Olivia Harris

About

If I could hand every new client one fact on the way in, it would be this: the more sense a behavior makes from the inside, the harder it is to see from the inside. That is not a character flaw, it is how the trap is built. Compulsions work because they deliver relief on a reliable schedule, and relief is a powerful instructor. Our job is to build a different source of steadiness so the old one stops being necessary. We go in order, we go at a survivable speed, and we keep track of what actually changes rather than what feels like it changed. I worked in crisis services early on, which permanently lowered my alarm about difficult material. Very little rattles me now. If you have been carrying this quietly, you can put it down in here and we will look at it together.