Oliva
McGuffog
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR/COACH (SPECTRUM)

Olivia McGuffog
DIRECTOR OF PEDIATRICS, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR/COACH (SPECTRUM)
Olivia McGuffog, M.A., LPC, NCC is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Coach who currently resides in New York City. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Communications at the University of Maryland. She went on to achieve a Master of Arts in School Counseling with the qualifications to become a Licensed Professional Counselor at Fairfield University.
Olivia is currently a Focus learning specialist in a special education school in Manhattan. She is equipped to work with a range of ages, from toddlers to young adults. She specializes in providing emotional, behavioral, and academic guidance, in addition to offering counseling services targeting the areas of executive functioning, social skills, and general problem-solving. Her passion lies in reaching clients of all ages and needs in a direct and personable dynamic. She believes in the power of one-on-one counseling and understanding each client on an individualized level.
EXPERTISE
Children, teens, and young adults
Autism/Asperger’s
ADHD
Depression
Anxiety
Stress
Self-esteem
Self-care
Learning disabilities
Time management
Money management
Understanding personal, work, and interpersonal values
Executive functioning
Academic support
School avoidance
Establishing and maintaining social connections
Perspective-taking
Receiving/providing feedback
Setting and accepting boundaries
Adapting to life events/transitions
Understanding and addressing complex emotions
Task initiation, planning, and organization
Addressing audience, both in written and verbal expression
Autism
- Ron Kurtz
Trauma
- Peter Levine
OCD
ADHD
- Jonathan Mooney