SONIA GREAVEN PHD - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Clinical Psychologist
• Clinical Psychologist ( PSY17364 )

Dr. Kim Oliva is a Clinical Psychologist licensed in California since 2001. She received her Psy.D. degree in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, and her B.A. in Psychology at UCLA. Specializing in the treatment of Anxiety Disorders including Panic Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), she utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), with a concentration on Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP) to address symptoms. Treatment is focused and highly individualized, with the goal of improving daily functioning as quickly as possible. Dr. Oliva has experience working with individuals, families, and groups, focusing on severe anxiety, depression, and trauma/abuse. She is warm and direct, providing a collaborative and supportive environment to engage in this life changing, albeit challenging, process. Working together in treatment, old patterns can be questioned, creating the path to a more fulfilling life. She is fluent in English and Spanish.

Job Titles:

• Clinical Psychologist
• Clinical Psychologist ( PSY20962 )
• Member of the American Psychological Association

Dr. Sonia Greaven is a Clinical Psychologist, licensed in California (PSY20962) specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) using exposures (ERP). Dr. Greaven provides services in Calabasas, California and virtually throughout the State of California. She specializes in providing cognitive behavioral therapy to individuals suffering from anxiety disorders, as well as stress related to work and life transitions. Dr. Greaven is a standing member of the American Psychological Association and the International OCD Foundation and recognized by Psychology Today. Greaven, S.H., Yazbek, M. & Assh, D. (1998). Group therapy: A three-stage model. Part of a workshop entitled Psychosocial treatments as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy management in bipolar disorders in adolescents. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, 5. Greaven, S.H., & Santor, D.A. (2000). Prevalence and perceived importance of transitions in adolescence. Poster presented at the 61st Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Vallis, T.M., Leddin, D., & Greaven, S.H. (1999). The narcotic dependent, refractory IBD inpatient: Better management comes from better understanding. Poster presented at Gastro 99, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Greaven, S.H., Santor, D.A., and Kusumakar, V. (1998). Life stressors and depressive severity in mood disordered adolescents. Poster presented at the 106th Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco. Greaven, S.H., Santor, D.A., and Kusumakar, V. (1998). Life stress in adolescents with mood disorders. Poster presented at 45th Convention of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Anaheim, CA. Kusumakar, V., Yazbec, M. and Greaven, S.H. (1997). Case presentation of early-onset bipolar disorder. Presentation given at the 44th Convention of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Greaven, S.H., Santor, D.A., Thompson, R., and Zuroff, D.C. (1997). Is self-handicapping in adolescent girls related to mothers' parenting? Poster presented at the 105th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Job Titles:

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• LSCW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Elizabeth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She attended the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor and earned dual Masters degrees in Social Work (MSW) and Public Health (MPH). She has been licensed in California since 2008 and provides cognitive behavioral therapy as well as other evidenced based practices. She works with a wide range of patients, young children, teens, adults, and couples, with a focus on treatment for anxiety and depression. She is trained in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for the treatment of anxiety, panic disorder and OCD. Her therapy style is collaborative, warm, direct and based upon an interest in and understanding of the role neurobiology plays in mental health conditions. Her goal is to help her patients feel better as soon as possible and to provide strong support at every step of the treatment process.

Job Titles:

• Post - Doctoral Fellow
• Registered Psychological Assistant ( PSB94025276 )

Dr. Rachel is a post-doctoral fellow and a Psychological Assistant working under the supervision of Sonia Greaven, Ph.D. She received her Psy.D. and M.A. in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles. She received her B.A. in Intensive Psychology with Honors, at UC Santa Cruz. Her doctoral dissertation focused on early childhood anxiety. Dr. Rachel has training and experience working with children, adolescents and adults. She has worked as a Behavioral Interventionist, providing children and adolescents with behavioral support and intervention in both home and school-based settings. She has experience and specialized training in working with trauma, ADHD, depression, anxiety and OCD. She also spent a year of her training working in an intensive outpatient treatment program (IOP) for moderate to severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety. Dr. Rachel specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders including OCD, panic and phobias utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP). She also incorporates parent support, life skill development and mindfulness-based coping skills into her treatment as appropriate to meet each individual's needs.