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Emilia Olavarrieta

Emilia Olavarrieta

Fairfax

Summary

Dedicated Associate Marriage and Family Therapist committed to supporting adults in their recovery from substance use disorders within residential treatment settings. My goal is to provide trauma-informed, evidence-based care that fosters emotional resilience, self-awareness, and long-term sobriety. I aim to integrate clinical expertise in individual, group, and family therapy with a compassionate, strengths-based approach to help clients develop coping strategies, rebuild relationships, and achieve sustainable recovery. I seek to grow as a clinician in a collaborative environment that values holistic healing, client empowerment, and continuous professional development.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Marriage & Family Therapist

Muir Wood Teen Treatment Senter
08.2024 - Current
  • Provide individual, group, and family therapy to adolescent boys in a residential treatment setting, utilizing evidence-based modalities including CBT, DBT, family systems, and trauma-informed care.
  • Develop treatment plans, progress notes, discharge summaries, and family agreements, ensuring alignment with clinical, academic, and aftercare goals.
  • Facilitate psychoeducational and skills-based groups focused on emotional regulation, conflict resolution, substance use recovery, and life skills.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (psychiatrists, medical staff, teachers, residential staff, and outside providers) to ensure holistic care and continuity of treatment.
  • Conduct family therapy sessions addressing systemic dynamics, communication patterns, relapse prevention, and discharge planning.
  • Support academic and vocational planning for clients, integrating therapeutic goals with schooling, extracurricular activities, and aftercare supports.
  • Provide crisis intervention, risk assessments, and safety planning for clients with acute emotional dysregulation, suicidality, or high-risk behaviors.

Counseling Psychology Trainee and Intern

Golden Gate Integral Counseling Center
01.2022 - 09.2023
  • Manage a caseload of 10-15 clients per week while documenting notes, billing, and scheduling.
  • Participate in weekly trainings and supervision, developing treatment plans, assessments, and intervention skills.
  • Managed crisis situations with clients in a compassionate and client-centered manner.
  • Provided diagnostic assessments when appropriate.
  • Support the growth of the clinic through social media, phone shifts, and administrative work.
  • Use a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive approach.
  • Supervisor: Kellen Grayson
  • Individual Supervisor: Peter Geiger

Peer Provider

Mental Health Association of San Francisco and Marin Health & Human Services
01.2019 - 11.2019
  • Provided case management, crisis intervention, advocacy, service navigation, and other supports to people in recovery from a crisis experience or general mental health struggles. This included emotional support, short-term housing linkages, transportation, public benefits enrollment, health system navigation and service referrals.
  • Offered compassionate and relational support to build a sense of trust, safety, and possibility for people at their most vulnerable.
  • Used personal lived experience to engage and empathize with clients and to support client’s self-determination.
  • Helped ensure that services were sensitive to the cultural context and personal history of each client and the client’s support system; provided services in community-based settings working with diverse populations and engaging in culturally sensitive counselling.
  • Supervisor: Erik Henriques

Peer-Run Warm Line Counselor

Mental Health Association of San Francisco
05.2018 - 01.2019
  • Answered calls and instant messages from a diverse population of people struggling with mental illness and/or specific distressing situations.
  • Used the MHASF online resource database to provide appropriate referrals for further support.
  • Responded to crisis situations according to Warm Line procedures; suspicious of elderly or child neglect/abuse, suicidal ideations, potentially for self-harm or harm to others.
  • Advocated for support and MHASF mental health services by distributing information and interacting with community members.
  • Supervisor: Sherrel Cross – Warm Line Program Manager

Education

M.A. - Counseling Psychology

California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA
05.2024

B.A. - Art History/Arts Management

University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
12.2016

Skills

  • Individual, group, and family therapy facilitation
  • Trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches
  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
  • Relapse prevention planning and psychoeducation
  • Crisis intervention and safety planning
  • Substance use disorder treatment and recovery support
  • Co-occurring disorders and dual-diagnosis treatment
  • Anger management and emotional regulation interventions
  • Case management and treatment planning
  • Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams (psychiatrists, medical staff, case managers)
  • Documentation and progress note writing (DAP, SOAP, treatment plans, discharge summaries)
  • Psychoeducation on coping skills, mindfulness, and life skills
  • Strong communication, rapport building, and client engagement
  • Culturally responsive and inclusive care

Timeline

Associate Marriage & Family Therapist

Muir Wood Teen Treatment Senter
08.2024 - Current

Counseling Psychology Trainee and Intern

Golden Gate Integral Counseling Center
01.2022 - 09.2023

Peer Provider

Mental Health Association of San Francisco and Marin Health & Human Services
01.2019 - 11.2019

Peer-Run Warm Line Counselor

Mental Health Association of San Francisco
05.2018 - 01.2019

B.A. - Art History/Arts Management

University of San Francisco

M.A. - Counseling Psychology

California Institute of Integral Studies

Training

  • Exploring Polyvagal Theory with Deb Dana – February 11-12, 2022
  • A Live Online Workshop with Kristin Neff on Self-Compassion – February 26-21 2021

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Managerial & General Assistant at Lost Art Salon
  • Supervisor: Merrill Carpenter – Gallery Systems & Office Manager
  • Worked collaboratively with other staff by allocating duties for major projects and asking for feedback on individual projects.
  • Designed and curated art installations for events and openings.
  • Lead website design curation and updated new content on artist pages using Photoshop and website coding software.

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