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Justin Hernandez

Father-focused clinical guidance for families

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Credentials
LPCC
Experience
13 years
Licensed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Justin

Justin Hernandez is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 13 years of experience. He focuses on family and parenting concerns and on helping people improve communication at home. His style is direct yet empathetic, and he works alongside parents to find practical steps that fit their family.

He has led clinical teams and guided other therapists in using strategies that reduce disruptions in homes. Previously he worked as a hospital crisis counselor, in independent practice, and as clinical director at a school for children with emotional needs.

Background and approach

That mix of settings gives him hands-on experience with stress, trauma, and family conflict. Justin uses approaches like attachment-based work, client-centered care, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally-focused therapy. He adapts tools to each family's situation instead of following a one-size-fits-all plan.

Sessions aim to teach skills, shift patterns, and make day-to-day routines easier. He has substantial experience with trauma related to emotional abuse, physical abuse, and neglect, and with parenting challenges that come from blended families, adoption and foster care, and caregiver stress. He also addresses common concerns such as anxiety, depression, sleeping and eating problems, anger, and self-esteem.

Justin believes clients are experts on their own lives. His role is to support, guide, and offer practical strategies parents can use between sessions. He practices in Ohio and provides services in English.

Online approaches that support family change

Justin integrates attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral therapy in ways that fit online sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how family members connect and respond to one another; it helps with building trust and improving parent-child interactions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on what people do and think in daily life and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each family about goals, preferences, and what feels workable. Together they decide whether to emphasize connection-based methods, skill teaching, or a mix of strategies to meet those goals.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let families work face-to-face while staying at home. Phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging provide options for quick check-ins, skill coaching, or when schedules are tight. These formats aim to make it easier to use therapy tools in real life and to keep progress moving between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of family or personal issues are addressed here?
He works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting, anger, and self-esteem. The practice also addresses areas like adoption and foster care, blended family issues, and caregiver stress.
What is his general approach in sessions?
Sessions are direct and empathetic, focusing on practical strategies families can use at home. He combines methods such as attachment work, client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally-focused work depending on the need.
How long has he been practicing?
He has 13 years of clinical experience, including roles as a crisis counselor and clinical director in settings that served children and families.
Where is the therapist licensed and practicing?
He is licensed in Ohio as an LPCC with the credential OH LPCC E.0800099-SUPV and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for meeting online?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and services are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
13 years
Licensed
Ohio
Languages
English

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