- Client-centered approach
- Focus on thoughts and habits
- LGBTQIA+ informed
About Orion
Orion uses a client-centered approach, working alongside people rather than directing them. Sessions often focus on coping with anxiety, stress, depression, and emotional fallout from trauma or loss. Orion also supports people navigating questions about gender, sexuality, and intimate relationships.
Practical tools from cognitive behavioral methods and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) are woven into sessions when helpful. That can mean noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing new behaviors, or practicing mindful awareness to reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing is used to clarify what someone wants to change and how to begin.
Orion has background in LGBTQIA+ community work and brings an intersectional perspective to discussions about identity and systems. This experience informs conversations about family of origin, adoption and foster care, and attachment concerns.
People also come for focused issues like eating and body image, chronic illness and caregiving stress, hoarding, and intimacy or commitment struggles. Orion aims to help people build everyday habits that fit their values and current life demands.
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Experience
8+ years
Credentials
Nevada, Rhode Island
Languages
English
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Orion commonly blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in practical ways. ACT involves noticing values and actions that matter, then building small steps toward those values. It can help with motivation, life changes, and patterns of avoidance. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change mood and daily routines. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and habit change.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Orion treats therapy as a collaboration and will help clients choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they check what helps and adjust the plan if needed.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people practice new habits in their usual environment and then talk through what worked and what did not.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Orion commonly address?
Orion works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, and relationship or intimacy-related questions. Other focuses include gender and sexuality concerns, eating and body image issues, bipolar challenges, and caregiver or chronic illness stress.
How would you describe Orion's therapy style?
The approach is client-centered and collaborative, with an emphasis on the client's expertise about their own life. Orion combines practical techniques with a respectful, strengths-based stance to help people change habits and thought patterns.
What kind of experience does Orion bring?
Orion has eight years of clinical therapy experience and over 15 years of community organizing and education work, especially around race, women's, and LGBTQIA+ topics.
Which credentials and location apply to this therapist?
Orion holds RI LICSW and NV LCSW credentials and practices in Rhode Island.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with Orion?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered to people within the therapist's authorized regions.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin sessions with Orion?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.