Froogh Vakili-Khatibloo, LPCC

Froogh Vakili-Khatibloo is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strains, grief, and mood concerns.

She meets people where they are and works with their goals. Sessions often include goal setting, skills practice, and steps to change habits that get in the way of daily life. She supports people exploring identity, intimacy questions, parenting challenges, workplace stress, and recovery from trauma and loss.

Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance-based strategies and client-centered care. Mindfulness practices and emotionally focused work are added when useful. She also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for trauma-focused needs and motivational interviewing to help people get unstuck and set achievable goals.

Froogh has a long background in community mental health and harm reduction for people managing alcohol and substance concerns. She also consults and provides supervision for unlicensed mental health professionals and graduate students.

Sessions are offered in English and Persian and she works with people across Ohio. She welcomes conversations with people from diverse and marginalized backgrounds, including members of LGBT communities and those seeking support around size acceptance or cultural concerns.

Practical issues like coping with life change, career setbacks, sleep problems, attention difficulties, and compassion fatigue are all within her scope. Her style is straightforward and collaborative, focused on helping people make usable changes that fit their lives.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Froogh commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and build practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and workplace stress. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on specific patterns and step-by-step behavior changes that people can practice between sessions.

She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify values and take small committed actions despite difficult feelings. ACT emphasizes present-moment awareness and practical choices that move life in the direction a person wants. Client-centered therapy is part of her base approach and emphasizes listening, empathy, and tailoring each session to the person’s priorities.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they track what helps and make adjustments over time so the work stays useful.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to give flexibility. Video sessions work well for skill teaching and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat or messaging supports brief check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing coaching between visits.