Rosa Ogas , LCSW

Rosa Ogas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 17 years of experience. She offers a warm, client-centered approach and speaks both English and Spanish. Rosa focuses on women's issues alongside a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting challenges. She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family problems, and the strain of caregiving or chronic illness. Her background includes helping clients navigate life changes, career stress, and identity questions including LGBT concerns. Her work combines client-centered methods with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. She uses mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns, set goals, and practice new ways of coping. Sessions tend to emphasize building skills and small steps that can fit into everyday life. Rosa has long experience in multicultural settings and understands issues related to acculturation and family dynamics. She is bicultural and offers therapy in Spanish as well as English. That experience informs how she talks with people about culture, expectations, and family roles. In sessions she focuses on strengths and on concrete strategies. People leave with coping tools they can try between visits. Rosa works with each person to set goals and adjust approaches as progress is made.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's priorities. It helps people feel heard and shapes sessions around their goals and pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be practiced between sessions to reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication - skills useful for managing strong emotions and relationship conflict.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Rosa will work with each person to try strategies, notice what helps, and adjust the plan. Together they set achievable goals and pick techniques that fit the client's needs, values, and daily routine.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and practice skills in conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a shorter break in a workday. Chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, reminders, and brief problem-solving between longer sessions. These options help make therapy more accessible across schedules and locations.