Rian Rahm
Compassionate, goal-oriented counseling with CBT roots
LPC Wisconsin
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Rian
Rian Rahm is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin who draws on a cognitive-behavioral foundation to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and family conflict. She uses evidence-informed strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy while also valuing the client-therapist connection and a collaborative planning process.
Background and approach
With ten years of experience, she blends goal-focused work with attention to how thoughts, behaviors, and emotions interact to influence daily functioning. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including mood and anxiety disorders, addiction, relationship and family challenges, grief, sleep and eating issues, and perinatal mood concerns such as pregnancy and postpartum depression.
Rian also works with matters related to women's health, blended families, communication problems, workplace stress, and life transitions. She emphasizes meeting clients where they are and partnering to set realistic, personalized goals.
Rian believes progress grows from a supportive therapeutic relationship combined with practical skills and insight. Her sessions aim to improve coping, clarify values and life purpose, and build strategies for healthier patterns moving forward.
Approach-Focused Online Care Using CBT and Client-Centered Methods
Rian uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills to change behavior, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related issues. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, emphasizing empathy, active listening, and a respectful therapeutic relationship to support exploration of feelings and personal goals. When appropriate, elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy are incorporated to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills.Choosing the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Rian works with each client to explore what methods feel most helpful given their goals, symptoms, and personal preferences, and she adapts techniques over time as needs change. The initial sessions are used to establish priorities and create a plan that combines skill-building with supportive reflection.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule or when in-person visits are not convenient. These options allow for ongoing skill practice, timely check-ins between live sessions, and continued progress from wherever the client is located in Wisconsin.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Wisconsin
Languages
English