Cynthia "Cindi" Crew, LISW

Cynthia "Cindi" Crew is an Independently Licensed Social Worker (LISW) based in Ohio with 25 years of clinical experience. She draws on practical, skills-based approaches to help people manage overwhelming stress, anxiety, mood shifts, and effects of trauma. Cindi speaks plainly and keeps sessions focused on what matters now. Her work centers on cognitive behavioral ideas alongside client-centered and trauma-focused methods. That means she helps people recognize unhelpful thoughts, practice new coping skills, and use their own strengths to move forward. Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-oriented. Cindi also brings Dialectical Behavior Therapy concepts into care for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. This is useful when emotions feel intense or when someone wants tools to reduce reactive behavior. She uses simple, repeatable skills rather than jargon. Over the years she has supported people facing grief, relationship separation, career stress, postpartum challenges, ADHD concerns, and long-term mood disorders. She also addresses isolation, compassion fatigue, and self-harm thoughts with attention and practical planning. People who seek Cindi’s help typically want concrete strategies they can use between sessions. She emphasizes collaboration and respects each person’s perspective while helping them test new approaches to daily problems.

CBT and Skills-Based Care Online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that increase stress or low mood. Online sessions use practical exercises and homework so people can practice new ways of thinking between meetings.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a trusting relationship. In teletherapy this approach means the therapist follows the client's priorities and helps them set goals at a comfortable pace.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try approaches that fit your needs, and adjust strategies based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to pick tools that feel useful in daily life.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is good when visual cues help the conversation, while phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when a short update fits a busy day. These options can make it easier to keep steady progress while fitting sessions into work, family, or other routines.