Sarah Rinaldo
Compassionate trauma-informed CBT clinician
LPCC Ohio
- Experience
- 9 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Sarah
Sarah Rinaldo is an LPCC based in Ohio who integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with trauma-informed methods to help people manage persistent stress, anxiety, and the effects of past wounds.
Background and approach
She combines practical skills training with deeper exploration of attachment patterns and life narratives to address concerns such as PTSD, mood disorders, panic, grief, and struggles with self-worth. With nine years of clinical experience, she offers EMDR as a supplemental tool alongside talk-based therapies to support healing from trauma and complex stress responses.
Her approach emphasizes empathy, validation, and collaborative problem solving while guiding clients through present challenges and preparation for future goals. Areas of focus include relationship and intimacy issues, family-of-origin dynamics, codependency, parenting challenges, and feelings of isolation or purposelessness.
Sarah frames therapy as a partnership, helping each person identify strategies that fit their values and daily life rather than applying one fixed method. Clients can expect a therapist who honors their story and works to reduce symptoms while building resilience and healthier patterns.
She supports those coping with life transitions, self-harm urges, panic attacks, and other mood-related difficulties, tailoring interventions to match individual needs and circumstances.
Online therapeutic approaches and how they help
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with behavioral experiments and practical coping skills; it is commonly used to reduce anxiety, manage panic, and change patterns that maintain depression or stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses, helping clients understand and shift interaction styles that contribute to relationship or intimacy difficulties. EMDR combines focused memory processing techniques with guided bilateral stimulation to address distressing trauma memories and related symptoms when appropriate.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to clarify goals, review what has helped or not helped in the past, and tailor a plan that may integrate CBT, attachment work, EMDR, or narrative techniques based on individual needs and preferences. This shared decision making helps ensure interventions match each person’s circumstances and readiness.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access consistent care from Ohio without commuting, allow for shorter check-ins when useful, and support a range of communication styles so clients can engage in ways that work best for them.
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Experience
9+ years
Licensed
Ohio
Languages
English