Blue Heron Psychology
Compassionate therapy for Adults, Teens, Couples, and Families
Stuart, FL
Individualized, Compassionate Psychotherapy
For those who have been struggling and experiencing emotional pain, we are here to provide individualized and compassionate therapy, counseling, and other mental health services to those in Stuart, Port St. Lucie, and the Treasure Coast. Our goal and purpose is to guide adults, teenagers, couples, and families in emotional crisis towards relieving psychological pain and building a future that motivating, exciting, and meaningful. In therapy, we will examine the patterns which have emerged in your life, explore their origins, and change those that have been obstructing your growth and self-actualization.
As therapists, we strive to be warm, authentic, and non-judgmental. We have always embraced a humble and relational approach to therapy and would be honored to be a part of your healing process.
Clientele Seen
Individual Therapy
Treatment of psychological problems that is conducted on a one-to-one basis. One therapist sees one client at a time, tailoring the process to his or her unique needs in the exploration of contributory factors and alleviation of symptoms.
Family Therapy
A form of psychotherapy that focuses on the improvement of interfamilial relationships and behavioral patterns of the family unit as a whole, as well as among individual members and groupings, or subsystems, within the family.
Group Therapy
Treatment of psychological problems in which two or more participants interact with each other on both an emotional and a cognitive level in the presence of one or more psychotherapists who serve as catalysts, facilitators, or interpreters.
Treatment approaches
Attachment-Based
An attachment-based approach to therapy looks at the connection between an infant’s early attachment experiences with primary caregivers, usually with parents, and the infant’s ability to develop normally and ultimately form healthy emotional and physical relationships as an adult.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
A form of psychotherapy that integrates theories of cognition and learning with treatment techniques derived from cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy. CBT assumes that cognitive, emotional, and behavioral variables are functionally interrelated. Treatment is aimed at identifying and modifying the client’s maladaptive thought processes and problematic behaviors through cognitive restructuring and behavioral techniques to achieve change.
Cognitive processing (CPT)
A form of cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes cognitive strategies to help people alter erroneous thinking that has emerged because of a traumatic event. Practitioners may work with clients on false beliefs that the world is no longer safe, for example, or that they are incompetent because they “let” the traumatic event happen to them.
Dialectical (DBT)
A flexible, stage-based therapy that combines principles of behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and mindfulness. It establishes a “dialectic” between helping individuals to accept the reality of their lives and their own behaviors on the one hand and helping them learn to change their lives, including dysfunctional behaviors, on the other. Its underlying emphasis is on helping individuals learn both to regulate and to tolerate their emotions. DBT is designed for especially difficult-to-treat patients, such as those with borderline personality disorder.
Eclectic
Any psychotherapy that is based on a combination of theories or approaches or uses concepts and techniques from a number of different sources, including the integrated professional experiences of the therapist. With the more formalized prescriptive eclectic psychotherapy, the clinician attempts to customize psychological treatments and the therapeutic relationship to the specific needs of individual clients.
Emotional Focused
An integrative individual therapy that focuses on emotion as the key determinant of personality development and of psychotherapeutic change. In sessions, the therapist helps the client to become aware of, accept, make sense of, and regulate emotions as a way of resolving problems and promoting growth.
Existential
A form of psychotherapy that deals with the here and now of the client’s total situation rather than with his or her past or underlying dynamics. It emphasizes the exploration and development of meaning in life, focuses on emotional experiences and decision making, and stresses a person’s responsibility for his or her own existence.
Exposure Response Prevention
An intensive form of behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder, involving exposure to situations or cues that trigger recurrent, intrusive, and distressing thoughts (obsessions) or provoke repetitive behaviors (compulsions), followed by abstinence from the compulsive behavior.
Humanistic
any of a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches that reject psychoanalytic and behavioral approaches; seek to foster personal growth through direct experience; and focus on the development of human potential, the here and now, concrete personality change, responsibility for oneself, and trust in natural processes and spontaneous feeling.
Interpersonal
A form of psychotherapy that focuses on relieving symptoms by improving interpersonal functioning. A central idea in IPT is that psychological symptoms can be understood as a response to current difficulties in everyday relationships with other people.
Motivational Interviewing
A client-centered yet directive approach for facilitating change by helping people to resolve ambivalence and find intrinsic reasons for making needed behavior change.
Person-Centered
A form of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in the early 1940s. According to Rogers, an orderly process of client self-discovery and actualization occurs in response to the therapist’s consistent empathic understanding of, acceptance of, and respect for the client’s frame.
Psychodynamic
The psychological and psychiatric approach that views human behavior from the standpoint of unconscious motives that mold the personality, influence attitudes, and produce emotional disorder.
Trauma Focused
A specific approach to therapy that recognizes and emphasizes understanding how the traumatic experience impacts a person’s mental, behavioral, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. This type of therapy is rooted in understanding the connection between the trauma experience and the individual’s emotional and behavioral responses.
In-Person Therapist available in Stuart, Port St Lucie, and the Treasure Coast
Debbie DragoneJune 20, 2025Dr Olivia Carelli literally saved my life. I deal with depression and was at my lowest point in my life. On my first call with Dr. Carelli, she instantly showed compassion and empathy. She listened and asked thoughtful questions, peeling back the onion of my life. I HIGHLY recommend Olivia Carelli to anyone who wants someone to talk to that is easy to listen, and ask pointed questions and you know she is listening to every word I say and every word I do NOT say. That is a skill that makes all the difference in the world. Bottom line, Dr. Carelli made me feel my life is worth living. Thank you Olivia for your dedication to your field. You are a blessing.
Christopher VitaleMay 15, 2025Olivia and Lee are compassionate and caring!
Dr. Lorelei WalkerJanuary 21, 2025I can attest to Olivia’s professionalism, empathy, and expertise. She’s provided resources that other providers have never mentioned. She’s a system thinker with an understanding of complex intersectionality. She’s a mother and understands the trials and tribulations inherent to both body and mind. She’s on her game, and she’s there for you. I felt fortunate when she took me on, and each time she sees me, I gain a pathway of agency. It’s been a game changer for me and my family. I am forever grateful that she is who she is.
Melissa FernandezJanuary 16, 2025I’ve made such strides since beginning therapy with Lee 6 months ago. It’s been such a safe space for me to process very difficult feelings/circumstances and he’s patient with me yet challenges me when appropriate. This balance in a therapist is hard to find. He’s also got a great sense of humor and allows for laughter amongst processing heavy things. Cannot recommend enough!
Julie TreacyOctober 17, 2024Lee is wonderful to work with. He is extremely knowledgeable and has a very tactful approach of encouraging me to delve deeper into issues I wasn’t even aware existed. He has really helped me process some difficult realties and grow more self aware and self loving. Highly recommended!!!!!!
