Osa Holmes

Osa Holmes is a Florida-based clinician with 25 years of experience helping children, teens, and adults through mental health, substance abuse, educational, and private practice settings. She is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker, trained to provide skilled therapeutic attention in a supportive environment, and she emphasizes interventions that are meaningful and useful to the person receiving them.

Her practice commonly addresses behavioral concerns, trauma histories, addiction, panic and anxiety, depression and other mood disturbances. She works with individuals, families, and groups, and has experience supporting children with special needs as well as young people who are separated from their families and transitioning to independence or new living arrangements. The primary aim of her work is to resolve the presenting challenge and help clients move toward greater ease in relationships and daily life.

In addition to clinical work, Osa Holmes has an extensive background in education and assessment. She has taught classes for parents, infants, preschool, and K-12 behavioral classrooms, and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maine at Farmington and at Indian River State College. She has provided comprehensive behavioral health assessments for the Department of Human Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice, has served as an expert witness, and has supervised student teachers and clinical social workers during their internships and paths to independent licensure. She looks forward to working with those seeking support for life’s challenges.