About Brian
Brian Olden brings 45 years of clinical experience to therapy. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in California. He greets people with straightforward support and a focus on practical progress.
He emphasizes collaboration on goals so sessions match what each person wants to change. Sessions are shaped around real-life challenges like relationships, mood, stress, and life transitions. He helps people identify strengths and build simple strategies that fit daily life.
How Brian works
Brian uses a mix of approaches to address trauma, anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. He has long experience with trauma-related issues, including military and sexual trauma, and with people navigating caregiving or chronic health challenges. He also works with concerns such as grief, intimacy, sleep problems, and career shifts.
He values cultural sensitivity informed by years living overseas. That background helps him notice different life perspectives and adapt the work to each person. The focus is on respectful listening, clear goals, and steady progress.
Sessions typically focus on practical steps and reflection. Brian supports people who want coaching-style direction as well as those wanting deeper emotional work. He encourages realistic plans and small changes that add up over time.
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What Brian works with
The areas below are the ones Brian selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 45 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a plan around each person's goals. It’s about meeting the person where they are and helping them use their own strengths to solve problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical tools to change those patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people look at the emotional patterns that show up in close relationships and supports new ways of connecting and understanding each other.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Brian will talk with each person about their goals, history, and preferences and then suggest approaches that fit. This is a collaborative process and changes can be made as therapy progresses to find what feels most helpful.
Online therapy can make it easier to keep regular sessions. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and have deeper conversations, while phone sessions work well when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone needs flexible ways to stay connected between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different day-to-day needs.
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