Olive Branch Counseling

09/17/2025

Healing happens together. Olive Branch Counseling’s therapy groups are now open for registration and waitlists! Whether you’re navigating grief, postpartum changes, or looking to strengthen your coping skills, our groups provide connection, accountability, and community.

Register today or share with someone who could benefit! Link in our bio or scan the QR code from your desktop or mobile device!

09/04/2025

Have you ever felt sad about something that technically wasn’t a big deal...but it still felt like a huge deal?

That might be grief.

Not all grief is about death. Some grief comes from breakups, identity shifts, moving, graduating, or realizing the life you pictured isn’t going to happen.

This is the kind of work Gayley Cook, LMSW, does with teens and young adults in grief therapy. Honoring losses that don’t always get noticed and helping clients find a way to move forward without letting go of what mattered.

Read more about grief here:

When people hear the word grief, they often think of funerals, black clothing, and casseroles delivered to grieving families. But grief doesn’t only show up when someone passes away. Sometimes grief is quiet. Sometimes it hides in moments that don’t seem “big enough” to mourn. And sometimes,...

09/03/2025

Grief isn’t always loud. Sometimes, it’s just heavy. Quiet. Confusing.

That’s where Gayley Cook, LMSW, steps in. Gayley works with teens and young adults who are navigating grief in all its forms — the loss of a person, a relationship, an identity, or a future that didn’t happen.

Using trauma-informed CBT, she helps clients process what they’re carrying without rushing, minimizing, or judging the process.

Gayley offers Therapy in Plano and across Texas, and is available for In-person and virtual sessions with a special focus on students and young adults.

08/15/2025

What if the thing you’ve been brushing off for years — that bullying, that rejection, that feeling of always being left out — was actually trauma?

We just published a new blog all about this kind of emotional wounding, how it impacts us long after it “should be over,” and what healing really looks like when you’re working with a therapist who gets it.

It’s part of our new Meet the Team series, and we’re starting with Travis Long, LPC (C-DBT) — a therapist who blends warmth, directness, and a little humor to help clients feel both safe and gently challenged.

Travis works with teens, adults, and couples navigating:
– Bullying and social trauma
– People-pleasing and boundary struggles
– Relationship conflict and disconnection
– Emotional regulation and nervous system healing

He’s certified in trauma-focused approaches like DBT and has completed additional training in Prolonged Exposure Therapy and utilizes the Gottman Method for couples therapy — and he’s currently accepting new clients for in-person sessions in Plano and virtual therapy across Texas.

💛 Read the blog here → https://olivebranchcounselingtexas.com/healing-from-bullying-and-social-trauma/

🌿 Learn more about Travis here → https://olivebranchcounselingtexas.com/our-team/travis-long/

It might be just what someone in your life needs to read today.

Healing from social trauma like bullying or exclusion is possible. Learn how therapy helps you reclaim your voice, safety, and sense of self.

08/15/2025

What if your inner critic wasn’t you — but just a voice you picked up while trying to survive?

Social trauma, bullying, emotional rejection — they don’t just fade with time. They get internalized. And that’s why therapy isn’t just about “coping” — it’s about reclaiming who you are beneath the masks you’ve had to wear.

Travis Long, LPC (C-DBT) helps clients work through the invisible weight of past pain — with warmth, clarity, and just enough humor to remind you: you don’t have to be perfect to be worthy of healing.

📍 Based in Plano, TX
💻 Virtual sessions available across Texas
🧠 Therapy for teens, adults, and couples

Your story doesn’t end at survival.

08/14/2025

What if that weird tension in your chest, or that voice in your head saying “don’t be too much” — wasn’t your personality?

What if it was trauma?

Social trauma is what happens when we internalize pain from things like bullying, rejection, or years of not feeling safe to be ourselves. And it’s one of the most overlooked kinds of trauma we carry.

Travis Long, LPC (C-DBT), works with teens, adults, and people-pleasers who are finally ready to stop blaming themselves and start healing. This kind of therapy helps you release what’s been weighing you down — and start feeling like yourself again.

🧠 Certified in DBT & trained in Prolonged Exposure
📍 Trauma therapy in Plano, TX
💻 Virtual sessions available across Texas
Read more in our latest blog — link in bio.

08/13/2025

Looking for a trauma-informed therapist in Plano who gets it?

Meet Travis Long, LPC (C-DBT) — a therapist who works with teens, adults, and couples navigating trauma, emotional wounds, and relationship struggles. He blends structure, humor, and presence to help clients feel safe, seen, and empowered.

Travis is certified in DBT, and has completed training in Prolonged Exposure Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Sandtray Therapy — and he’s especially passionate about helping clients heal from the inside out.

📍 Based in Plano, TX
💻 In-person & virtual sessions across Texas

Ready to meet your co-journeyer?

07/08/2025

The good kid role wasn’t built for your wholeness—it was built for your survival. It's time to reclaim the parts of you that were buried to stay loved. Therapy helps you become fully yourself. 🌿

You're allowed to choose you, book a free consultation to find how.

06/10/2025

You learned to adapt because you had to. But now, you’re allowed to stop editing yourself for acceptance. Therapy helps you reconnect with your whole self—not just the parts you think are ‘safe.’ 🌿

Book a consultation and start reclaiming your voice.

06/03/2025

Ready to stop shape-shifting to belong? Book a consultation.

Ready to stop shape-shifting to belong? Book a consultation.

05/16/2025

Over-functioning looks like success on the outside. But inside, it feels like drowning. Therapy helps you heal the part of you that thinks doing = being loved. Book a session and start healing today.

05/12/2025

If setting a boundary feels wrong, it’s not because the boundary is wrong—it’s because you were taught that self-sacrifice equals love. Therapy helps you rewrite that script with compassion. Start building boundaries without guilt—book today.