Rosa Ogas, LCSW

Rosa Ogas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who uses practical, evidence-informed tools to help people manage stress and anxiety. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on 17 years of experience in social work to guide conversations and problem solving.

Rosa focuses on everyday problems like parenting strain, low self-esteem, mood struggles, addiction concerns, and grief. She also helps people facing trauma and abuse, relationship and family tensions, career stress, and life transitions. Her approach aims to build skills that people can use between sessions.

In sessions she mixes cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered methods and mindfulness practices. That means she helps clients spot unhelpful thoughts, practice new behaviors, and notice strong emotions without getting overwhelmed. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and motivational interviewing are added when people need help with emotion regulation or making changes.

Rosa describes her work as strengths-based. She helps people identify skills they already have and add new coping tools. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with clear steps to try between meetings.

Her background includes many years working with multicultural communities and Spanish-speaking clients in California. She understands how acculturation and family systems can affect mental health. Rosa uses that experience to tailor support to each person’s culture and life context.

How CBT, Client-Centered Care, and DBT Skills Work Online

Rosa often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on clear steps such as tracking thoughts, testing beliefs, and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening and building a trusting, respectful working relationship. That approach helps people feel heard while they set goals and decide what changes matter most to them.

Dialectical behavior therapy skills are added when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. These practical tools teach breathing and grounding techniques, ways to tolerate strong feelings, and methods to improve communication under stress.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Rosa works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, culture, and daily life. She checks in about what is or isn’t working and adjusts plans so sessions stay useful and realistic.

Online therapy offers flexibility for different routines. Video calls let people meet face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can fit a short break or avoid bandwidth issues. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between meetings, share progress, or get brief coaching without scheduling a full session.