- Mood disorders
- LGBT and HIV related
- CBT and mindfulness
About Raven
Raven O'Rourke is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee with eight years of clinical experience. She has worked extensively with people living with HIV and helps with mood disorders, trauma, family conflict, and other concerns such as anxiety, addiction, and grief. Raven uses straightforward language and practical strategies in sessions.
She trained at Tulane University, earning a Master of Social Work and a Master of Public Health. Raven leans on cognitive-behavioral, Rogerian (client-centered), and solution-focused approaches to address immediate problems and recurring patterns. She listens, offers feedback, and suggests concrete steps people can try between sessions.
Sessions concentrate on current challenges and coping skills. Raven helps people develop plans for handling stress, relationship strain, panic, obsessive thoughts, and changes like divorce or loss. She also works with people navigating kink, BDSM, non-monogamous relationships, and intimacy-related concerns in a nonjudgmental way.
Her practice includes attention to life purpose questions, feelings of emptiness, and compassion fatigue for those in caregiving roles. Raven commonly combines mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques to build motivation and reduce rumination. She favors measurable steps and follow-up on what is working.
Raven provides live phone and video sessions on weekdays with very limited weekend times. Her license permits work only with people who live in Tennessee. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and she typically responds by text during weekdays.
How Raven’s approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what a person says. It helps when someone needs to feel heard and to sort out their priorities in plain language. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete tools to reduce anxiety, panic, and depressive patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention skills and simple practices to interrupt ruminating thoughts and lower stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Raven will discuss goals, preferences, and what techniques feel useful, and then adjust sessions based on what helps most. That collaborative testing helps narrow down which methods to use most often.
Her practice offers live phone and video sessions on weekdays with very limited weekend times. If you want online options, confirm the current session formats before booking so they match your needs. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people choose whether to be on camera or not depending on bandwidth and comfort.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Tennessee
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with mood disorders, trauma, relationship and family conflict, anxiety, addiction, grief, and life purpose concerns among others.
How does she approach people who feel stuck?
She uses client-centered listening alongside cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused methods to identify current problems and build practical coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Raven has eight years of experience working with people living with HIV and others facing mood and trauma-related issues.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Tennessee and practices there.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She provides live phone and video sessions on weekdays and has very limited weekend availability.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; cost varies with location.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.