About Lara
Lara Waldenmaier offers help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, trauma, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She is an Ohio LPCC with two decades of clinical experience. Lara aims to listen without judgment and to make sessions feel approachable and focused on what matters to each person.
In sessions she uses straightforward, people-centered methods. Conversations often start with what feels most urgent. From there she helps clients notice patterns, try small changes, and practice skills to manage strong emotions and difficult thoughts.
Background and approach
Lara draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking and to build new coping habits. She also uses client-centered work to keep the session grounded in each person's lived experience. Emotionally-focused techniques guide conversations about attachment and closeness when relationships are a concern.
She brings 21 years of experience to complex issues like caregiving stress, chronic illness, aging concerns, and end-of-life questions. Lara also addresses career stress, feelings of emptiness, and compassion fatigue among helping professionals. The approach is collaborative and practical.
Clients can expect clear goals, exercises between sessions when helpful, and checks on progress. Lara speaks English and works with adults who want a calm, steady place to process change and find clearer direction.
Approaches for online healing and relationship work
Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding each person's perspective. It emphasizes empathy and following what matters most to the client, which helps people feel heard and more clear about their goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and to build healthier routines, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms over time.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, concentrates on emotional bonds and patterns in relationships. It helps people recognize attachment needs and change interaction patterns to improve closeness and conflict resolution.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is tracked. That collaboration helps make therapy feel relevant and doable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for deeper, face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, journaling between sessions, or when someone prefers a written format. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English