EMDR Therapy for High-Achieving Women in Santa, Monica and throughout California
Support for people-pleasing, perfectionism, overthinking, and emotional exhaustion
Does This Sound Familiar?
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You hate letting people down, but you end up letting yourself down.
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You spend hours second-guessing every choice, no matter how small.
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No accomplishment ever feels like enough; the moment you achieve one thing, you’re already chasing the next.
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Crying feels weak. Anger fees dangerous. Numb feels safer even if it’s lonely.
If this feels familiar, I can help you stop surviving and start living in the present moment.
You Don’t Have to Carry This Alone
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Individual Therapy (Weekly)
If you’ve been stuck in overthinking, perfectionism, or people-pleasing, weekly therapy gives you a steady space to untangle the pressure, process old wounds, and start building emotional safety in real time. This is for you if you’re ready for consistent support and lasting change.
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EMDR Intensives (Faster Healing)
If you don’t want to spend months in therapy or feel like talking hasn’t worked, EMDR Intensives are designed for faster breakthroughs. Extended sessions help you deeply process trauma, overthinking, and emotional triggers, all in a condensed, focused timeframe.
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Therapy for Grief, Heartbreak & Loss
If you’re grieving a loss, navigating heartbreak, or carrying years of unresolved emotional pain, this therapy offers a safe place to feel, process, and rebuild your sense of worth and connection. Together, we’ll honor your pain while helping you find peace.
Why Work With Me?
I know how exhausting it feels to always hold it together , to be the strong one, overthinking every decision, and still feeling like you’re not enough. I create a safe space where you don’t have to perform or explain why you’re tired. Here, you can breathe, slow down, and finally let yourself feel without fear of judgment.
What Sets My Therapy Apart:
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You’ll learn what your emotions are trying to tell you, and how to respond without reacting.
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I’ll teach you tools that work in real life to calm fight-or-flight responses and stop the cycle of burnout.
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We’ll use EMDR and trauma-informed strategies to release the emotional weight you’ve been carrying, so you can feel lighter and more in control.
Therapy Can Help You:
Feel safe enough to rest without guilt or apology.
Get clear on what you want and need instead of living in constant overthinking.
Say no without fear of losing love or approval.
Stop managing everyone else’s feelings and finally take up space for yourself.
Speak up with confidence, without overthinking.
Give yourself permission to be you (not the “perfect” or “strong” version everyone expects).
Know that you are enough, just as you are.
Olivia Lavelle, LCSW, EMDR Certified, Certified Wellness Coach
Hi, I’m Olivia!
Healing starts here: EMDR & Trauma Therapy for burnout, anxiety & unresolved trauma.
I work with women who feel like they’re constantly “on.” You give your best to everyone else, but inside you feel burned out, disconnected, and like you can’t remember the last time you felt at peace with yourself.
I get how heavy that feels. When you’ve been carrying childhood wounds, heartbreak, or trauma for years, it’s easy to believe you have to keep pushing through, but you don’t.
In our work together, we’ll slow down. We’ll create a safe, judgment-free space where you can finally feel your emotions instead of stuffing them down. Through EMDR therapy and trauma-informed care, I’ll help you heal what’s at the root of your overthinking, anxiety, and exhaustion, so you can feel lighter, calmer, and truly connected to yourself and your relationships.
Therapy doesn’t have to feel confusing.
Reach out.
We’ll talk for 15 minutes to see what’s been heavy, what you’re hoping for, and what would be help you feel safe to begin.Begin gently.
If it feels right, we’ll move at your pace… no pressure to unpack everything at once. Just space to sow up exactly as you are.Go deeper.
When you’re ready, we’ll explore what’s really under the overthinking, people-pleasing, or feeling “not enough”. Not dissecting every detail, just noticing what your body and emotions have carried.Feel like you.
Over time, you’ll feel clearer, calmer, and more connected to yourself. No performing or apologizing.
I help high-achieving women who are tired of holding it all in, putting everyone else first, and never feeling good enough… learn how to actually feel and express their emotions in a way that feels safe. So they can stop performing, start healing, and feel more connected to themselves and their relationships.
Online Therapy for High-Achieving Women in California
I offer online therapy to women across California who are tired of overthinking, putting everyone else first, and never feeling good enough.
Whether you’re in Santa Monica, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland and anywhere in between…
I’m here to help you learn how to feel and express emotions because that’s the only way to release what’s been stuck.
