About Glenn
Glenn Jacob-Oviatt is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and difficult life changes. He works with adults who struggle with anger, panic, low self-esteem, ADHD, grief, and compassion fatigue. Glenn uses straightforward, practical methods to help people feel more stable and in control.
He practiced for five years at an adult mental health inpatient facility. There he organized and led groups on anxiety reduction, DBT skills, anger management, mindfulness, communication, and creative self-expression through art and writing.
Background and approach
That experience shaped his approach to structured skill-building and group-style learning. Glenn blends a person-centered style with cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior strategies. He also draws on narrative therapy and motivational interviewing to help people rewrite difficult stories and find motivation for change.
Sessions focus on learning useful skills, testing new ideas, and practicing responses that feel manageable. In the room, he aims to be collaborative and direct. He helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try small behavioral changes, and build routines that reduce anxiety and mood instability.
He encourages creative outlets like writing when that fits someone’s goals. Glenn holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW. He is licensed in California and Oregon and practices from Oregon.
Sessions are offered in English and available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy centers sessions on the person’s goals and experience, so the therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to each individual. This approach helps people feel heard, clarify priorities, and set small steps toward change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online CBT often uses brief exercises, thought records, and behavioral experiments that can be practiced between sessions to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling relationship stress. Online work can include skills coaching, worksheets, and rehearsing coping strategies for moments of high emotion.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and life situation. That collaboration may shift over time as needs change.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction when helpful. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, written exercises, and ongoing encouragement between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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