My passion for this work is rooted in a deep belief in healing ourselves and our world through compassionate listening, intuitive wisdom, and re-membering parts to wholeness.  The scope of healing that this modality encompasses continues to astound and inspire me. 

Personally, IFS has profoundly enriched my life and my own awareness, and I am committed to this work as an applied spiritual practice.  IFS has become a life-practice that exists in my daily life as it is, in essence, a loving way of relating internally to myself and externally to the other people in my life.

It is an honor to work with other people’s systems, witness their parts, and surround them in my own self-energy. With appreciation, open curiosity and caring guidance, my presence allows the client to deepen into their own connection with, and healing of, their internal landscape.

Client testimonials:

Sessions with Olivia feel like discoveries—so natural, unplanned, and alive. They carry me out of the ruts of old stories and into the wild, in-between spaces of my inner world. It often feels like a gentle meander through a vivid inner landscape, where images, hidden feelings, and unexpected gifts reveal themselves. I never know what will arise, and that mystery feels vital, tender, edgy, rich and transformative!

I leave our work together feeling more whole, more connected to the many layers of myself. Sometimes a hidden part has finally been heard and supported. Sometimes a heavy pain has been seen or gently lifted. Other times I leave with a simple sense of more ease, harmony, and clarity inside. And often, I carry forward a question, a curiosity, or a seed I feel inspired to tend as it grows in my life.

Olivia’s genuine welcome and natural attunement awaken those similar qualities within me, supporting me to look inward with courage, curiosity, and honesty.

-CB

Olivia is one of the most sensitive and deeply grounded therapists I have ever worked with.

Working with Olivia has been one of the most deeply grounded and generative experiences of therapy I have had. What distinguishes her is the depth of self-awareness and personal work she brings to her practice. Her willingness to recognize and understand her own parts, preferences, vulnerabilities, and patterns creates an extraordinary capacity to welcome those same qualities in her clients – particularly the parts that may be carrying shame, fear, resistance, or simply have not felt safe enough to speak.

Olivia’s clarity and comfort with her own inner world, combined with her openness and transparency, create an atmosphere of permission, acceptance, curiosity, compassion, and trust. Within that space, I was able to access fundamental stories and deeply held beliefs that had remained buried despite decades of diligent conventional psychotherapy. That experience was both profound and transformative.

Olivia creates a space where curiosity can replace judgment, where even the most reluctant parts of ourselves can be welcomed, and where healing can unfold at a pace that respects the wisdom of the whole system. I am deeply grateful for the work we have done together and for the trust, compassion, and spaciousness she brings to the therapeutic relationship.

-DMS