Raquel de Oliveira is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and EMDR specialist. Raquel offers tele-health individual therapy to adults of all ages. The focus of her practice is assisting clients to learn skills to cope with multiple issues, including debilitating anxiety, depression, trauma, unhealthy relationships, life transitions, and the stress of everyday life.
Raquel completed her Master’s Degree in Social Work at Hawaii Pacific University in 2012. Her therapeutic approach is trauma-focused and holistic to help her clients with quicker healing and lasting recovery. Raquel tailors her approach to each individual, drawing from evidence-based interventions such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She aims to equip clients with effective coping strategies and empower them to lead fulfilling lives.
Her decade-long therapy experience is vast ranging from working with clients in the community, the incarcerated, and with the homeless. She has helped hundreds with severe mental health and substance use diagnoses including anxiety and depression. She has extensive experience in group therapy, inpatient psychiatric hospitals and facilities, developmental disabilities, and non-profit community mental health outreach for homeless teens.
Raquel knows therapy is not easy, but she takes the awkwardness of the experience away immediately. She believes in working in partnership with her clients, utilizing their hidden strengths to help sort out their difficulties and achieve peace of mind. She believes that her clients are their best resource for recovery.
Raquel de Oliveira is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and EMDR specialist. Raquel offers tele-health individual therapy to adults of all ages. The focus of her practice is assisting clients… Licensed to practice in: Florida