About Joseph
Joseph Rifici is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 14 years of experience. He practices in Ohio and brings a straightforward, calm presence to sessions. He describes his style as warm and adaptive, tuning methods to each person's needs.
Early in his career he worked at a residential addiction treatment center in Akron, Ohio. There he provided individual and group therapy, brief family sessions, crisis intervention, and case management for adults dealing with chemical dependency and co-occurring issues.
Background and approach
He later served as an assistant clinical director, supervising staff and coordinating program operations. Since moving into community and personal settings, he has focused on adults facing a wide range of concerns. His practice often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief, relationship problems, and ADHD.
He also works with issues like codependency, impulsivity, communication problems, and life changes. He commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered, and Existential approaches. Sessions are practical and skills-focused when helpful, with room for exploration of meaning and values.
Outside of work he enjoys reading, music, hiking, and spending time with family and his cat, Charlie. This down-to-earth background informs a style that aims to be relatable and approachable while helping people move forward.
How Joseph’s Approaches Work Online
Joseph often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and replacing them with more useful strategies. CBT is helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems like sleep or impulsivity. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify values and build committed actions even when difficult feelings are present. ACT can be useful for life transitions, avoidance, and finding purpose.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That way they choose methods together and adjust them as progress is made.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, more frequent exchanges. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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