Cornelia (Connie) O'Marra , LCSW

Cornelia (Connie) O'Marra is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, trauma and abuse, and relationship and family concerns. Connie also helps with issues around intimacy, eating and sleeping problems, anger, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Connie works in a straightforward, respectful way. She listens first to understand each person's history and priorities. Then she helps identify practical steps and coping strategies that fit the person's everyday life. Sessions focus on clear goals and what feels achievable week to week. Her background includes many years working across New Mexico communities. She has experience with grief, loss, trauma, and emotional abuse and has worked with Native and Hispanic communities. Connie is an enrolled Potawatomi tribal member and brings that lived perspective into her work. Connie uses several evidence-informed approaches when they fit the client's needs. She draws on client-centered methods to keep the work collaborative, cognitive behavioral techniques to address thinking and behavior patterns, and EMDR when trauma processing is appropriate. Motivational interviewing and attachment-based ideas also inform how she supports change and relationships. In sessions she aims to build trust, foster resilience, and help people find solutions that make sense for their lives. The focus is on practical change, clearer communication, and restoring a sense of control after difficult experiences. Connie wants people to leave sessions feeling heard and with at least one small step to try before the next meeting.

Approaches that shape online care

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships affect current connections. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and practice different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and offers concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. EMDR is an approach used for processing traumatic memories and reducing their hold on daily life when trauma is a central concern.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as needed. This collaborative stance helps tailor the work to what actually helps the person move forward.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to improve access and fit different schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or people who prefer written communication.