Brenda Oliver
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Not taking new clients here Counselor of color
Louisiana therapists accepting new clients
Patricia Green-MetzLCSW · 30 years experienceADHD · Anger management · Coping with life changesWork with Patricia
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About Brenda
I am licensed in Louisiana with over 25 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping Clients with stress and anxiety, mood stability, family conflicts, anger management/emotional control, motivation, self-esteem, communication and self-confidence. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan for improving your quality of living, to meet your unique and specific reasonable wants/needs. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and satisfactory life and to take the responsible first steps towards positive changes. I am pleased to be a helpful support to empower you in that journey.
What Brenda helps with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Brenda works
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Brenda has been very helpful. I really appreciate her warm approach. She is so grounded and wise. For someone who tends to worry, she has helped me to stop and think. She does a great job of looking for the positive while also being real and looking at the facts. I've definitely noticed a change in my patterns and it's all thanks to her help!”
- “Brenda is thoughtful and patient ans helped me create realistic goals that include my mental health”
- “Very understanding with sterness and compassion.”
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- “Great”
- “Ms Oliver is comforting and encouraging. She listens and offers sensible suggestions and solutions. Very down to earth and a pleasure to be treated by her.”
- “So grateful for Brenda. She has not only been extremely pragmatic in her approach; she is also honest and direct. She has helped me to cultivate self compassion, while directing and encouraging me to tackle my issues and hang ups. I cannot recommend her enough. I look forward to every session.”
- “She helps us understand the issues of marriage through a different and neutral perspective”
- “thanks for everything! i appreciate you and i will see you when i can afford it”
- “I love Ms.Brenda and her helpful expertise. She listens and responds effectively and I leave our session feeling refreshed. 10/10 I would recommend her!”
- “She has helped me reaffirm some of insecurities and turn them back into confidence and assurance that I needed”
- “Caring, understanding and helpful. Very lovely person and therapist”
- “Great therapist. Helped me get back on track and utilize good coping skills. Very attentive and able to understand what was most important to me. I would recommend her to anyone needing therapy.”
- “She is amazing! She makes me feeling very understood and validates how I feel while finding solutions.”
- “Wonderful”
- “It's only been two weeks but Dr. Olivier is so sweet and caring, she offers skills to the problems I seek help for and she validates my feelings at the same time ! She is so kind as well, I'm excited for my next sessions with her (:”
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