Our Therapists

Eric Riesterer, M.A., LPCC, is a Veteran-Owned, Neurodivergent-Affirming Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor providing accessible care throughout Northeast Ohio and via secure telehealth in Ohio, Arizona, Minnesota, and Indiana.

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Grounded in a Faith-Based commitment to accessible care regardless of income, Eric provides cash-pay counseling at a flat $45 rate with sliding-fee and pro-bono options. Clinical sessions utilize HIPAA-compliant telehealth platforms (Doxy.me and Upheal.io) alongside flexible in-person locations across Greater Cleveland, Akron, Brecksville, Independence, Shaker Heights, Valley View, and the Cuyahoga Valley.

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Drawing on clinical training and lived experience, Eric guides clients through key life transitions across childhood, adolescence, midlife, and later adulthood. Alongside outpatient psychotherapy, Eric serves as an endurance coach for Hathaway Brown High School and offers private coaching for Cross Country, Track & Field, and Marathon runners.
 

                                                    Neurodiversity & Youth Development

• ADD/ADHD & Autism Support: Tailored care for Level 1 (mild-moderate) Autism, social stressor resilience, neurodivergent coping skills, and autism comorbidity symptom management.

• Child & Adolescent Care: Biopsychosocial assessments, Play Therapy, emotional communication development, divorce counseling, and sibling dynamics.

• Academic & Life Skills: School-based counseling, study skills coaching, and ACT/SAT/ASVAB test preparation.

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                                                           Trauma & Veteran Services

• Complex Trauma & 4F Model: PTSD and C-PTSD treatment utilizing 4F Trauma Response Model Interventions (Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn).

• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): Internalized cognitive restructuring focused on dialogue-based stuck points ("It was my fault...", "I can't trust anyone...", "Danger is everywhere...", "I am permanently damaged...", "I must control everything...").

• Military & Veteran Care: Specialized military adjustment counseling and veteran-focused trauma response modalities.

• Recovery Support: Long-term outpatient maintenance for substance use, adolescent alcohol/drug counseling, and cannabis/tobacco cessation.

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                                                           Specialized Modalities

• Cleveland Metroparks Walk & Talk Therapy: Experiential outdoor therapy combining empirical nature-based movement (bilateral stimulation) with clinical counseling for ADHD, Autism, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

• Meaning & Purpose Exploration: Logotherapy, Ikigai career counseling, workplace purpose alignment, and midlife crisis counseling.

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT): Active cognitive restructuring to dispute irrational beliefs, dismantle rigid emotional demands ("shoulds," "musts," "awfulizing"), build frustration tolerance, and foster Unconditional Self-Acceptance (USA).

• Mindfulness & Faith-Based Care: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MCBT), Christian/Faith-Based counseling, and value-integrated care.

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                                                  Life, Performance & Behavioral Health

• Performance & Athletics: Sport-related performance anxiety, endurance mindset coaching, and high-stakes athletic training.

• Men's & Boys' Health: Boundary setting, anger management, adjustment disorder support, and men's sexual infertility stress.

• Behavioral & Economic Wellness: Video-gaming and gambling disorder treatment, financial/economic stress adaptation, and sleep counseling.

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Clinical Scope of Practice:

• 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

• Anger Management

• Boundary Setting/Boundary Counseling

• Boy's & Men's Issues

• Child & Adolescent Biopsychosocial Assessment/Evaluation

• Child & Adolescent Counseling 

• Child & Adolescent Emotional Communication Development

• Divorce Counseling for Children and Adolescents

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

• Christian Counseling

• Faith-Based Counseling

• Family Counseling

• Sibling Relationships/Fighting

• Financial Economic Stressors and Adaptive Coping Strategy Management

• Video-Gaming Addiction

• Gambling Disorder Treatment

• Ikigai: Logotherapy in the Workplace & Career Counseling

• 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