Sarah Rinaldo, LPCC

Sarah Rinaldo is a licensed professional clinical counselor who focuses on practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people feel steadier. She listens without judgment and offers clear steps people can try between sessions. Her style is direct but warm, aimed at reducing overwhelm and improving day-to-day coping.

With nine years of experience, she addresses stress, anxiety, depression, and grief in straightforward ways people can understand. She also helps with trauma and abuse concerns and offers EMDR alongside other counseling methods. Sarah works on relationship and intimacy-related issues as well as parenting strains and family challenges.

She often uses cognitive tools to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behavior patterns. Attachment-focused work helps people understand how early relationships shape reactions now. Emotion-focused ideas support stronger emotional awareness and safer connection in relationships.

Sarah also draws on narrative techniques to help people reframe painful stories and move toward a clearer sense of life purpose. Her work includes support for mood disorders, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. She aims to give concrete skills and small experiments clients can try between sessions.

Sessions are offered in English and provided from Ohio by a clinician holding an OH LPCC license. She describes counseling as a collaborative process and helps each person choose approaches that fit their goals and preferences.

Approach-driven care through online therapy

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people shift toward safer ways of relating. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) emphasizes noticing and expressing core emotions to improve intimacy and reduce conflict in close relationships.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative plan can be adjusted over time based on what feels most helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and practice communication skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for ongoing coaching-style support and brief check-ins between sessions, offering flexibility for different schedules and needs.