Dr. Annette Sauselen, LPCC

Dr. Annette Sauselen is an Ohio-licensed professional counselor (LPCC) with 25 years of clinical experience. She blends talk-based work with creative approaches to help people manage hard moments. Her background includes longstanding practice with mood and relationship struggles and with people who have experienced trauma and abuse.

She listens without judgment and gives straightforward feedback when it helps move things forward. Sessions often mix practical problem-solving with chances to reflect on past patterns. She can add expressive art techniques when a verbal approach feels limiting.

People bring a wide range of concerns to her, including depression, grief, anger, and difficulties with relationships and parenting. She also supports those facing addiction issues, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and life transitions such as midlife questions or financial strain. Her work addresses family of origin struggles, blended family issues, codependency, and communication problems.

Her clinical approach draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, client-centered listening to follow what matters most to the person, and psychodynamic thinking to notice patterns that repeat. Trauma-focused methods are used when past harm needs careful attention. Sessions aim to be practical and relatable rather than full of jargon.

Dr. Sauselen offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online care. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and she works with people in English who are located in Ohio.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Dr. Sauselen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is practical for issues like depression, anxiety, and mood swings. She also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy when past harm needs focused attention, working carefully to process painful memories and reduce their current impact.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, habits, and history, then recommend ways of working that feel right. Together they adjust methods over time so the work stays relevant and useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual tools, phone can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth situations, live chat works for written back-and-forth during the day, and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, caregiving, or travel and let people pick the format that fits their routine.