Our Providers

Eric Riesterer, M.A., LPC, Therapist, Life Coach & Practice Founder

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Eric Riesterer, LPC​​

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Eric Riesterer is a licensed professional counselor and is pursuing his licensed professional clinical counseling license in Cuyahoga Falls & Jefferson Ohio. He also sees clients via online therapy using Doxy.me, a HIPAA-compliant and confidential telehealth software. Eric also provides non-clinical Life Coaching Services to help individuals find balance, satisfaction and meaning in their lives. Eric is presently supervised via Group Supervision and Work Supervision by Wendy Nathan, LPCC-S. 

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Educational History

Eric completed his Master’s in Counseling and Human Developmental Therapy at Walsh University with a research and practical focus in trauma psychotherapy. His experience in counseling psychotherapy began in 2019 through Non-Profit work in the Canton and North Canton communities through Commquest Services, Walsh University’s Fr. Herttna Counseling Center and school-based psychotherapy services through Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health at GlenOak HS/MS and Plain Elementary school. Transitioning to Private Practice, he has 4.5 years of experience focused on helping clients with anxiety, depression, trauma treatment, family counseling, child/adolescent counseling and boy’s/men’s issues throughout Northeastern Ohio.

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Eric's Mission

Eric is here to teach you psychoeducational skills to take control of your mental health while alongside you in processing life's stressors and traumas. His scope of practice includes working with clients of all ages and as young as 4 trained in play therapy, trauma counseling, mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral, rational-emotive behavioral therapies to assist you/your family with adjustment to new situations, anxiety/performance anxiety, depression, family issues, socialization, stress management & coping resiliency, boy's and men's issues, school issues, military issues, finding balance, purpose and meaning, and sport's counseling.​

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Child & Family Counseling Services

Eric enjoys working with patients at critical points of their lives such as childhood, adolescence, midlife and retirement/military retirement where patients experience the highest levels of growth and the most clinical need. Eric has also worked with mild diagnoses and provides professional life coaching services for the smoother periods of life as an educated mentor and guide to assist you in managing academic/career transitions, coping skill use, and family stressors. 

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Track & XC Coach

Eric has worked with several school districts as a Track & Field/Cross-Country Coach in Hudson, Louisville, Burton, and Jefferson and many of his athletes have found his clinically psychological approach to athletics helps ground them in the moment and move towards peak performance and enjoyment in sport and enjoys seeing successful athletic careers years after his professional work endeavors. 

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Army Reservist

Eric also understands that stressors of our military members with 6 years of experience in the US Army Reserves working in petroleum/oil engineering, transportation and tactical-environment setup of oil/gas systems.

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Eric has personal experience from his Army Reserves career adjusting to and managing many of the stressors associated with military service and he understands the problems and turbulence that service members face as a professional peer able to help you move forward with your mental health and finding peace and balance in daily living.

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Clinical Scope of Practice (Under Supervision):

• Anxiety Disorder Treatment

• Performance Anxiety/Sport-Related Anxiety Treatment

• Adjustment Disorder Treatment

• ADD/ADHD Treatment

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (Mild/Moderate) Treatment

• Autism Spectrum Social Stressor Resilience Building

• Autism Spectrum Comorbidity Mental Health Symptom Management

• Boundary Setting/Boundary Counseling

• Boy's & Men's Issues

• Child/Adolescent Counseling 

• Child & Adolescent Emotional Communication Development

• Divorce Counseling for Children and Adolescents

• Depression Treatment (Mild/Moderate/Severe & Seasonal-Affective)

• Faith-Based & Strength-Based Counseling

• Family Psychotherapy & Sibling Relationships

• Financial Economic Stressors and Adaptive Coping Strategy Management

• Video-Gaming Addiction "Internet-Gaming Disorder" (Proposed Diagnosis for DSM-6, ICD-11 Code "6C51"... "He's Addicted to Fortnight!")

• Gambling Disorder Treatment

• Midlife Crisis Counseling

• Mindfulness-Based Counseling & Mindfulness-Based CBT

• Men's Sexual Infertility Counseling

• Military Adjustment & Military Issue Counseling

• Purpose/Meaning Exploration & Logotherapy Counseling

• Play Therapy

• School-Based Counseling Services

• Study Skills & ACT/SAT/ASVAB Preparation

• Cleveland Metroparks Walk & Talk Therapy/Life Coaching (Empirical Research supports this modality for ADD/ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma Treatments.)

• Substance Use Long-Term Recovery (Maintenance/Outpatient)

• Adolescent Alcohol/Drug Outpatient Treatment (Outpatient Level-of-Care)

• Cannabis & Tobacco Cessation

• Sleep Counseling

• PTSD & "C-PTSD & 4f Trauma Response Model Interventions

• Veteran-Specific Specialist in Trauma Response & Treatment Modalities

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Therapeutic & Clinical Work Experiences:

• Public Mental Health at CommQuest Behavioral Health, Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health, Applewood Centers.

• Intensive Outpatient, Traditional Outpatient, School-based Mental Health Counseling, Crisis Counseling, Substance Abuse Counseling (Both Office & School-Based Services.)

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•Non-Profit Work at Commquest Behavioral Health (Office & IOP Substance Abuse Counseling, Individual & Groups)

• University Student Mental Health & Peer Support at Fr. Matthew Herttna Counseling Center at Walsh University.

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PHP/In-Patient/Residential Psychiatric Experiences:

• Pediatric & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization/IOP Experience at Beyond Healthcare, Fairlawn OH, Acute Psychiatric Experience at Clearvista Hospital, Lorain OH.

King David Geriatric Assisted-Living Residential Facility, Outpatient-Contracted Mental Health Services for Residents, Beachwood OH.

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School-Based Counseling Experiences:

• Non-Profit Work at Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health (Glen-Oak/Plain SD, Elementary/MS/HS.)

• Non-Profit Work at Applewood Centers (Maple Heights SD, Elementary.)

•Private Practice Work at Nancy Lowrie & Associates (Brecksville SD, Elementary.)

•Private Practice Work at Winston Counseling & Consulting (Akron Leadership Academy Charter School, Elementary.)

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Private Practice Experiences:

• Private Practice Experience at Winston Counseling and Consulting (Cuyahoga Falls), Nancy Lowrie & Associates (Brecksville), Columbus Therapy & Hypnosis (Columbus), PMA Psychological Assessment (Ohio City.) 

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Specializations:

• Mild/Moderate/Severe Psychotherapeutic Services, Specialist in Boy’s/Men’s Issues, Anger Management, Autism (Mild/Moderate), Trauma-Informed Psychotherapeutic Care, PTSD/C-PTSD, Communication and Social Skills Development, Nonprofit & Private Practice Style in Comprehensive Assessment, Treatment Plan Development, Wiley Treatment Plan Utilization, Veteran’s Issues, Life Coaching Services.

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Clinical and Life Coaching Skills:

Eclectic Counseling Style: Addictions Counseling (Mild/Moderate/Severe), Art Therapy Interventions, CBT (Adults & Pediatrics), Mindfulness-Based CBT (M-CBT/MBCT), REBT, Play-Therapy Interventions, Walk & Talk Therapy for ADHD/Anger Management/ Anxiety/Depression/Autism/Trauma Treatment and Life Coaching Services, School-Based Counseling (Elementary/MS/HS Experience), Crisis Counseling (SI/HI), Communication/Social Skill-Development, Men’s Counseling & Individual Counseling for Husbands Alongside Your Couples Counseling/MFT, Grief-Counseling and School Trauma-Response Interventions (Walsh University’s Perry MS Suicide Contagion Response Team 2019 via Student Biofeedback Lab), Trauma Counseling & 4f Trauma Style Interventions, Logotherapy & Existentialist Counseling Interventions, Faith-Based Counseling Services, Person-Centered Counseling, Collaborative Psychotherapy Approaches, Physical and Mental Health Lifestyle Integrations to Counseling, Lifestyle Counseling, Midlife Crisis Counseling, Addressing Socioeconomic Barriers/Coordination of Resources and Coordination with Treatment Teams/Careteams/Parole Officers/Court-Mandated Reporting.

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Clinical Supervision & Client Rights Advocacy, Life Coaching & Legal Disclaimer

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Cuyahoga Valley Mindful Health & Wellness is accepting New Patients for Psychotherapy Counseling Services as of 9/9/24 under the Mentorship and Supervision of Wendy Nathan, LPCC-S. Eric Riesterer is able to see clients as a Life Coach upon initial consultation based on your/your family's needs and assessed level-of-care necessity and comprehensive care team as well for non-clinical wellness services. 

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Client Rights Advocacy/Grievances, Clinical Supervision, Level-Of-Care:

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Clients have the right to contact any grievances or concerns from clinical care to a Counseling Supervisor with no threat of dismissal of care in the spirit of best clinical practice and treatment results. Eric Riesterer, LPC's Clinical Supervisor, Wendy Nathan LPCC-S, may be reached at the following: 419-377-3057, or at the following email: WNathanWellness@gmail.com. A collaborative action plan for best possible care can be reached through mutual resolution and adjustments to your Treatment Plan and Clinical Objectives.

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Additional service referrals including psychiatric care/medication management, intensive outpatient (IOP), in-patient and/or substance abuse detox are always available appropriately to the required level-of-care if any patient believes that outpatient level-of-care is not meeting required clinical needs/requires a higher level-of-care. Additional referrals including Marriage Counseling & Family Therapy, Spiritual/Pastoral Counseling, Dance & Movement Therapy for Trauma Treatment and Holistic Wellness Services are available to all clients in addition to treatment as usual to meet your family's clinical needs through our referral network.

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Movement in level-of-care out of our practice does not disqualify any client from future care upon appropriate outpatient level-of-care need at Cuyahoga Valley Mindful Health & Wellness and we remain open to assist your mental health and wellness needs.​​

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