Rain Olbert

My approach to psychotherapy is trauma-informed, relational, and informed by animist and decolonial perspectives. Trained in adult psychoanalysis at the Austen Riggs Center, I have specialized training in in-depth, intensive psychotherapy, particularly though not exclusively for so-called "treatment resistant" psychological problems. That is, many people who work with me have tried other treatment approaches before and have not gotten to the root of the problem. My values flow from my understanding that we are fundamentally defined by our relationships. As such, I attend closely to here-and-now interpersonal patterns and concerns (including those that unfold between me and my patients) while also bearing in mind how systems, institutions, and structures constrain a person’s identity and autonomy. I am committed to providing patient-centered, humane, non-judgmental care that recognizes the complexities of today’s political climate and world, and that does not erase the profound extent to which our culture, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, class, and other intersectional identities shape our experience and set limits on our opportunities.