Providers
Kristine Olivier, MD
Dr. Kristine Olivier is a board certified adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist originating from Opelousas. She graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans then completed her medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in 2008. She completed a General Psychiatry residency at LSU-Ochsner’s joint program in New Orleans then returned to LSU School of Medicine to complete a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She served as Chief Resident for both residency and fellowship programs. Dr. Olivier is recently returning to the Lafayette area after having worked for four years for the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, where she served as training director and Vice Chair for the child psychiatry residency program. She also served as Chief of Child Psychiatry at Children’s Hospital. She is currently working with the adolescent IOP program at Vermilion Behavioral Hospital. Dr. Olivier has over 8 years of experience treating adults, teens, and children in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
Ashley Albarado, MD
Dr. Ashley Albarado grew up in Scott, Louisiana and graduated from Acadiana High School. She attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Albarado studied medicine at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She became a medical doctor (M.D.) in 2009. She stayed in New Orleans to train as a psychiatrist at LSU-Ochsner Psychiatry Residency. To specialize as a child and adolescent psychiatrist, she completed a fellowship at Tulane University in New Orleans. In 2014, Dr. Albarado moved to Baton Rouge, where she practiced psychiatry for five years. She moved "home" to Acadiana in 2019 and opened Albarado Psychiatry, LLC.
Julie Galloway, LPC-S, RPT
Julie is a Licensed Processional Counselor and a Registered Play Therapist. She has a hands-on approach to counseling using researched and evidenced based approaches that include but not limited to Play Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Solution Focus Therapy.
Julie has experience using Play Therapy for clients of all ages. Her favorite feature of play therapy is the ability to process stressful life events, thoughts, feelings and behaviors with clients without the pressures of finding the “right” words. She uses specific play materials to encourage and navigate the therapeutic process that is uniquely theirs.
Julie is also known for her love of educating other therapists in her field. She is a regular guest speaker at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She has had the opportunity to guest speak for the Tennessee Tech University, Counselor Education Department and has been featured as the guest expert for the Sandtray Institute of the South.
(Graduated in 2016 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a Masters in Counselor Education)
Check out her website to learn more! galloway-counseling.com.
Katherine Hebert, LCSW-BACS, PMH-C
Katie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Perinatal Mental Health Certified (PMH-C) with over nine years of experience providing therapeutic services. She specializes in perinatal mental health working with women and families where she focuses on women's issues, infertility struggles, pregnancy preparation, postpartum depression and anxiety, grief and bereavement surrounding miscarriage, loss and birth traumas, adjusting to motherhood and beyond. Katie also enjoys working with fathers focusing on paternal mental health struggles.
She was raised in the small town of Abbeville where her love for family, food and friendship began. Helping others was always a passion as she was raised by a social worker who spent her career helping women and children. Katie received her master’s degree in Social Work at Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Social Work and has spent the past decade working in a variety of agency settings.
Katie loves to say she is simply a mom set out on a mission to help other moms. She practices from the belief that there is not one therapeutic approach that works for everyone and it is important to draw from a multitude of treatment modalities to meet each person’s unique needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Strengths Perspective are common approaches used in her daily work.
Check out her website to learn more! katherinehebertlcsw.com
Hailey Verrett, MSW, LCSW
Hailey Verrett is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with almost 10 years of social work experience. Her work experience includes, school-based social work, inpatient and outpatient hospice and bereavement services, pediatric case management, and maternal/child medical social work while working at Women’s & Children’s Hospital. Hailey is passionate about serving prenatal and postpartum couples, parents of children from conception through young adulthood, individuals experiencing loss, life transitions, and grief, and individuals living with, and/or caring for a loved one with, an acute or chronic physical health condition.
Originally from a small, rural community in the heart of Central Louisiana, Hailey obtained her master’s degree in social work from the LSU School of Social Work in 2012 with a certification in gerontology. Hailey has served on numerous hospital, community, and professional boards, including Kites Above Acadiana, Maddie’s Footprints, and the Louisiana Association of Clinical Social Workers (LACSW). She is clinically trained in perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric bereavement care, and is a certified coordinator through Resolve Through Sharing (RTS) to provide bereavement care training and support to other healthcare professionals. Hailey is passionate about empowering others, fostering open communication, building and strengthening positive relationships, and helping bereaved families along their grief journey. Hailey believes hope, healing, and happiness is possible when individuals are given a safe space to be heard, validated, and allowed to process their unique life experiences.
Aimee Williford, LPC-S
Aimee Williford is a proud graduate from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she earned a degree in psychology and continued her studies to earn a master’s degree in Counselor Education in 2016.
Aimee is passionate about helping children ages 3 through 14 and those adults who support them. She believes that children struggle to manage big emotions like depression, anxiety and anger that are all to often disguised as behavioral issues. Children often do not respond to talk therapies which is why she utilizes creative and play interventions.
Aimee has pursed additional trainings that encourage overall wellness for her client population. Aimee became certified in Positive Parenting, a program that provides tools to handle difficult moments. She is currently working towards certification as an ADHD certified clinical service provider (CCSP).
Kaitlyn M. Thibodeaux, LPC
Kaitlyn Moreau Thibodeaux is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) from Carencro, LA. She is a former track and field athlete who competed for both LSU and later UL while receiving her master’s degree. She has a passion for working with athletes who desire to improve their mental game or process challenges that come with being an athlete. She specializes in grief work and is trained in the Grief Recovery Method; an 8 week one-on-one course that not only helps start the grieved process but has proven to provide growth. Kaitlyn counsels from a Christian perspective and enjoys helping those desiring to grow in their mental and spiritual health together.
While experiencing loss within her own family, Kaitlyn was introduced to the Grief Recovery Method. In many circumstances, grief can look like a dream that didn’t turn out how you would have hoped: divorce, death, failure, addiction, disappointment and so much more. This evidence-based program creates that space needed to process unresolved grief. During Kaitlyn’s time as a collegiate athlete, she struggled with performance anxiety and often found herself not being at her best. With the pressure created while competing in seven track and field events at the Division 1 level, being a heptathlete sometimes created unwanted battles. Having an eating disorder and struggling with self-confidence, she found her performance lacking. By Kaitlyn’s personal experiences, she has developed the love and desire to help others who struggle with similar situations. She’s enthused to break the stigma of mental health issues in athletes and determined to help them compete at their best. Kaitlyn always provides a safe place and believes that no matter how big or small the battle is; with consistency, openness, and dedication anything is achievable.
Ashley Hutchins, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Ashley Hutchins is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who was born and raised in Lafayette, LA. She has over 13 years of experience in health care and has extensive experience in mental health treatment. She graduated from ULL with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and obtained her Master of Science in Nursing from Nicholls State University.
Ashley values each client’s individuality when addressing their mental health needs and works to collaborate with them to meet their goals using evidence-based practice. Client empowerment and education are essential components of her holistic and integrative medical approach. Adolescents and young adults are her primary client population in addition to adults with varying diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD amongst other mental health issues.