- Direct emotional support
- Practical coping tools
- Focus on daily steps
About Rhiannon
Rhiannon Cruz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, or relationship and intimacy concerns. Her style is warm and direct, focused on helping people name their feelings and take small steps forward.
Rhiannon drew her experience from outpatient and inpatient treatment settings and community programs. That background means she has worked with a range of challenges, including trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, sleep problems, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating codependency, attachment concerns, body image, and major life changes.
In sessions she listens first and then uses practical tools to build new habits. She combines Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive techniques to shift unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing are used to strengthen motivation and emotional awareness.
Rhiannon encourages clear, straightforward goals. She helps people identify emotions, validate their experience, and practice skills between meetings. Her approach emphasizes small, achievable steps that move daily life in a healthier direction.
People who feel stuck by old patterns, fear of abandonment, or difficulty setting boundaries may find her approach useful. She invites clients to bring honesty and curiosity to the work and supports them through steady, nonjudgmental guidance.
How Rhiannon’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel understood. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to name emotions and sort priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives clear exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep issues. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and build emotional awareness, which can be useful for stress, trauma responses, and impulse control.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rhiannon treats approach selection as a collaborative process based on each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust plans together so the methods feel practical and realistic for daily life.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use mindfulness exercises and homework tools between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches so clients can practice new skills where they live and work.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Rhiannon help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleeping problems, parenting strain, and career stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She listens closely, then uses cognitive and mindfulness tools to help people change thinking and build healthier habits.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has ten years of experience working in outpatient and inpatient treatment settings as well as community-based programs, including one-on-one sessions.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with an Arizona LPC credential and practices in Arizona.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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