About Lucinda
Lucinda Rhoads is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor with 29 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, relationship strain, grief, and career transitions. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping clients feel steadier and more able to cope.
She builds sessions around clear listening and validation. Clients are invited to describe what is hardest for them and to set small, achievable goals. Lucinda uses tools from several therapy styles to help people learn new ways to manage emotions, thoughts, and daily routines.
Background and approach
In sessions she focuses on how early attachments and present relationships shape feelings and behavior. That perspective helps when addressing abandonment, attachment issues, or difficulties in communication. She also works with people coping with impulsivity, isolation, and the emotional fallout of separation or loss.
Cognitive techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and to practice different responses. For trauma-related concerns she may include approaches that target distressing memories and the symptoms that follow. Skills for emotion regulation, grounding, and coping with panic are taught in a step-by-step way.
Lucinda aims for a collaborative rhythm in therapy. She explains options, invites feedback, and adjusts plans as needs change. People who want clear guidance, steady support, and practical tools for daily life often find this style helpful.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Lucinda draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds and current relationships shape emotions and behavior, which can help with abandonment, attachment issues, and communication struggles. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and to teach practical steps for changing reactions, useful for anxiety, panic, and day-to-day stress. For trauma-related symptoms she may incorporate EMDR techniques to address distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, explain options, and adapt methods as progress unfolds. That collaborative planning helps ensure therapy stays focused on what the person needs most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or ongoing contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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