About Barbara
Barbara Olinger, MSW
Barbara Olinger has her Masters in Social Work and has worked with children and families in both educational and therapeutic settings for over 40 years. This includes having been a child and family therapist, a supervising clinician in an outpatient mental health clinic, co-founder of a co-operative preschool, and Director of Family Development at the YWCA Santa Monica/Westside. In her private practice, she focuses on supporting parents of children of all ages and providing training for teachers of preschool - 8th grade. Most of Barbara's individual and group work is offered through Zoom sessions. Barbara is the mother of two adult sons.
Barbara is featured on the national website,www.kidsinthehouse.com
She is a consultant for a play based, child directed toddler/preschool program,DIG Childhood Center.
Barbara has authored a parenting book and is featured in 2 DVDs.
GROWING FROM THE ROOTS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF PARENTING
This book offers many down-to-earth parenting tools to help increase connections between parents and children as well as helpful examples modeling how to communicate with children to support their growth into confident and compassionate adults. Available onAmazon.com
Growing From the Roots: DVD and Welcoming Your Second Child: DVD
Available by ordering directly through Barbarahere
"Barbara's knowledge and suggestions along with her personal attention to every family has really helped me out with both my 6 year old boy and 2 year old girl. Her ability to break down every stage your child is going through, their thought process, and most importantly their relationship with you, definitely helps to make sense of an already unfamiliar territory!"
– Wilson L.