ArinNaia Olson, LMHC
Compassionate listener who helps rewrite your story
Details
| Name | ArinNaia Olson |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMHC |
| Based in | Washington |
| Licensed in | Washington |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 8 |
About ArinNaia
ArinNaia Olson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Washington with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship concerns. She also supports people navigating grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges like addictions and body-image struggles.
Her style is gentle and attentive. Sessions are paced to fit the person in the room. She avoids one-size-fits-all approaches and listens for each person's unique story before planning next steps.
Background and approach
In therapy she uses Narrative Therapy to help clients retell and reframe life events. She also brings Client-Centered principles that prioritize the client's perspective. When appropriate, she may draw on Existential ideas that look at meaning, choice, and responsibility.
ArinNaia works with practical day-to-day problems as well as deep emotional wounds. She helps people build coping skills for sleep, eating, career stress, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment wounds, codependency, chronic illness, and the fallout of divorce or separation.
Her Washington license is listed as LMHC. She offers work in English by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to therapist availability.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Depression among the things ArinNaia works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Hypnotherapy: Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by ArinNaia among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask ArinNaia directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking ArinNaia directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Narrative and Client-Centered Approaches Online
ArinNaia draws on Narrative Therapy to help people name the stories that shape their lives and then look for alternative plots. This approach can be useful for relationship struggles, identity questions, grief, and feeling stuck. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy which centers the person's own experiences and choices and aims to create a respectful, supportive space for growth.Sometimes existential questions come up in sessions - questions about meaning, choice, and responsibility. Those conversations help people weigh options and set goals that match their values. Deciding on the right approach is collaborative; the therapist and client review what feels most helpful, try different ways of working, and adjust plans based on what actually helps the person reach their goals.
Online sessions offer flexibility across video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth and can be a good brief check-in, and chat or text can fit into a busy day or serve as quick reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular sessions and adapt therapy to daily life.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, and sleep or eating problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm, calm, and nonjudgmental. Sessions focus on listening, understanding each person's story, and deciding on practical next steps together.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience working with people facing a wide range of concerns from depression and anxiety to caregiving stress and chronic illness.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, listed as WA LMHC, and practices in Washington.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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