Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Therapy for stronger relationships, beginning with the one you have with yourself.

Integrative couples, individual, and sex therapy rooted in EFT, Brainspotting, and somatic work. A warm, thoughtful space to understand your patterns and build the connection you actually want.

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EEFT Certified BBrainspotting Certified SSex Therapy Certified
Portrait of Olivia Provan, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
California · Texas · Virtual
A quiet self-check

Does any of this sound like where you are?

Most of my clients arrive carrying a version of one of these questions. If something below lands, you're in the right place.

— SESSION —

A path, not a program.

Therapy with me follows a felt shape — from where you are now, through the patterns, into the body, toward a more secure way of being with yourself and the people you love.

1 Start Where you are now We land gently. I listen for the shape of what's hurting.
2 Patterns Understanding the cycle Using EFT & attachment lenses, we map what keeps repeating.
3 Body Somatic & Brainspotting We meet what the body is holding, not just what the mind knows.
4 Connection New ways of relating You practice being honest, regulated, and close — in real time.
5 Integration Where you want to be Secure within yourself, at ease with others, steadier in love.
How I can support you

Four ways we might work together.

Each offering is shaped around what you actually need — not a protocol. We can blend modalities as your work evolves.

Couples

Couples Therapy

Fewer fights, deeper trust. You learn what your cycle really is — and how to step out of it together.

EFT Certified Attachment Virtual · CA & TX
Individual

Individual Therapy

A steadier relationship with yourself. We hold the patterns, the grief, and the longing with honesty and warmth.

Psychodynamic Mindfulness Integrative
Intimacy

Sex Therapy

An honest, unhurried space for desire, arousal, and connection — individually or as a couple.

Sex Therapy Certified Shame-free LGBTQ+ affirming
Trauma

Brainspotting

Body-based trauma work that moves what talk alone can't. Gentle, precise, deeply relational.

Brainspotting Certified Somatic Complex trauma
The threads I weave

An integrative practice.

I don't work from a single playbook. Your work is shaped by what your nervous system, your history, and your relationship actually need.

Mindfulness Somatic EFT Sex Therapy Brainspotting Psychodynamic Attachment
Emotionally Focused Therapy

What EFT actually does.

EFT is the most-researched approach to couples work we have — not because it teaches communication tricks, but because it changes what's happening underneath them. It moves in three gentle stages.

1 Stage one

De-escalation

We slow the loop down and see it clearly. What triggers what. Who reaches, who retreats, who shuts down — and why. The cycle stops being a mystery.

“Oh. That's what we keep doing.”
2 Stage two

Restructuring

Underneath the conflict lives softer, truer material — longing, fear, grief. We meet those, together, so you can reach for each other from the honest layer, not the reactive one.

“I didn't know you felt that.”
3 Stage three

Consolidation

You start rehearsing the new pattern in the room and in daily life. Repair gets easier. Closeness lasts. You leave with a way of being a couple that holds.

“We've got a way back to each other now.”
Stories from the room

What partners say, together.

Couples often describe the work in two voices — because they start to actually hear each other. A few reflections, shared with permission.

“For the first time, I didn't feel like I was bracing for a fight. Olivia gave us a common language for what was actually happening underneath.”
Partner A · Couples therapy
“I stopped feeling like the problem. We finally saw the cycle together, and something in both of us softened.”
Partner B · Couples therapy
— Married, together 9 years
“Brainspotting with Olivia reached a place I'd been trying to talk my way out of for a decade. It moved. I could feel it move.”
Client · Individual + Brainspotting
“She holds space for sex and desire without any shame. That alone was more healing than I expected.”
Client · Sex therapy
— Virtual clients, California & Texas
About Olivia

Warm, honest, steady in the harder rooms.

I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist working with individuals and couples across California and Texas. My work is integrative — informed by mindfulness, somatic awareness, EFT, sex therapy, Brainspotting, and psychodynamic and attachment theories — and always shaped around you.

I believe real change happens when the mind understands the pattern and the body feels something different. My clients tend to be people ready to stop repeating the same loop — and willing to be a little honest about what they actually want.

Licensed in
California & Texas
Sessions
Virtual · 50 min
Specialty
Couples, intimacy, trauma
Before we begin

Answers to the quieter questions.

The things you might not ask out loud on a first call. No wrong ones here — these are the most common.

“Ask me anything on our consult. There's no question too small.”
+Does couples therapy mean our relationship is in trouble?
Not at all. Most of my couples come while things are basically good — they just don't want to keep repeating one particular loop. Therapy is maintenance, not emergency care. It's a good sign that you noticed something early.
+Do you take insurance?
I don't bill insurance directly, which is common for LMFTs in California and Texas. I can provide a superbill you can submit for out-of-network reimbursement if your plan includes it. Happy to walk through what that looks like on our consultation.
+How long does this usually take?
Honest answer: it depends on what you're bringing and how deep you want to go. Some couples find traction in three to six months. Individual and trauma-focused work often unfolds over a longer arc. I'll give you a real sense of pacing by our third session.
+Is virtual therapy actually effective?
Yes — the research is clear and my clinical experience mirrors it. For couples especially, working from your own space often gives us more data about how you actually relate, not less. Brainspotting and somatic work translate beautifully online.
+What happens in our first session?
Mostly, I listen. I'll ask about what brought you in, what you've already tried, and what you're hoping for. No homework, no forms to fight through. Just a warm, unhurried hour where we get a felt sense of each other.
+Is what I say really confidential?
Yes. Everything in our sessions is protected. The legal exceptions are narrow and standard — imminent danger to yourself or others, and a few specific duties LMFTs hold. I'll go through them transparently on our first call so nothing is a surprise.
A note, therapist to reader

A letter from Olivia.

If you've read this far, something is asking to be tended to. Maybe it's the conversation you keep almost having with your partner. Maybe it's an old ache that never quite dissolved. Maybe you're simply tired of being the version of yourself you've been performing.

I'll tell you what I tell every client on our first call: you don't have to know what's wrong to start. You only need to notice that something is. The pattern you're stuck in makes sense — it's protecting something tender — and together we can meet that tender thing, slowly, without forcing it.

My work is honest, warm, and unhurried. I won't rush you toward a breakthrough. I will hold the room steady while you get curious about what's true. That's usually where the real change begins — not in pushing harder, but in finally being met.

If any of this lands, I'd love to meet you. Send a note. Come as you are.

Olivia Olivia Provan, LMFT · California + Texas
A different audience

For therapists — training and consultation.

I offer trainings and small-group consultation for clinicians deepening their work in couples therapy, EFT, sex therapy, and somatic trauma modalities. These spaces are grounded, curious, and honest — the kind of professional community I wish I'd had earlier in my own work.

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01Monthly small-group case consultation for EFT and couples clinicians.
02Intensives on integrating Brainspotting into relational and sex therapy work.
03Custom training for practices and agencies who want their team trained together.
Let's begin

Start with a free 20-minute consultation.

A warm, no-pressure conversation to see if we're a good fit. You can come alone or with your partner. Whatever you're carrying is welcome here.

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