About Raven
Raven O'Rourke is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience helping people manage anxiety, mood concerns, and life changes. She practices in Tennessee and works one-on-one to address the issues people bring to therapy. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical change rather than long lectures.
Raven earned a Master of Social Work and a Master of Public Health from Tulane University in New Orleans.
Background and approach
She has focused much of her career supporting people living with HIV and those coping with mood disorders, trauma, and family conflict. This background informs how she sees the whole picture around stress and relationships. In sessions Raven emphasizes clear problem-solving and skills practice.
She listens first, then helps people develop coping tools tailored to day-to-day life. Clients can expect feedback, straightforward guidance, and options they can try between meetings. She uses a mix of approaches including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused strategies.
That mix helps with anxiety, panic, obsessive thoughts, and upsetting patterns in relationships. Raven also addresses concerns around identity, intimacy, and non-traditional sexual cultures when they matter to a person’s goals. Raven offers video and phone sessions on weekdays with very limited weekend slots.
She also communicates by live chat and text messaging during weekdays for brief check-ins. Her practice follows Tennessee licensing rules about who she can work with. People who want practical steps and clear communication often find her approach a good fit.
She aims to be attentive without judgment while helping people make meaningful changes.
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online
Raven often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. This approach is practical and works well for anxiety, panic, and mood symptoms by breaking problems into steps and practicing new responses.She also draws from client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. That style is useful when people need a non-judgmental space to talk about identity, grief, or relationship concerns. Solution-focused methods are added when people want short-term goals and concrete next steps.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Raven will talk with a person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. From there she suggests techniques to try and adjusts the plan based on what feels most useful.
Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues while still meeting from home. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be simpler to schedule during a break. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick check-ins, brief coaching, or support between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can work on anxiety and related concerns in ways that match their routine.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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