Kim Olver, LCPC, NCC, BCC, realized in 5th grade that she was born to help others and has been helping people ever since. She has a mission to help people get along better with the important people in their lives, including themselves, at home and at work. Kim is a licensed counselor, certified coach, trainer, international speaker and author. She loves helping women with relationship challenges, especially the one we have with ourselves, and creating mental freedom for life.
Kim founded her company, Olver International, in 2004 and it has grown to include coaching services, a board-certified coaching school, coach supervision, an independent publishing company, and a speaker’s bureau. Kim has developed her proprietary process called, Mental Freedom ®, to help clients transform any painful emotions they are experiencing into something neutral or even positive. This is not a process that takes a long time; rather it is taught in six sessions and can be applied to any painful situation in a person’s life.
In addition, Kim is an award-winning author of Secrets of Happy Couples and Choosing Me Now. She co-authored Leveraging Diversity at Work with Sylvester Baugh and wrote a chapter in the book, Contemporary Issues in Couples Counseling. Kim writes a bi-monthly mental health column for the River Reporter and has also contributed to HuffingtonPost.com, PsychCentral.com, YourTango.com, HerCampus.com, Whole Living, Women’s World, Fitness Magazine, Law of Attraction Magazine, Conscious Life Journal, Counseling Today and more. Kim is also a thought leader on the revolutionary app, DearLiv.
Kim has a wide range of experience, working in the fields of community mental health, corrections, child welfare, addiction, the military, couples, parenting, and self-discovery. She’s been writing a blog for over 15 years and is now in her fourth season of podcasting her show, Life = Choices; Choices = Life.
MY FAVE QUOTE EVER?
“Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened.”–Dr. Seuss
Our coaching process is about helping people to stop creating their own misery, while helping them take responsibility for their own happiness and success by putting their time and energy into the things they control, rather than the things they don’t. This means leading people away from blame, anger, and resentment and into introspection, acceptance and proactivity. Our process demolishes the victim mentality and empowers clients to reach their goals, while creating the meaningful relationships in their lives that will support and encourage them along the way.
Victory in the Wait describes how important it is to know how to wait and the impact of not waiting correctly. When we wait, we are communicating with God. We are not always waiting to receive from God, sometimes He has us in a season of wait until our will breaks. Effective waiting symbolizes submission, knowing that God is in control. He may have us waiting to develop our Fruit of the Spirit and to revive us. There are times when we might not feel like praying yet, we are needing or desiring something from God.
“From Within is a riveting biographical work of one woman’s journey as a sexual abuse survivor, who transitioned from the physical and emotional pain and betrayal to a newly found passion to help others going through similar circumstances.”
The Olver International Blog, written by relationship expert, Kim Olver, covers topics as it relates to relationships with the important people in your life and the most important one of all.. the one with yourself.
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