informed therapy whether your story feels “big,” “small,” or somewhere in between.

  • EMDR helps you reprocess the old emotional wounds that taught you your worth depended on being perfect, helpful, or strong.

    Instead of talking in circles, EMDR works on the parts of your brain where:
    • shame lives
    • old memories still trigger overwhelm
    • your nervous system keeps you in survival mode
    • “I’m not enough” feels true even when you know it isn’t

    We strengthen your internal sense of safety, self-worth, and emotional capacity so you can stop performing for love and start living from connection and confidence.

    I offer weekly EMDR sessions and EMDR Intensives across California for deeper, faster healing.

  • Yes. I offer online EMDR, online anxiety therapy, and trauma therapy for women across California through secure HIPAA-compliant telehealth.

    Virtual EMDR is highly effective especially for high-achieving women who prefer privacy, comfort, or flexible scheduling.
    Clients often say they feel more relaxed, more open, and less pressured when doing EMDR from home.

    Whether you’re in Santa Monica, Westwood, Culver City, or anywhere in California you can access EMDR therapy with me from your laptop or phone.

  • I am an out-of-network provider, which means I do not bill insurance directly.
    However, I provide superbills that you can submit to your insurance for partial reimbursement — typically 50–80%, depending on your plan.

    If you’d like to check your benefits, your insurance provider can tell you:
    • if you have out-of-network mental health coverage
    • what percentage they reimburse
    • whether EMDR is covered