Victoria Cornell Riordan
Compassionate support for family stress and transitions
- Credentials
- LPCC, LPC
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed in
- Ohio, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Victoria
Victoria Cornell Riordan is a licensed counselor who aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space for parents and families to talk through stress and life changes. She emphasizes clear, honest communication and works with clients to set goals that feel meaningful to them. Her style is straightforward and accepting, focused on helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and everyday family pressures.
She began counseling as a high school intern at an adolescent residential program, helping run equine and small-animal assisted therapy groups.
Background and approach
After a period of military service she completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Xavier University. She holds LPCC, which is Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor. Across six years of practice she has supported people facing trauma, relationship stress, mood concerns, attention differences, and major life transitions.
She has experience in individual, family, and group settings and has worked with a wide age range. Her approach blends practical skill building with emotional processing so clients can handle day-to-day challenges more effectively. Therapeutic tools she uses include cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment practices, dialectical behavior skills, EMDR for trauma work, and mindfulness exercises.
These are used in ways that fit each person’s goals and comfort level. She also brings training in trauma-focused care and couples and family techniques. Victoria practices in Ohio and conducts sessions in English.
Therapy is offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and sessions can take place by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are required.
How online therapy uses practical approaches for families
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions. It focuses on values and small steps toward the life a person wants, which can help when families face stress or big changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions influence one another. It teaches straightforward tools to reduce anxiety and improve mood with exercises that can be practiced between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes skills for managing intense emotions, improving communication, and tolerating distress. Those skills can be useful for parents and family members learning new ways to respond during conflict.
Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist will review a person’s needs, goals, and preferences and suggest methods to try. Clients and the therapist can adjust the plan as work proceeds to find the best match.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules. These formats allow flexible timing and repeated brief check-ins when needed. Many people find the variety of options helps them keep momentum between meetings and apply skills in real life.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
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