Rhiannon Cruz, LPC

Rhiannon Cruz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arizona. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, or struggles with addiction and self-esteem. She speaks plainly in sessions and focuses on practical steps clients can use between meetings.

Rhiannon draws on about 10 years of experience in outpatient, inpatient, and community-based settings. That background means she has worked in different treatment environments and spent time in one-on-one sessions. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative, and solution-focused ideas to shape each plan.

In a session she aims to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test them against real-life results. She also encourages people to tell their story in a new way so difficult memories and patterns feel less controlling. Mindfulness tools and focused questions are used to build skills for managing emotions and urges.

Rhiannon emphasizes validating your experience while teaching concrete techniques you can try at home. She invites clients to be open and curious, and she offers steady, nonjudgmental listening. Progress is a shared effort that combines small practice tasks with reflection in sessions.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, sleep problems, anger, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and several personality and attachment issues. Sessions are offered in English and are provided through multiple online formats.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Rhiannon often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT breaks problems into smaller parts so clients can practice changes and notice real results. She also uses client-centered therapy, which means she listens without judgment and follows the client's own goals to shape sessions. Mindfulness Therapy is another tool she uses to teach simple exercises for staying grounded and lowering reactivity.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to test techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients decide what feels useful, and she offers guidance and short practice tasks to reinforce progress between meetings.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video lets people use visual cues and longer discussions, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection and brief updates. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on practical skill building and problem solving.