About Cassandra
Cassandra Walker is an Ohio licensed professional counselor clinical candidate (LPCC) with nine years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and those coping with addiction, trauma, low self-esteem, or depression. Cassandra aims to create a calm, practical space where people can talk through what feels hardest right now.
She began her career supporting people with chemical dependence and then expanded her practice to include broader mental health concerns.
Background and approach
That history means she is familiar with cravings, relapse challenges, and the emotional patterns that feed them. Cassandra also draws on work with trauma and abuse to help people build safety and steadiness over time. Her approach centers on the person rather than a label.
Sessions typically include clear tools for managing symptoms and time to reflect on what matters most. Techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness are used alongside acceptance-based ideas to reduce struggle and increase meaningful action. Cassandra also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance when feelings run high.
Motivational interviewing can help people find their reason to change and stay engaged in the work. She meets people where they are and helps them set realistic, step-by-step goals. Outside of direct care she brings nearly a decade of practical experience and an emphasis on steady support.
Cassandra encourages small, consistent changes and helps people build routines that fit real life. Her style is straightforward, compassionate, and focused on useful next steps.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioral changes. It helps with anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep problems going by teaching concrete skills to change thinking and action.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when difficult feelings remain. It supports people who want to reduce struggle with painful thoughts while building a life that matters to them.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cassandra will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and daily life. She adjusts tools over time so they fit what actually helps rather than following a fixed plan.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and more in-depth work, while phone sessions can fit a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for short check-ins, skill reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to use around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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