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Victoria Cornell Riordan

Practical, collaborative care for everyday challenges

LPCC, LPC Ohio

Experience
6 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English

About Victoria

Victoria Cornell Riordan centers her work on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She brings a practical, skills-oriented approach to clients seeking clearer coping strategies, better sleep and eating patterns, improved mood regulation, or support managing attention and bipolar-related concerns. Her practice emphasizes collaboration so clients set goals that match their values and measures of success.

She earned a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Xavier University and holds LPC and LPCC credentials, with licensure records OH LPCC E.1800849-SUPV and DC LPC PRC200001437. Her clinical background includes roles in adolescent residential treatment and military service, and she has six years of professional counseling experience.

Victoria integrates evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, and mindfulness techniques to help clients develop practical skills and process difficult experiences. Victoria works with people across a wide age span and draws on individual, family, and group therapy skills to tailor care.

She aims to maintain an open, honest, and nonjudgmental therapeutic stance so clients can explore challenges and build sustainable strategies for everyday life.

Evidence-Based Approaches Delivered Online

Victoria uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, translating those insights into concrete strategies for managing anxiety, depression, sleep and eating difficulties, and day-to-day stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another approach she uses to support people in clarifying values and building psychological flexibility through acceptance and committed action, often helping with life transitions and motivation challenges. She also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness when strong emotions or relationship stressors are involved.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is treated as a collaborative process. She works with each client to understand their goals, preferences, and the challenges they bring, then adapts methods from these models to create a tailored plan rather than applying a single fixed technique.

Online therapy with Victoria is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility around schedules and geographic limits. These options allow people to access licensed professionals from their own routines, making it easier to maintain continuity of care while using practical, evidence-informed strategies in everyday life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem struggles, relationship and family problems, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her approach is collaborative and skills-oriented, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, and mindfulness to help clients build practical coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of professional counseling experience, including work in adolescent residential treatment and roles following military service, and additional training in trauma-focused treatments and DBT.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials with license details OH LPCC E.1800849-SUPV and DC LPC PRC200001437 and practices from Ohio.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Therapy is offered in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can work with her through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are accessed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Licensed

Ohio, District of Columbia

Languages

English