Olivia Shuttleworth , LICSW

Olivia Shuttleworth is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with a long history of supporting people across the lifespan. She began work as a social worker in 1985 and has been practicing as a therapist since 1989, bringing decades of experience in inpatient psychiatric settings, outpatient programs, day hospitals, and rehabilitation services. Her clinical background includes work within the VA system with veterans, hospice care, emergency shelter services for children, DHHR-CPS, and therapeutic services for older adults.

Over a 33-year career, she has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and seniors, addressing a wide range of concerns such as eating disorders, severe mental health diagnoses, trauma and abuse, depression and anxiety, grief and loss, and life transitions including physical loss and the death of a loved one or pet. Her training includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and mindfulness skills, which she integrates into treatment plans tailored to each person’s situation.

Shuttleworth views becoming a therapist as a humbling process that underscores how common it is to face overwhelming life events. She emphasizes the role of formal support as one of the essential elements in mental health recovery and offers professional therapeutic support to those who need it.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Treatment

Olivia Shuttleworth uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, often useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday stressors.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to teach skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress. DBT can be especially helpful for emotional regulation and relationship challenges.

Additionally, her trauma-focused work concentrates on approaches that acknowledge the impact of past traumatic experiences and support paced recovery for those affected by abuse or severe stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy with her offers flexibility - sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - which helps people fit care into busy lives, manage transportation challenges, and maintain continuity of treatment. Licensed professionals and therapists can effectively deliver these approaches through virtual formats to support clients wherever they are.