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Osa Holmes

Osa Holmes, LCSW

Florida

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Trauma

  • Attachment-based work
  • Cognitive behavioral tools
  • Mindfulness and motivation

About Osa

Osa Holmes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people handle stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and anger, and supports those managing relationship, parenting, and mood concerns. Her work is offered in English and she sees international clients as well.

She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what is causing upset and what can reduce it. She uses clear, evidence-informed methods rather than jargon. Sessions look at thoughts, behavior, and attachment patterns that keep problems going.

Her background includes long experience in mental health, substance abuse, education, and private practice. She has taught parenting classes and K-12 behavioral classroom strategies, and has worked with infants, children, teens, and adults in assessment roles. She has provided assessments for child welfare and juvenile justice settings and has served as an expert witness.

Osa has supported people through transitions such as separation, placement changes, and recovery from trauma or addiction. She works with caregivers and parents who need practical strategies for stress and caregiving strain. She also addresses issues like codependency, communication problems, and control issues that feed ongoing conflict.

Her approach blends attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix is used to help people notice patterns, try new responses, and make steady changes. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect reactions and closeness. It helps people understand why they respond strongly to loved ones and how to try different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It offers concrete tools for managing anger, anxiety, and mood by changing unhelpful thinking and testing new actions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce reactivity and help people notice urges before they act.

Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. The therapist will listen to what you want to change, discuss goals, and together decide which approaches to try. That collaborative process helps shape sessions so they address practical problems and daily triggers rather than abstract theory.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel between home and appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, attachment-focused conversation, and mindfulness practices to an online setting so the work remains focused on reducing reactivity and improving relationships.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

25+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, anger, mood concerns, relationship and parenting difficulties.

What is her general approach in sessions?

She uses practical, talk-based methods drawing on attachment work, client-centered listening, CBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to address patterns that cause upset.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 25 years of experience working across mental health, substance abuse, educational settings, and private practice.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LCSW licensed in Florida and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats; confirm current session options before booking.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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