About Froogh
Froogh Vakili-Khatibloo is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with two decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship strain, and major life changes. She speaks English and Persian and offers counseling to people who want support with mood, trauma, self-esteem, parenting challenges, and career transitions.
Froogh practices in Ohio and brings a harm-reduction perspective to work around alcohol and substance use. She meets people where they are and helps them set realistic goals for change.
Background and approach
She also offers guidance for job loss, career shifts, workplace issues, and applying for disability when needed. Her approach mixes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness to address symptoms and the patterns that drive them. She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when trauma and attachment wounds are central to the problem.
In sessions she focuses on practical skills such as coping tools, anger management, and communication strategies that people can use right away. Motivational interviewing helps clients get unstuck and move toward goals at their own pace. Froogh creates a welcoming space for people from diverse backgrounds, including members of LGBT communities and other marginalized groups.
She also provides clinical supervision and consultation for unlicensed clinicians and graduate students. People who prefer therapy in English or Persian can work with her, including those outside the U.S. who connect remotely.
How therapy methods translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based actions rather than getting stuck in them. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions because it teaches practical steps to live in line with what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and then tests new ways of responding to reduce distress and improve functioning. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep problems, and coping with change. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused approach that helps reduce the intensity of painful memories and the reactions they trigger; it is often used when trauma or abuse is a central issue.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and the issues they bring. This might mean mixing approaches, trying a few techniques, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - offer flexibility for different needs. Video is useful when visual connection helps the therapeutic relationship. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text let people share between sessions or access brief support when scheduling is tight. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and life commitments while using the approaches described above.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English, Persian