Rita Kanareff is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes.
01About Rita
Rita Kanareff is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She speaks plainly, listens carefully, and helps clients find practical steps for everyday problems. Rita holds an LPCC, which is the credential she uses in Ohio to practice.
With 21 years of experience, Rita works with people facing trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues related to body image and eating.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, chronic illness, or the fallout from separation and domestic violence. Rita uses clear, goal-oriented methods so conversations lead to real movement. Her work blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills for managing thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
She also uses EMDR for trauma processing and mindfulness exercises to reduce tension and improve focus. Sessions focus on what’s happening now and on small steps that help day-to-day life. Rita aims to make therapy understandable and useful.
She helps people who have struggled with therapy before by pacing sessions to match comfort and readiness. The goal is steady progress rather than dramatic change overnight. People meet with Rita by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
She helps clients set realistic goals, practice new skills between meetings, and adjust the plan as needs evolve.
02Credentials
- LPCC (Ohio)
- License E.0008276-SUPV · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1033316898 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rita lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Rita names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Rita names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Rita commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises and goal setting, which can be done through conversation, worksheets, and short practice tasks between sessions.She also draws on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to help process traumatic memories. EMDR sessions involve structured recall paired with bilateral stimulation and can be adapted to remote sessions when appropriate. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are taught to improve emotion regulation and distress tolerance through coaching, practice, and clear skill steps.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Rita works with each person to pick methods that match their needs, pace, and preferences. She reviews goals regularly and adjusts the plan as progress or new concerns emerge.
Online therapy lets people meet from wherever works best for them. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and skill coaching, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Rita commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, body image and eating concerns, ADHD, and career or life-change stress.
What approach does she use in sessions?
Rita combines practical methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with mindfulness and EMDR when appropriate to help people change thoughts, manage emotions, and process trauma.
What is her professional background?
Rita has 21 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of mental health and life concerns, helping clients build coping skills and resilience over time.
Where is Rita licensed and practicing?
She holds an LPCC and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Rita offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible ways to connect.
How do I begin working with Rita?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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