Violet Buffalo
Kids & Families
(Lafayette/Orinda)
Violet Buffalo, MSW

Meet Violet
At Green Leaf, Violet provides therapy for children, teens, and their families. With a background in school settings, she has experience with kids across every stage of development from preschool through adolescence. Violet supports clients navigating anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, behavioral challenges, and social difficulties, and takes a strengths-based approach tailored to each child's developmental stage and individual goals.
Violet draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and trauma-informed interventions. She also incorporates play and art, which give younger clients a way to engage and express themselves. Her focus is on helping kids build emotional regulation and coping skills while partnering closely with parents to strengthen family relationships.
Violet works to create a safe, supportive space where children and parents feel heard and understood, and she moves toward goals the family sets collaboratively. Violet is supervised by fellow Green Leaf clinician, Heather Hays, LCSW #83327.
I am passionate about seeing kids overcome their fears, helping families strengthen their bond, and helping people realize their hopes and dreams. - Violet
I value creating a safe, supportive therapeutic relationship where clients feel heard and understood, while working collaboratively toward shared goals. - Violet
