Olivia Kraus PsyD

Whether you're struggling with boundaries, communication, or patterns that repeat across relationships, I help you understand how your past influences your present dynamics. We’ll clarify what you want from your relationships and support you in showing up with more clarity, confidence, and emotional honesty.

I help clients build self-esteem by exploring the internal narratives and early experiences that have shaped how they see themselves. Together, we work to challenge self-limiting beliefs, recognize inherent worth, and develop a more compassionate, grounded sense of identity—one rooted in your own values, not others' expectations.

My approach to anxiety combines insight-oriented exploration with practical tools. We’ll identify triggers, unpack the deeper beliefs that fuel your anxious thoughts, and develop coping strategies that help you feel more grounded. Over time, you’ll feel more in control—not by avoiding discomfort, but by facing it with confidence and resilience.

While psychodynamic and ACT approaches are foundational to my work, I don’t rely on any one model. I integrate techniques and insights from a range of evidence-based therapies—such as mindfulness-based, relational, and emotion-focused approaches—based on each client’s unique needs. This flexible, client-centered approach allows us to build a therapeutic process that is effective, responsive, and aligned with your goals and way of being.

I often draw from psychodynamic therapy to help clients understand how their early relationships, attachment patterns, and formative experiences continue to shape their present-day thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. By bringing unconscious dynamics into awareness, we can make sense of long-standing patterns, deepen self-understanding, and create space for new ways of relating—to self and others.

ACT provides a powerful framework for helping clients relate to their inner experiences with more compassion and flexibility. I use ACT to support clients in noticing and accepting difficult thoughts and emotions, rather than getting stuck in them or trying to avoid them. We focus on clarifying personal values and committing to actions that move life in a meaningful direction, even in the presence of discomfort.

While psychodynamic and ACT approaches are foundational to my work, I don’t rely on any one model. I integrate techniques and insights from a range of evidence-based therapies—such as mindfulness-based, relational, and emotion-focused approaches—based on each client’s unique needs. This flexible, client-centered approach allows us to build a therapeutic process that is effective, responsive, and aligned with your goals and way of being.