Olivia Subramani PhD

A warm and trusting therapeutic relationship is crucial for successful therapy and we will begin building this relationship during our first interaction. Together, we will use a collaborative and integrative approach to understanding what is contributing to your distress and learning new strategies to intervene. Since you are the expert on you, I will welcome your feedback about what is working and not working throughout the therapy process. During the concluding phase of therapy, you will have found improvement in your mood over a consistent period of time and will be actively working towards your own life goals and living a life consistent with your values. You will feel confident in your ability to cope with future stressful experiences and life changes.

The foundation of my practice is rooted within the principles of motivational interviewing, which is summarized as strengthening your own motivation and commitment to change. Instead of asking “Why are you not motivated to change?” we focus on answering the question, “For WHAT are you motivated to change?” Together, we will integrate evidence-based treatments and your preferences to create an individual, culturally responsive, and comprehensive treatment plan. For example, by taking a cognitive-behavioral approach, we can explore how your patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving may be helpful or unhelpful for reaching your goals. We can also implement skills outlined in dialectical behavior therapy to increase your effectiveness in interpersonal relationships

• Georgia, PhD, PSY004527