Brenda Oliver - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

Accepting new clients

28 years experience | Counselor of Color

About Brenda Oliver

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.

Licenses

LPC

4565

Professional experience

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

Additional Focus Areas

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

Clinical Approaches

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

Languages

English

15 Reviews

“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.”

“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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