Iris Blanchard , LPCC

Iris Blanchard is an LPCC with 31 years of professional experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, trauma, and low self-esteem. She is based in Ohio and offers care for a wide range of issues including women’s issues, attachment struggles, caregiver stress, and challenges with purpose and self-love. She communicates with respect and sensitivity and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure.

Iris shapes conversations and plans around each person’s needs. Sessions focus on practical steps to reduce symptoms and build everyday coping skills. She pays attention to feelings around guilt, control, and isolation, and to how relationships influence mood and behavior.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She listens, helps identify patterns, and suggests strategies you can try between sessions. Work may include addressing trauma reactions, addictive behaviors, or periods of low motivation.

People often come to talk about midlife changes, communication problems, or sexual and men’s issues alongside more common mood concerns. Iris supports people dealing with caregiver burden and attachment questions, helping them set realistic goals and boundaries.

Clients can expect a calm, patient style that balances empathy with concrete suggestions. Iris encourages small, achievable steps toward greater confidence and purpose. She aims to help people build routines and habits that support lasting change.

Approaches that guide online work

She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to reduce symptoms and teach coping skills. One common approach focuses on building practical coping strategies to manage anxiety and mood problems, helping people learn new habits for daily stress. Another approach addresses trauma and addiction by helping clients recognize patterns, develop safer responses, and build alternatives to harmful behaviors.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can work for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.