Individual Psychotherapy Practice in Annapolis, MD
Nice to Meet You, I’m Olivia
I founded Serenity Seas Therapy in 2022 with a passion to promote holistic healing while validating people’s experiences.
In 2017, I served in the Peace Corps, where I lived and worked in the southernmost province of Thailand. I was evacuated early due to safety concerns, but I knew my devotion to service had just begun.
Upon my return, I received my master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Johns Hopkins University. I value authenticity and transparency in my approach, and I am vocal that I have benefited significantly from therapy throughout my lifetime. It fuels my passion to help others struggling to honor their experiences and feelings with self-compassion.
The core values of my approach are compassion, empathy, and empowerment. I help you respond to your thoughts and feelings with kindness, and I empower you to believe in your capability to heal.
Our beginning…
Serenity Seas Therapy was established in 2022 with the mission of promoting holistic healing in Annapolis and its surrounding areas.
We take a non-pathologizing approach, meaning we understand you as a person, not a problem.
Experiences in your life have shaped you and your worldview. Together, we explore these experiences to foster inner compassion and resilience while creating opportunities for deeper self-understanding and connection with others.
We believe in your ability to make positive change, and we empower you to believe the same.
Serenity Seas Therapy was intentionally established to create a safe space where you can openly express yourself and gently process trauma and anxieties.
At Serenity Seas Therapy, everything we do is rooted in the core of what we stand for. While our treatment is backed by research, we maintain pillars of empathy and compassion as we help you find hope and create sustainable change.
Our Approach
Attachment-based
Attachment-based treatment explores formative relationships across your lifetime that have shaped your perception of yourself and the world. We understand these perceptions evolve, and we work to reshape them in your best interest.
Nonpathological
Nonpathological treatment explores the ways your experiences have impacted you. The way you operate has served a purpose to you; in our work, we will work to identify that purpose and develop adaptive responses that best serve you.
Nature-informed
Nature-informed treatment works with nature as a catalyst for healing. Nature serves as a co-therapist in the collaborative quest to construct new meaning to your past, present, or future experiences.