About Cecilia
Cecilia Wheeler is an Ohio-licensed social worker with 23 years of experience as a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW). She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by listening carefully and building on strengths. She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's story.
Her approach is practical and down to earth. She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, and grief using simple tools they can use between sessions.
Background and approach
She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse and people working through addictive behaviors and compassion fatigue. Cecilia uses methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different choices. She brings mindfulness techniques to calm overwhelming moments and trauma-focused ideas to address difficult memories safely.
Solution-focused steps help people set short-term goals and track small wins. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Cecilia treats each person as the expert on their life and works together with them to set realistic goals.
She often teaches skills in-session and suggests short, doable practices to use in daily life. People who prefer clear structure and practical tools tend to do well with her style. She offers video, phone, chat, and text formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Cecilia works in English and practices in Ohio.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting. It often involves simple exercises and homework that fit well into remote sessions and follow-up messages.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal skills. Short skills coaching and step-by-step practice can be done through video, phone, or messaging to reinforce learning between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cecilia will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily routines and will suggest which methods to try first. That plan is revisited and adjusted as progress is made so the approach stays useful and relevant.
Online formats offer flexibility and different ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared screens for worksheets. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, skill reminders, and brief coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into real life and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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