Raven O'Rourke

Raven O'Rourke is a Tennessee LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of clinical experience. She has worked extensively with people living with HIV and with mood disorders, trauma, and family conflict. Raven describes her work as focused on current concerns and practical strategies to help people cope with their situation.

She trained at Tulane University, earning a Master of Social Work and a Master of Public Health. Raven uses cognitive-behavioral methods, Client-Centered Therapy (Rogerian style), and solution-focused approaches to shape sessions. She listens and offers feedback and suggestions when appropriate.

Sessions are direct and pragmatic. Conversations typically center on what is happening now and what can help in the short term. She helps people develop steps to manage stress, anxiety, depression, compulsions, or relationship and family problems.

Raven also works with concerns around intimacy, sexual subcultures such as BDSM and kink, non-monogamous relationship structures, and grief or compassion fatigue. She brings these topics into ordinary, straightforward conversation so they can be addressed without judgment.

She offers live phone and video sessions mainly on weekdays, with very limited weekend hours. Raven responds by text during weekdays and less often on weekends. Her license allows her to work only with people who live in Tennessee.

Approaches you may use in online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps when someone needs to be heard and to clarify their own priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns in thoughts and behaviors and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, panic attacks, compulsions, and depressive habits. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, achievable steps and on what changes would show progress quickly.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods to try based on goals, needs, and preferences. That decision can shift as sessions reveal what helps most.

She offers live phone and video appointments mainly on weekdays, with very limited weekend availability. Confirm the current session options before scheduling. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so work or family commitments are easier to manage.