Rita Kanareff , LPCC

Rita Kanareff is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio with 21 years of clinical experience helping people navigate complex emotional and life challenges. She centers her work on supporting individuals through difficult transitions, relationship dynamics, and processes of personal growth, bringing a compassionate and individualized approach to each therapeutic relationship.

Rita focuses on a broad range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, trauma recovery, and interpersonal difficulties. She is particularly committed to working with people who have had frustrating experiences with therapy in the past, older adults, and those seeking either spiritual or non-religious frameworks for their healing. Her style is empathic and tailored to each person’s history and needs, emphasizing practical strategies and emotional understanding.

In sessions, Rita helps clients cultivate self-compassion, reduce isolation, explore life purpose, and address lingering wounds from the past. She provides a supportive, nonjudgmental environment for working through social anxiety, relationship strain, workplace stress, and meaningful personal change. Drawing on extensive clinical experience, she aims to strengthen resilience, teach healthier coping skills, and assist people in building more authentic, fulfilling lives while offering steady professional guidance and care.

Approach-Focused Online Care with Evidence-Informed Methods

Rita draws on several evidence-informed approaches to support clients in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and teaches practical skills for managing symptoms like anxiety and depression by changing thinking and behavior patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness - it is useful for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a structured method for processing distressing memories and reducing the emotional impact of trauma by using guided attention and memory processing techniques.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Rita works collaboratively with each person to evaluate goals, preferences, and needs, and tailors interventions over time so the methods match what is most helpful in practice. This collaborative process helps ensure that therapy feels relevant and effective for the individual.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility and accessibility. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, licensed professionals can provide continuity of care across different schedules and life circumstances. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain momentum between sessions, and receive support from a therapist without the need to travel.