Lara Waldenmaier
Compassionate counselor for life changes
LPCC Ohio
- Experience
- 21 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Lara
Lara Waldenmaier is an Ohio-licensed professional counselor with 21 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship pain, grief, and depression. She offers a steady, listening presence for those coping with life changes, intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, career stress, or compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Her approach aims to make conversations feel straightforward and human. In sessions she focuses on what matters most to the person in front of her.
She uses client-centered listening to hear the whole story and to help people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and routines.
The Gottman Method informs her work with couples and relationship patterns by emphasizing clear communication and small, actionable steps. She also draws on emotionally focused work and mindfulness to help people notice and name feelings, and to build calmer responses to painful memories or triggers.
Her experience includes supporting people facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and the emotional impacts of cancer. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video, phone, chat, or text-based messaging.
Fees vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.
How these approaches work online
Many people find value in approaches like the Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working remotely. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication patterns and rebuilding connection in relationships by teaching concrete skills for listening and repair. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's perspective, offering a supportive space to be heard and to explore choices without judgment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) gives practical steps to change thinking and behavior patterns that feed anxiety or depression, often with exercises people can use between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaboratively discuss goals and preferences, then try methods that match a person's needs. If something isn't helping, adjustments are made together so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, ongoing check-ins, and flexibility across a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life while exploring relationship, stress, or mood concerns with a licensed professional.
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Experience
21+ years
Licensed in
Ohio
Languages
English