Vanessa Bruno, LCSWA

About Vanessa

Vanessa Bruno is a Licensed Clinical Social Work Associate at Olive Tree, working with children, adolescents, and adults. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix, where she completed an internship focused on domestic violence, and master's of Social Work at Capella University. That graduate work deepened her experience in community support teams, outreach, and crisis intervention.

Her clinical background spans a wide range of challenges including anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, high-functioning autism, bipolar disorder, adjustment disorders, and anger management. She has worked with diverse populations throughout her career and brings both personal and professional experience to her connection with veterans and their families.

Her Approach

Vanessa is particularly passionate about supporting children through art and play therapy, using creative modalities to meet younger clients in a way that feels natural and safe. Her broader approach is grounded in empathy and a genuine commitment to helping clients build resilience, with a focus on making a lasting positive impact rather than just managing symptoms.

Her diverse background allows her to connect authentically with people from all walks of life, and that ability to meet clients where they are is central to how she works.