Victoria Cornell Riordan, LPCC, LPC

Victoria Cornell Riordan is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who aims to create an open and nonjudgmental space. She focuses on helping people set goals that matter to them and speaks plainly about what can be worked on together. Her style is direct and fair, and she tries to make sessions feel like a steady place to sort things out.

She began counseling during high school, running equine and small animal assisted psychotherapy groups at a residential facility. After joining the military with plans to work with service members and veterans, a medical discharge led her to pursue a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Xavier University. She now uses that training in her Ohio practice.

Victoria has six years of counseling experience and has supported people facing trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and struggles with motivation, sleep, and eating. She also helps with relationship and family concerns, grief, career stress, and life transitions. Her work reflects a range of settings, including individual, family, and group sessions with people from childhood into later life.

Her therapeutic toolbox includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and mindfulness approaches. She blends these methods to teach practical skills for managing emotions, improving communication, and coping with change.

Victoria describes herself as open, honest, and accepting, and she aims to listen first and build goals together. People who want straightforward guidance and skill-based work may find her approach fits their needs.

How her approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, life changes, and finding motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with practical exercises and homework. It is often used for depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating problems. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a trauma-focused method that works on processing painful memories; it can be helpful for people with trauma or abuse histories.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Victoria will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She often blends techniques so sessions match what a person needs at the moment, and she checks in regularly to adjust the plan.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats with the provider before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. Therapists and licensed professionals are available to help people apply ACT, CBT, or EMDR methods through remote sessions when those formats are offered, and they will discuss how to adapt exercises and homework for an online setting.