Dr. Annette Sauselen , LPCC

Dr. Annette Sauselen is an Ohio-licensed professional counselor (LPCC) with 25 years of experience helping people navigate big emotional challenges. She combines talk-based work with expressive approaches when that feels more natural. Her background includes supporting people through grief, trauma, depression, and relationship struggles.

Her style is warm and non-judgmental. She listens first and then offers practical, respectful challenges to help people try new ways of coping. Sessions are geared to the person’s pace and needs rather than a one-size-fits-all method.

Dr. Sauselen uses Client-Centered approaches to build trust and make people feel heard. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep problems going. Trauma-Focused techniques are used when past hurts are interfering with daily life.

She has long experience with family and parenting concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems. She also helps with anger, self-esteem, addictions, bipolar and other mood disorders, and the strain that comes from midlife or career transitions.

Sessions may include expressive or art-based options when clients prefer a nonverbal route to process feelings. Dr. Sauselen aims to help people find clearer focus, steadier moods, and better ways to handle conflict and loss.

People meet her to talk through practical steps, sort through painful memories, and rebuild a sense of purpose after major life changes.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening deeply and creating a supportive space so people can tell their story. It helps with relationship struggles, low self-esteem, and adjusting to life changes by prioritizing the person’s experience and goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In online sessions this translates into practical exercises and homework to challenge negative thinking patterns and try new behaviors, which helps with depression, anxiety, and mood problems.

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process past harmful experiences that continue to affect their daily life. Techniques aim to reduce the power of painful memories and build coping skills for triggers and distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. If expressive or art-based options feel better, those can be folded into the plan alongside talk-based techniques.

Online sessions offer practical advantages like flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins or when writing out thoughts feels clearer. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain steady contact between sessions.