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Josephine Olson

Practical, attachment-focused support for families

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
15 years
Licensed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Josephine

Josephine Olson is a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of experience working in Virginia. She focuses on family and parenting needs and brings a practical, steady approach to sessions. She speaks English and offers a range of online formats so parents can access care around busy schedules.

She uses straightforward, relationship-focused methods. Sessions aim to make everyday patterns clearer and to build skills parents and families can use at home.

Background and approach

Josephine adapts tools from attachment work and emotion-focused work to help families reconnect and manage conflict. She also brings techniques from trauma work when past harms affect present relationships. Josephine tends to blend client-centered listening with skills training.

That means she listens first to what matters to the family and then practices concrete strategies together. Parents can expect help with stress, anxiety, mood concerns, grief, parenting challenges, and problems like compulsive behaviors or substance issues. Her background includes training in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, dialectical behavior therapy skills, and attachment-informed approaches.

She frames work in a calm, practical way and supports caregivers who are rebuilding routines, managing big emotions, or coping with life changes. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Josephine welcomes international clients and offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different family needs.

How attachment and trauma approaches work online

Attachment-based work focuses on repairing connection and trust between family members. Online sessions use conversation and guided exercises to notice interaction patterns, practice new responses, and strengthen bonds in everyday life.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and shift strong emotions that keep families stuck. Through therapist-guided conversations, caregivers learn to respond differently to distress and to create safer emotional contact at home.

Therapy is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and help choose which approach or mix of approaches feels right for the family. That decision happens together and can change as needs evolve.

Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - let parents fit sessions into busy days and involve caregivers who live apart. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care, practice skills between sessions, and check in when urgent concerns arise.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, addiction, grief, parenting issues, family problems, eating concerns, and trauma-related difficulties.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style blends client-centered listening with attachment and emotion-focused strategies, and she includes DBT skills and EMDR techniques when helpful.
What is her experience working with families?
She has 15 years of counseling experience and has focused on family and parenting across her career in Virginia.
What credentials and location information are provided?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - with license number VA LPC 0701005606 and practices in Virginia.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Parents can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the family.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
15 years
Licensed
Virginia
Languages
English

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