About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Riskin is a licensed independent social worker with 39 years of practice. He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. He writes in plain language and aims to make therapy understandable and practical.
He begins by listening to what feels hardest in a person's life. Then he works together with them to identify strengths and small steps forward. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings and on clearer ways to handle upsetting thoughts and strong feelings.
Background and approach
Jeffrey uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address patterns of thinking and intense emotions. He also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events continue to cause distress. These tools are offered in ways that fit everyday life, not as abstract techniques.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation, goal-setting, and coping strategies tailored to their situation. Jeffrey pays attention to family-of-origin concerns, commitment issues, mood disorders, OCD patterns, and problems tied to work or caregiving roles. He helps people sort through guilt, shame, loneliness, and the strain that can come from first responder or hospice work.
He practices from Ohio and speaks English. International clients may be seen. The emphasis is on steady progress and practical changes that help people feel more able to handle daily life.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Jeffrey commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better ways to manage intense reactions. Trauma-Focused Therapy is used when past events continue to cause symptoms, with attention to processing and reducing their ongoing impact.Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted as progress is made so treatment stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions offer flexibility and access. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging support more frequent brief exchanges and follow-up between visits. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on skill-building and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 39 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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