Chiara Ogan – Psychotherapist
Helping others navigate the ups and downs of life with compassion, empathy, and warmth.
Chiara Ogan is a staff therapist and trainee at The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley, California. She sees clients both in-person and online. She is supervised by Joan Monheit, LCSW #10832. She currently attends the Wright Institute where she is studying to earn a Master’s in Counseling Psychology. She has completed her coursework, and is doing her practicum/internship at TPI.
Chiara is drawn to working with adult clients who:
- Live with chronic pain and/or illness
- Struggle with feelings or symptoms of anxiety or depression
- Are burned out or overwhelmed by pressures from work and life
- Have experienced grief or loss
- Are transitioning into a new stage of life or relationship status
- Feel blocked or stagnant on their path and need clarity and support
Chiara’s therapeutic stance is highly relational and psychodynamic, frequently drawing on mindfulness and elements of Buddhist psychology. She believes looking at past experiences and history can help uncover patterns and habits that impact how we show up today. That using the body and breath allows us space to make different choices in how we think, behave, and move through life. Her clients can expect humor, curiosity, use of imagery and metaphor, and an ardent belief in their abilities.