About Glenn
Glenn Jacob-Oviatt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and the stress of life changes. He draws on practical skills to reduce panic, manage anger, and ease overwhelm. He aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for busy lives.
He spent five years working in adult inpatient mental health settings. There he ran and coordinated groups on anxiety reduction, DBT skills, anger management, mindfulness, communication, and creative self-expression through art and writing.
Background and approach
That hands-on work shaped a skill-focused approach to everyday problems. Glenn uses a person-centered style that starts with listening and clear goals. He blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques to help people notice patterns and try small changes.
Sessions aim to produce concrete tools you can use between meetings. He often helps people break down big emotions into manageable steps. That can mean practicing grounding and breathing, learning new ways to talk to yourself, or building plans to reduce impulsive choices.
The focus is on what works for each person’s life and schedule. Glenn also brings his interest in writing and stories into sessions when useful. People who like reflecting on their history or rewriting unhelpful self-narratives may find that approach helpful alongside skills training.
He sees clients in Oregon and conducts sessions in English.
Practical approaches for online skill-building
Glenn frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with more balanced thoughts; CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and mood-related struggles. He also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for people who get overwhelmed or react impulsively.He combines these methods with a client-centered stance, so choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist works with each person to set goals and then tests techniques to see what fits the person's needs and preferences. That collaborative process helps tailor skills and story-focused work to reach practical results.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets you practice skills together and observe subtle cues, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief coaching or daily tracking. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, and other routines while still getting consistent support from a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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