- Bilingual English Spanish
- CBT and mindfulness
- 17 years experience
About Rosa
Rosa Ogas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of practice. She speaks English and Spanish and brings a calm, practical approach to sessions. Rosa focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, and life changes. She also helps with addiction, grief, survivor trauma, and self-esteem struggles.
Rosa uses client-centered methods to help people feel heard and understood. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness skills are offered to help manage strong emotions and build day-to-day coping tools.
Her background includes work across multicultural communities and a range of social work settings. She has experience with acculturation and family systems dynamics and can support concerns tied to adoption, foster care, caregiving stress, and chronic illness. Rosa describes her style as strength-focused and practical, helping people develop tools they can use outside sessions.
When working on parenting or relationship stress she aims to make small, clear changes that reduce tension. For trauma, addiction, or self-injury concerns she balances safety, skill-building, and practical steps toward stability. Her bilingual skills often help Spanish speakers express difficult feelings more naturally.
People starting with Rosa can expect straightforward talk, concrete strategies, and collaborative planning. She encourages small experiments between sessions to test what helps. To begin, readers should use the Start Therapy flow on the site and follow the matching steps.
Rosa uses client-centered methods to help people feel heard and understood. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness skills are offered to help manage strong emotions and build day-to-day coping tools.
Her background includes work across multicultural communities and a range of social work settings. She has experience with acculturation and family systems dynamics and can support concerns tied to adoption, foster care, caregiving stress, and chronic illness. Rosa describes her style as strength-focused and practical, helping people develop tools they can use outside sessions.
When working on parenting or relationship stress she aims to make small, clear changes that reduce tension. For trauma, addiction, or self-injury concerns she balances safety, skill-building, and practical steps toward stability. Her bilingual skills often help Spanish speakers express difficult feelings more naturally.
People starting with Rosa can expect straightforward talk, concrete strategies, and collaborative planning. She encourages small experiments between sessions to test what helps. To begin, readers should use the Start Therapy flow on the site and follow the matching steps.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersMulticultural concernsPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSexualityWomen's issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
17+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Online approaches and how they help
Rosa commonly uses client-centered therapy to create a space where people feel heard and respected. This approach focuses on the person’s perspective and helps clarify what matters most before moving to skills or changes.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems down into thoughts, feelings, and actions. That method teaches practical steps to test new behaviors and shift patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. Dialectical behavior therapy techniques are used to build emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills when feelings run high.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Rosa will work with each person to match methods to their goals and needs, and she adjusts plans as people try out new skills. The therapist-client relationship is used to build and refine tools together.
Confirm the available session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They can also let someone choose a quieter setting or avoid being on camera if that helps them focus. Licensed professionals can offer the same practical skills and step-by-step work online as in person, while tailoring session length and frequency to daily life.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
Rosa helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, addiction issues, grief, trauma and related challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
She blends client-centered listening with practical skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to build everyday coping tools.
What experience does she bring?
She has 17 years of experience in a variety of social work settings and has worked across multicultural communities.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She is based in California and holds the LCSW credential, listed as CA LCSW in her profile.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She accepts international clients, so people outside the U.S. may be able to connect depending on logistics.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.