About Olivia
Olivia Shuttleworth uses a practical, skills-focused approach to help people manage stress, mood shifts, trauma, and addictive behaviors. She brings 33 years of clinical experience as a licensed independent clinical social worker, LICSW, in West Virginia. Olivia writes plainly and aims for clear, doable steps in sessions.
She began social work in 1985 and moved into therapy work in 1989. Her background includes inpatient psychiatric care, outpatient settings, day hospital and rehabilitation programs, time in the VA system, and hospice work.
How Olivia works
That range shaped how she responds to crises and long-term challenges. Olivia helps with depression, anxiety, grief, eating concerns, bipolar disorder, anger, sleep problems, and ADHD. She also focuses on veteran and armed forces issues, obsessive-compulsive patterns, personality disorders, seasonal affective disorder, and relationship and family concerns.
Her experience includes supporting people through major life transitions and trauma related to abuse. Her sessions emphasize practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness skills, and motivational interviewing. She also uses trauma-focused methods when addressing past harms.
Sessions mix skill teaching, problem solving, and paced processing of difficult memories. Olivia believes recovery includes both formal and informal support. She offers steady, experienced guidance for people who need structure and coping plans.
The goal is clearer routines, calmer reactions, and better daily functioning over time.
Olivia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Olivia works with
The areas below are the ones Olivia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 33 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | West Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Olivia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real life, then changing patterns to improve mood and behavior. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and increase calm in day-to-day life.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are central concerns. DBT skills include distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clear communication strategies that can be practiced between sessions and applied to crises or heated moments.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose or combine methods that match goals, current struggles, and personal preferences. That collaboration can include trying a few techniques and adjusting based on what feels most helpful.
Online formats make regular work easier to fit into life. Video calls enable face-to-face skill teaching and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be low-bandwidth and easier on busy days. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework prompts, and ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options aim to make steady progress more doable for people with varied schedules and needs.
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