Testimonials

"Olya has inspired me to positively improving my life. She is a fantastic listener and her manner gives me comfort and the feeling that I can tell her anything. Never feeling judged! She has helped me to confront smoldering issues of my past and our excellent discussions give me much food for thought. She has helped guide me through self-discovery; however, the distinct quality that separates her from others is her understanding that no two people or two problems are ever the same nor can be treated the same. Olya has helped me devise problem-solving methods that work with my individual life and lifestyle and has helped guide me to be the person I want and aspire to be. Three words I would use to describe her are passionate, encouraging and objective." - R. (23 y.o.)

"Olya helped to sort things out for me. She gave me good input. She taught my mom and me how to communicate and helped us to learn to compromise." - S. (16 y.o.)

"Olya gave me a lot of information and advice after M. was sexually abused. She took off a lot of my worries about him. He is no longer sexually acting out. He is back to being a happy kid: enjoying his friends, learning at school, and talking more to his mother." - Mother of M. (5 y.o.)

"Learning to be assertive was really helpful in counseling. Olya taught me to talk about my feelings without being rude. She gave me confidence. She made it easy to trust her and it helped me to open up about my problems. She kept everything confidential." - T. (13 y.o.)

"Counseling with Olya took my daughter from being depressed to being T. again – open, happy, outgoing and more energetic. A 180 degree change. A whole different attitude. She was shutting herself down with me because of her sexual abuse. Olya helped to bring back the openness between us. Now, we are able to talk about good and hard things as we used to."
- Mother of T. (13 y.o.)

"Counseling with Olya helped me to figure out what to do with my life. Olya listened to what I had to say and it was really helpful (instead of someone just ignoring what I think). I feel happier now." - C. (16 y.o.)

"We took our teenage daughter to see Olya for counseling services and found our experience to be a very good one. I would have no hesitation in recommending Olya's counseling services for your teen. She is compassionate and really seems to understand what teenagers are going through and cares about them and their problems. Our family was in a desperate situation and Olya helped to diffuse that and give all of us tools to use to bring our family closer together. Life with a teenager is challenging at times, and to have someone like Olya to go to for help is very reassuring. Thank you Olya for all of your help!! Things are on a good path now." - Mother of K. (15 y.o.)