Olive Branch’s Mission
At Olive Branch Counseling, we believe in fostering healing and growth through a compassionate and personalized approach to counseling. Grounded in empathy and respect, our therapists work collaboratively with you to create a safe and supportive environment where you can explore your challenges, build resilience, and achieve your goals. By combining evidence-based techniques with genuine human connection, we empower individuals, couples, and families to navigate life's complexities with confidence and authenticity.
Empowering growth through compassion.
Our Team’s Goal
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Our Purpose
To provide compassionate and effective mental health care to individuals, couples, and families, empowering them to lead fulfilling lives and build resilient relationships. We want to serve folks who are often misunderstood and marginalized and work to break the stigma for minorities and neurodivergent people.
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Our Mission
To offer personalized and evidence-based therapy services in a safe and supportive environment, guided by principles of empathy, respect, and collaboration. Where clients feel like that can show up authentically and avoid a cold, overly-clinical setting that is not comfortable.
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Our Vision
To be a trusted leader in mental health care, where mental wellness is prioritized, stigma is reduced, and everyone has access to the support they need to thrive throughout Arizona and in our local community in Tucson.
Our Belief in a Neuroaffirming Practice
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Systems and Routines
We work with you to develop systems, routines, and a dependable structure to create more stability and groundedness in your life. Looking at how the neurodivergent brain has different needs and thinking outside of the box on strategies that feel reasonable and friendly to your brain.
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Neuroaffirming Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Traditional CBT can feel a little like gas lighting for Autistic folks so we have modified this effective treatment to better align with the Autistic mind. Neuroaffirming CBT recognizes that the client’s thoughts and feelings often make perfect sense in the context of their lived experience. It focuses more on understanding those thoughts, validating them, and working with the person’s neurotype rather than against it.
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Meeting Sensory Needs
We can help you figure out what sensory issues are challenging you while finding tools, skills and strategies to self soothe, minimize triggers, learn to communicate limits, and improve emotional regulation and reduce meltdowns. Learning to also unmask and allow sensory needs to be visible can be a huge relief.
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Developmentally Focused
Assessing and working with the actual emotional age to create realistic goals that are attainable regardless of the chronological age. We understand the importance of involving the family in the process of understanding their child’s needs and see the parents/caregivers as the experts who can collaborate with us to help their child thrive.
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Sensory/Play Based
Through Sand Tray, play therapy, art therapy and other creative outlets including AutPlay, we rely on hands-on learning and playing to explore emotions, thoughts, and reactions. Whether in person or telehealth, we find strategies to engage children in n a sensory-friendly manner that utilizes all parts of the brain.
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Recognizing Intersectionality of Neurodivergence and LGBTQIA+
We recognize a strong correlation between LGBGQIA+ folks and neurodivergent brain patterns, including ADHD, Autism, and Dyslexia. We keep this in mind when we are assessing folks who identify in these communities and create goals and interventions that align with your core values and brain chemistry.
