Isabella Oliver, MHC-LP

About Isabella

Isabella Oliver works with individuals and couples motivated to engage in a deep, investigative process to uncover long-held negative patterns blocking their mental health. To complement her psychoanalytic approach to problem-solving and healing, she also holds space for examining the spiritual and somatic dimensions of a person’s experience, with a deep understanding of the body/mind connection. 

Isabella’s holistic orientation to therapy is rooted in her early nursing studies, where she first discovered her love for hands-on patient care. Learning the significance of intentionality and bringing purposeful caring into the healing process, she has found her passion as both a caregiver and mental health professional. Working from a combined Eastern and Western healing framework, she also offers purposeful LGBTQIA+ affirmation, providing support for identity exploration and associated challenges.

If you are dealing with any of the following issues, Isabella may be a good match for you:

  • Parentification. Perhaps you were forced to care for your parents, or assume other adult responsibilities as a child. Isabella can help you understand and manage the resulting anxiety, depression or hyper-independence you are experiencing as an adult.

  • Attachment issues. If you experienced childhood abuse or neglect, and are having a hard time with healthy emotional relationships and intimacy, Isabella can help you deal with fears of abandonment or difficulties around trusting others.

  • Stress management. You may be working in a high-pressure field like medicine or law, and although you are professionally successful, you are having a hard time staying balanced emotionally. Isabella can help you maintain a steadier state of mind and improve your ability to function at a high level.

  • Relationship issues. Isabella works with couples who are motivated to understand their issues and make positive changes in their relationship. 

  • Preparation for parenthood. Couples who wish to be parents can feel challenged by their personal issues and feel frightened about negatively impacting their children. Isabella offers support to prepare you for becoming new parents with confidence and a healthy perspective.

If you are looking for an in-depth process to get to the bottom of long-standing emotional issues and related problems, you will find a steady and dedicated partner in Isabella. She has the patience and commitment to work with you at your own pace and help you establish a new level of mental health and stability in your life.

Education

  • M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from University of Massachusetts - Boston

  • B.A. in Social Work from Regis College