Rita Kanareff , LPCC

Rita Kanareff is a licensed clinician in Ohio with 21 years of clinical experience supporting people through difficult emotional and life challenges. She holds the LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) credential and has spent more than two decades helping clients navigate transitions, relationship dynamics, and personal growth with attention and care.

Rita works with a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, trauma recovery, grief, relationship and family issues, intimacy-related problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting challenges, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also focuses on areas such as abandonment and attachment issues, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, codependency, and recovery from domestic violence.

Her therapeutic style is empathetic and individualized. Rita aims to help people develop self-compassion, reduce isolation, clarify life purpose, and heal from past wounds. She pays particular attention to supporting individuals who have struggled with therapy in the past, older adults, and those seeking either spiritual or non-religious frameworks for their work.

Drawing on evidence-informed methods and clinical expertise, Rita supports clients in building resilience and practical coping strategies to navigate personal transformations and everyday stressors. Rita is based in Ohio and is not currently accepting clients.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Rita Kanareff integrates several evidence-informed approaches into her online practice to address a range of concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, involves identifying and shifting unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and to build practical coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness skills to help people manage intense emotions and improve relationships. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a structured approach that can assist people processing traumatic memories by addressing how those memories are stored and reducing their ongoing emotional impact.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Rita works with clients to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts treatment as progress and circumstances evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions may take place via video calls, by phone, through live chat, or with text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. For many people, these options increase access to consistent care and allow therapists and licensed professionals to focus on progress in ways that suit each individual.