About ArinNaia
ArinNaia Olson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Washington. She brings eight years of clinical experience helping people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and relationship struggles. Her work focuses on practical, person-centered care that pays attention to body and mind.
She keeps sessions warm and calm. ArinNaia uses a mix of somatic-informed work and client-centered conversation to help people notice how stress and emotion show up in the body.
Background and approach
She also uses existential ideas to help people find meaning during life changes and EMDR and hypnotherapy when trauma work is needed. In a typical session she listens first, then helps people name what they are feeling and where it lives in the body. She encourages small, manageable steps and practices people can use between sessions.
The pace and techniques are adjusted to each person’s needs and comfort level. ArinNaia emphasizes collaboration. Together she and the client build goals and a plan that match the client’s priorities.
The relationship is treated as the foundation for exploring old patterns and trying new ways of coping. She works with a broad range of concerns including self-esteem, parenting stress, career questions, chronic pain and compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered in English and take place through online formats that fit busy lives.
How somatic and conversational methods work online
ArinNaia often blends somatic-informed work with client-centered and existential perspectives. Somatic-informed work helps people notice physical sensations tied to stress and emotion and use gentle body awareness to reduce tension and feel more grounded. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship so people can talk through what matters most to them. Existential approaches invite reflection on values, meaning, and life choices when facing transitions or loss.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, comfort level, and pace. That collaborative process makes it easier to try different techniques and adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for people juggling work, parenting, health concerns, or mobility limits. The range of formats also lets people use shorter check-ins, longer sessions, or hands-on guidance in ways that fit their daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English