Therapist profile
Oliver Harper, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Parenting and family concerns
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- Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
- Attachment-focused work
- DBT skills
About Oliver
Oliver Harper is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 22 years of clinical experience. He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, ADHD, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related difficulties, anger, self-esteem, career matters, bipolar disorder, depression, and coping with life changes.
He earned an MS in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University and completed additional graduate study in leadership, apologetics, and seminary training. Earlier studies include industrial and organizational psychology and a period working in finance. Over two decades he has worked in residential settings for adolescents, short-term acute care programs, community in-home therapy across Metro Atlanta, and a private practice he maintained for 15 years.
Oliver uses a practical, skills-oriented approach. He leans on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy for reducing stress and managing anxious thinking, while drawing on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and attachment-based ideas when emotional regulation and relationships are central. He also integrates the Gottman Method for relational patterns and elements of Jungian thought and Stoic philosophy to help people reflect on values and meaning.
Much of his work has involved people affected by trauma, family dysfunction, and addiction. He focuses on helping individuals connect past experiences to current patterns and on building concrete coping skills for everyday life. He has written two books and brings a mix of clinical, community, and organizational experience to sessions.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical. Oliver helps people identify problem thoughts, practice new behaviors, and develop plans they can use between meetings. He encourages active collaboration on goals and steps that fit into daily routines.
How sessions work
Using attachment and skills work in online sessions
Oliver commonly draws on attachment-based work to look at how early relationship patterns show up now. That approach helps when partners, parents, or adult children repeat familiar push-pull patterns in close relationships. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-world experiments. CBT helps with anxiety, low mood, and stress by focusing on practical changes to thinking and behavior.Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are another frequent component, especially for learning concrete tools for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. DBT skills provide step-by-step practices people can use between sessions to manage intense feelings and reduce reactive behavior. Oliver frames these methods as options to try together rather than fixed prescriptions; he works collaboratively to decide which approaches match a person’s needs and goals.
Confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and avoid travel time. The emphasis is on practical ways to build skills and make changes that carry over into everyday family life.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, parenting concerns, ADHD, relationship and family difficulties, grief, mood disorders, and related challenges.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses practical, skills-based methods such as REBT, DBT skills, attachment-informed approaches, and elements of the Gottman Method and Jungian thinking to address thinking patterns and relationship dynamics.
How long has he been practicing?
He has 22 years of clinical experience across residential care, short-term acute settings, community in-home therapy, and private practice.
What are his credentials and where is he located?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia and practices from that state.
Can I work with him if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients as well as those in the United States. Sessions are conducted in English.
What session formats does he offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used for meetings.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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