about me

hi, i’m olivia wright.

Understanding people and how to navigate personal paths and goals to our authentic selves has always been a passion of mine. I have always found myself drawn to careers where taking space to explore what clients really want and then helping them get there were central. When looking for a more fulfilling career for myself, it was clear that those experiences were what I loved, and I knew becoming a therapist was my calling.

My Approach

I work from an attachment lens, a therapeutic approach that acknowledges that who we are and how we show up in relationship with our selves and others is a product of our unique histories, experiences and determinations. With both couples and individuals, I primarily utilize Emotionally Focused Therapy. I find that this approach results in sessions with clients that are engaging, enlightening and offer progress and insight.

I approach every client with the humble acknowledgement that you are the expert of you. I offer curiosity, my clinical training, and the client-therapist alliance to help look into dark corners and puzzles and bring illumination and understanding into the room.

I firmly believe in my clients’ individuality and the space I create for exploration and healing is one we build collaboratively.

education

I received my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from California State University Sacramento. I graduated from Alliant International University with a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and began working with individuals and couples, where I have found my career to be a perfect fit.

My additional training certification to better serve clients include:

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship

  • Level 1 Brainspotting

  • Systemic Affair Recovery

  • Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)

I grew up in the greater Sacramento area, in a family of local business owners and artists in the symphony and theatre communities. I hold precious memories of my family time together, particularly of the weekend poker games that lasted hours on end and were punctuated with raucous laughter from the inspired high-and-low brow jokes my family loved to indulge in.

After school I moved around California, settling in Los Angeles where I met my future husband, before returning to Sacramento to begin our life together. We are proud parents to our teen and enjoy traveling, experiencing new places and cultures through food (New Orleans Creole and Cajun cuisines are top favorites), playing board and card games, and introducing our kid to our favorite 80s movies and music. I enjoy my personal downtime with reading, cooking, baking, embroidery crafts, singing loudly in the car, and planning our next traveling adventures. Spending time together with family, chosen-family and friends is where I always want to be, and I strongly believe in the curative power of a good belly laugh.

My pronouns are she/her/hers.

Personal

olivia wright, lmft 142796, ma

magnolia therapy & wellness

In person and online throughout California

Office Location:

970 Reserve Drive, Suite 170 Roseville, CA 95678

Olivia@MagnoliaTherapyServices.org 916-342-0718

By appointment only

Couples Therapy Individual Therapy Trauma Therapy Menopause Therapy Brainspotting Affair Recovery