Onessa Robertson, LICSW, LCSW

Onessa Robertson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience. She approaches therapy with warmth and steady support. Her goal is to help people heal from old hurts and move toward meaningful change.

Onessa favors a practical, client-centered style. She listens closely and helps people name what matters most. Sessions focus on building insight, testing new ways of coping, and strengthening relationships with self and others.

She has worked with people managing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and life transitions. She also helps with parenting stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, and relationship problems. Her background includes both professional and volunteer work at local and international levels.

In session she draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavior strategies, motivational interviewing, and elements of the Gottman Method when appropriate. She also uses creative techniques such as play, sandplay, art, and faith-based spirituality when those methods fit a person's goals.

Onessa aims to be a steady witness as clients test change and grow. She helps people set clear goals and takes a flexible approach to reach them. Her tone is encouraging and practical, focused on real steps and lasting shifts.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and trauma recovery. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete strategies to shift unhelpful patterns; it is useful for worry, low mood, and anger. Motivational Interviewing helps people find personal reasons to change and build motivation when choices feel stuck or overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, priorities, and comfort level. That may mean combining techniques and adjusting over time as progress is made.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are provided, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It also gives flexibility to try different techniques from wherever you are, and the therapist will help adapt exercises and homework so they work in day-to-day life.