Haven Ohly

Haven Ohly is a licensed social worker with nearly 20 years of experience supporting people through strong feelings and life changes. He focuses on helping people manage anger, stress, anxiety, substance use concerns, grief, and trauma. He aims to offer steady, respectful care that meets each person where they are.

Haven uses a blend of practical tools and reflective work. He brings trauma-informed perspectives and often uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to help people process painful memories. He also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and mindfulness practices to build calm and attention.

He combines professional experience with leadership in substance use treatment. As a Clinical Director at a treatment center, he supports people and families navigating recovery and the changes it brings. He also speaks from lived experience in recovery, which shapes his approach and informs how he connects with clients.

Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Haven centers the realities of community, environment, and systemic challenges in his work. He aims to be direct and compassionate, offering structure and tools alongside listening and validation. He can include faith-based perspectives when clients want that integrated into care.

People who come for help can expect a mix of short-term skills work and deeper processing, depending on their goals. He helps people build coping skills, address relationship and intimacy concerns, and work through major life transitions like divorce, aging, or career change.

How Haven’s approaches fit into online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s unique experience. It helps people feel heard and shape goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, is a trauma-informed method that works with how difficult memories are stored and can be used when people want to process past hurts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Haven will collaborate with clients to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can shift as problems change, and the process is discussed openly so clients understand why a particular technique is being used.

Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into life. They can reduce travel time, allow quick check-ins during a busy week, and make it simpler to attend from different locations. Because the biography does not specify formats, confirm current session options before booking. Many people find that thoughtful planning helps them use sessions for skill practice, emotional processing, and support between major life events.