Sarah Rinaldo, LPCC - Therapist in Ohio

About Sarah

Sarah Rinaldo is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) who focuses on practical, trauma-informed care. She emphasizes empathy and a nonjudgmental stance while helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting concerns. Sessions aim to create space for understanding past wounds and managing present stressors.

Rinaldo often integrates trauma-focused tools into therapy. She offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, alongside other methods to address post-traumatic stress and complex trauma.

Background and approach

Her work also draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients notice patterns and try different responses. Her approach is straightforward. She listens, validates, and guides people through steps they can practice between sessions.

Therapy combines short-term strategies for symptom relief with deeper work on life patterns and relationships. Sarah has nine years of experience as an LPCC practicing in Ohio. That background informs how she blends talk-based therapy with trauma processing methods.

She frames progress as gradual and collaborative, focusing on what feels useful for each person. People who choose her practice can expect clear explanations of methods and practical coping skills. Rinaldo supports exploration of attachment wounds, family history, shame, and identity issues while helping clients build routines that reduce panic and improve mood.

Approaches that fit online therapy and trauma work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice connection styles and work toward more supported interactions in relationships and parenting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful habits. EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that supports processing disturbing memories and easing their emotional impact.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, symptoms, and preferences and then recommend methods to try. Decisions are collaborative and can change as the person notices what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, revisit notes or homework, and get consistent support between in-person visits. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, attachment conversations, and EMDR-informed planning to remote formats so people can move forward from home or wherever they are most comfortable.

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.

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.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma-related difficulties, parenting questions, intimacy issues, and related concerns such as shame or isolation.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is empathic and nonjudgmental with a focus on practical steps. Sessions combine listening with concrete strategies to try between meetings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has nine years of experience practicing as a clinician, bringing that background to trauma-informed and attachment-focused work.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is an LPCC with license number OH LPCC E.1901155 and practices in Ohio.

Which languages are supported and can international clients work with her?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

In what formats are sessions offered?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on the chosen arrangement.

How does payment and cost work?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What is the first step to begin therapy?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 9 years
Licensed: Ohio
Languages: English

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