Buddhist Therapists in Centerville, OH
Welcome! I am a Licensed Social Worker who believes healing happens in safe, supportive relationships. I bring both professional training and lived experience into my work, creating a compassionate, respectful, and judgment-free space.
I work primarily with women and teens navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, and life transitions. I also have experience supporting individuals impacted by addictive behaviors, intimate partner violence or abuse, and individuals across diverse identities and life experiences.
Welcome! I am a Licensed Social Worker who believes healing happens in safe, supportive relationships. I bring both professional training and lived experience into my work, creating a compassionate, respectful, and judgment-free space.
I work primarily with women and teens navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, and life transitions. I also have experience supporting individuals impacted by addictive behaviors, intimate partner violence or abuse, and individuals across diverse identities and life experiences.
My ideal clients are people who feel stuck under the weight of stress, anxiety, grief, or trauma—whether the pain is recent or something they’ve carried for years. Many are high-functioning on the outside but internally feel depleted, on edge, or emotionally disconnected. They’re ready for practical, evidence-informed tools to calm the nervous system, make sense of what happened, and shift patterns that keep showing up in relationships, work, and daily life. Together, we work toward lasting change: greater clarity, steadier confidence, and a more grounded, integrated way of living.
My ideal clients are people who feel stuck under the weight of stress, anxiety, grief, or trauma—whether the pain is recent or something they’ve carried for years. Many are high-functioning on the outside but internally feel depleted, on edge, or emotionally disconnected. They’re ready for practical, evidence-informed tools to calm the nervous system, make sense of what happened, and shift patterns that keep showing up in relationships, work, and daily life. Together, we work toward lasting change: greater clarity, steadier confidence, and a more grounded, integrated way of living.
I serve with 20 years experience in spiritual counseling, extensive Zen Buddhist compassionate meditation training, energy work (including QiGong and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy), art therapy, guided imagery, and Somatic Experiencing.
You're wanting to feel alive and comfortable in your own skin, but you find yourself freezing up or overwhelmed with images from the past or stuck in ways you can't explain. While talking about it can be helpful, if you're dealing with a trauma or ingrained stress response, it gets stuck in the body and talking alone doesn't unlock the trauma patterns in the body. Body-based modalities combined with talking really help to unwind trauma patterns. If you come see me, we won't only sit in chairs talking.
I serve with 20 years experience in spiritual counseling, extensive Zen Buddhist compassionate meditation training, energy work (including QiGong and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy), art therapy, guided imagery, and Somatic Experiencing.
You're wanting to feel alive and comfortable in your own skin, but you find yourself freezing up or overwhelmed with images from the past or stuck in ways you can't explain. While talking about it can be helpful, if you're dealing with a trauma or ingrained stress response, it gets stuck in the body and talking alone doesn't unlock the trauma patterns in the body. Body-based modalities combined with talking really help to unwind trauma patterns. If you come see me, we won't only sit in chairs talking.
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I work with those who feel like they're carefully managing their relationships and feeling unfulfilled, over-extended, and chronically flooded by the demands of showing up for themselves. They find themselves in dynamics that are impactful in distracting and painful ways, with much of their effort often driven by a sense of scarcity. In my practice, I seek to help restructure the relationships clients have with maintenance, abundance, and reciprocity in their inner and outer worlds.
I work with those who feel like they're carefully managing their relationships and feeling unfulfilled, over-extended, and chronically flooded by the demands of showing up for themselves. They find themselves in dynamics that are impactful in distracting and painful ways, with much of their effort often driven by a sense of scarcity. In my practice, I seek to help restructure the relationships clients have with maintenance, abundance, and reciprocity in their inner and outer worlds.
You may be feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, burnout, overthinking, or the constant pressure to keep up. For many young adults and college students, ADHD, stress, and major life transitions can make it difficult to stay focused, manage emotions, or feel confident in daily life and relationships.
You may be feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, burnout, overthinking, or the constant pressure to keep up. For many young adults and college students, ADHD, stress, and major life transitions can make it difficult to stay focused, manage emotions, or feel confident in daily life and relationships.
My top priority is to help my clients reach their goals and to become better connected with themselves and their community. I will work collaboratively in treatment with you to improve your well-being and health using an integrated counseling model with a focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. No matter what your goals are, I believe we can work together to achieve the life you want. I relish the opportunity to help you bloom where you are planted and to create a safe space for you to grow and flourish in your life.
My top priority is to help my clients reach their goals and to become better connected with themselves and their community. I will work collaboratively in treatment with you to improve your well-being and health using an integrated counseling model with a focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. No matter what your goals are, I believe we can work together to achieve the life you want. I relish the opportunity to help you bloom where you are planted and to create a safe space for you to grow and flourish in your life.
Christina M Minoguchi
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LISW-S, CCTP, LCSW-S, NPT-C
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Trauma therapist and certified neuropsychotherapist specializing in PTSD and anxiety. I provide online therapy in North Carolina and Ohio. I help clients understand what is happening in their brain and body and teach practical tools to regain control.
Trauma therapist and certified neuropsychotherapist specializing in PTSD and anxiety. I provide online therapy in North Carolina and Ohio. I help clients understand what is happening in their brain and body and teach practical tools to regain control.
Therapy for the "I"m fine" people. I work with high functioning adults and parents. Outwardly, it looks like they are managing life but internally they feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in the same patterns. Many of my clients are used to being competent, reliable, or the "strong one who gets things done." Underneath that is chronic stress, overthinking, burnout, decision fatigue, or relationship strain. This doesn't have to be you! You'll go from just surviving to actually living.
Therapy for the "I"m fine" people. I work with high functioning adults and parents. Outwardly, it looks like they are managing life but internally they feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in the same patterns. Many of my clients are used to being competent, reliable, or the "strong one who gets things done." Underneath that is chronic stress, overthinking, burnout, decision fatigue, or relationship strain. This doesn't have to be you! You'll go from just surviving to actually living.
I offer a collaborative approach to find the best way to support you with your specific needs. Therapy should be a partnership that allows you an opportunity to contribute to the healing process. I have a laid back personality with a good sense of humor that helps others feel comfortable opening up. I believe that your counseling experience should be tailored to you and your specific needs. I work to facilitate open communication so that you feel comfortable collaborating on the best treatment for you.
I offer a collaborative approach to find the best way to support you with your specific needs. Therapy should be a partnership that allows you an opportunity to contribute to the healing process. I have a laid back personality with a good sense of humor that helps others feel comfortable opening up. I believe that your counseling experience should be tailored to you and your specific needs. I work to facilitate open communication so that you feel comfortable collaborating on the best treatment for you.
I approach care with the belief that mental health deserves the same attention, empathy, and expertise as any other medical condition. With training in family medicine and deep experience treating complex behavioral health concerns, I meet people where they are and walk with them toward sustainable healing. You’ll find a judgment-free space built on trust, where goals are realistic, progress is honored, and setbacks are never viewed as failure—just part of the journey.
I approach care with the belief that mental health deserves the same attention, empathy, and expertise as any other medical condition. With training in family medicine and deep experience treating complex behavioral health concerns, I meet people where they are and walk with them toward sustainable healing. You’ll find a judgment-free space built on trust, where goals are realistic, progress is honored, and setbacks are never viewed as failure—just part of the journey.
Many of my clients come to me feeling weighed down by anxiety, depression, trauma, or self-doubt. They long for clarity, peace, and confidence, and want a space where they can feel seen, heard, and valued. I specialize in supporting Hispanic women, survivors of domestic abuse, and anyone seeking to rebuild identity and self-worth.
My approach is warm, proactive, and culturally sensitive. I integrate therapy with mindfulness and trauma-informed care so we can go beyond symptoms and work at the root. Sessions may include talking, meditating, breathing, or creative practices—always guided by your needs and goals.
Many of my clients come to me feeling weighed down by anxiety, depression, trauma, or self-doubt. They long for clarity, peace, and confidence, and want a space where they can feel seen, heard, and valued. I specialize in supporting Hispanic women, survivors of domestic abuse, and anyone seeking to rebuild identity and self-worth.
My approach is warm, proactive, and culturally sensitive. I integrate therapy with mindfulness and trauma-informed care so we can go beyond symptoms and work at the root. Sessions may include talking, meditating, breathing, or creative practices—always guided by your needs and goals.
I often use techniques from Compassion Focused Therapy, which is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy informed by evolutionary psychology and Buddhist teachings.
Born and raised in Italy and trained and licensed in the US, I bring an outside perspective to American mental health culture. I am not invested in self improvement and optimization culture. Therapy is not just about feeling better. It should lead to happier minds by reducing fear based patterns and clarifying values and meaning.
Many people I work with feel constrained by fear, rigid expectations, or cultural pressures around productivity and self worth, and are looking for therapy that takes their experience seriously without reducing it to labels.
I often use techniques from Compassion Focused Therapy, which is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy informed by evolutionary psychology and Buddhist teachings.
Born and raised in Italy and trained and licensed in the US, I bring an outside perspective to American mental health culture. I am not invested in self improvement and optimization culture. Therapy is not just about feeling better. It should lead to happier minds by reducing fear based patterns and clarifying values and meaning.
Many people I work with feel constrained by fear, rigid expectations, or cultural pressures around productivity and self worth, and are looking for therapy that takes their experience seriously without reducing it to labels.
Tom Rathbun
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC
2 Endorsed
Kettering, OH 45429
Not accepting new clients
Many of us find ourselves feeling called to living a deeper and more emotionally fulfilled life. Whether you are struggling with managing stress, navigating life's transitions, looking for deeper meaning, exploring your identity, or trying to understand a mental health condition such as anxiety or depression, it's helpful to have a safe environment to explore what is and is not working for you. Using trauma-informed practices, I work with individuals ready to find lasting change in their lives. Special areas of interest include LGBT+ issues, navigating university, exploring spiritual identity, and healing from trauma.
Many of us find ourselves feeling called to living a deeper and more emotionally fulfilled life. Whether you are struggling with managing stress, navigating life's transitions, looking for deeper meaning, exploring your identity, or trying to understand a mental health condition such as anxiety or depression, it's helpful to have a safe environment to explore what is and is not working for you. Using trauma-informed practices, I work with individuals ready to find lasting change in their lives. Special areas of interest include LGBT+ issues, navigating university, exploring spiritual identity, and healing from trauma.
Rebecca Sievers
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, LPCC
3 Endorsed
Montgomery, OH 45242
Not accepting new clients
It's been said that our biography can affect our biology, and I believe that too. I help people access and express their emotions while increasing awareness of what's happening in their bodies. By strengthening self-acceptance and learning to make real connections with others, our full, true selves can emerge. I have training in mindfulness and somatic techniques such as EMDR (certified), IFS/Ego state, as well as Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The arts and nature can be integrated into session into the work if desired. Located in historic Milford near abundant natural resources, the Little Miami River and Trail.
It's been said that our biography can affect our biology, and I believe that too. I help people access and express their emotions while increasing awareness of what's happening in their bodies. By strengthening self-acceptance and learning to make real connections with others, our full, true selves can emerge. I have training in mindfulness and somatic techniques such as EMDR (certified), IFS/Ego state, as well as Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The arts and nature can be integrated into session into the work if desired. Located in historic Milford near abundant natural resources, the Little Miami River and Trail.
Online Therapists
I’m queer, gay, neurodivergent, & a non-linear thinker. I specialize in helping people who feel like misfits & outcasts find their power to be free & true to themselves. I do this work because I know what it's like to live it. You're not too much. You don't need to shrink to find your tribe. Your joy comes from finding people who love & celebrate you when you unmask, when you show the deeper parts of yourself you've learned to hide. I help people unlearn the internalized messages that say they’re broken, wrong, or unworthy. I help people tap into their power to be free & true. Let's get started in finding your power to be you.
I’m queer, gay, neurodivergent, & a non-linear thinker. I specialize in helping people who feel like misfits & outcasts find their power to be free & true to themselves. I do this work because I know what it's like to live it. You're not too much. You don't need to shrink to find your tribe. Your joy comes from finding people who love & celebrate you when you unmask, when you show the deeper parts of yourself you've learned to hide. I help people unlearn the internalized messages that say they’re broken, wrong, or unworthy. I help people tap into their power to be free & true. Let's get started in finding your power to be you.
As a transpersonal therapist, I view therapy as a holistic healing container, in which I am a fellow traveler on the path to wholeness. My goal is to awaken the knowing that is already alive within you, guiding you to your truest self. I have been on a personal journey of self-discovery and awakening for over a decade through meditation, yoga, practicing massage therapy for 5+ years, deepening an understanding of healing through the body mind spirit connection. I arrived in the field of counseling as a culmination of my personal journey, from a desire to serve others on the path to healing and integration.
As a transpersonal therapist, I view therapy as a holistic healing container, in which I am a fellow traveler on the path to wholeness. My goal is to awaken the knowing that is already alive within you, guiding you to your truest self. I have been on a personal journey of self-discovery and awakening for over a decade through meditation, yoga, practicing massage therapy for 5+ years, deepening an understanding of healing through the body mind spirit connection. I arrived in the field of counseling as a culmination of my personal journey, from a desire to serve others on the path to healing and integration.
Rooted in Buddhist principles, I support LGBTQ+, chronically ill, and neurodivergent adults find clarity and acceptance so they can move through life with confidence and dignity.
My eclectic background is invaluable to how I approach my therapeutic process. As a dancer, I've learned to connect with my body, attune with others, and express my inner world. With a bachelor's degree focused on Tibetan Buddhism, I embody compassion and mindfulness. In my career as a performer and puppeteer, I've fostered play, freedom, and persistence.
Rooted in Buddhist principles, I support LGBTQ+, chronically ill, and neurodivergent adults find clarity and acceptance so they can move through life with confidence and dignity.
My eclectic background is invaluable to how I approach my therapeutic process. As a dancer, I've learned to connect with my body, attune with others, and express my inner world. With a bachelor's degree focused on Tibetan Buddhism, I embody compassion and mindfulness. In my career as a performer and puppeteer, I've fostered play, freedom, and persistence.
I studied meditation in a Buddhist monastery nestled in the mountains of Northern Thailand.
Accepting new clients! I help people overcome difficulty and use it to grow and pursue a life of meaning and purpose. Sometimes we start by treating stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, career, or LGBTQ+ and other identity issues, and over time turn to deeper issues about the life you want to create, your identity, and your values. I’m a humanistic counselor, which means I’ll never tell you what to do and I’ll always empower you to make the choice that’s best for you. I use a collaborative, gentle approach that helps you connect with your intuitive sense of self and your intrinsic motivation to grow and do difficult things.
I studied meditation in a Buddhist monastery nestled in the mountains of Northern Thailand.
Accepting new clients! I help people overcome difficulty and use it to grow and pursue a life of meaning and purpose. Sometimes we start by treating stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, career, or LGBTQ+ and other identity issues, and over time turn to deeper issues about the life you want to create, your identity, and your values. I’m a humanistic counselor, which means I’ll never tell you what to do and I’ll always empower you to make the choice that’s best for you. I use a collaborative, gentle approach that helps you connect with your intuitive sense of self and your intrinsic motivation to grow and do difficult things.
Hi, I’m Harry Klisch, a clinical counselor in the Cincinnati area. I use a trauma-informed, person-centered approach to help you reconnect with your values, goals, and sense of self. I specialize in supporting individuals navigating symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder and codependency. If you often feel emotions are too intense, fear abandonment, or struggle in relationships, you’re not alone. Together, we’ll build a safe, collaborative space for healing and growth.
Hi, I’m Harry Klisch, a clinical counselor in the Cincinnati area. I use a trauma-informed, person-centered approach to help you reconnect with your values, goals, and sense of self. I specialize in supporting individuals navigating symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder and codependency. If you often feel emotions are too intense, fear abandonment, or struggle in relationships, you’re not alone. Together, we’ll build a safe, collaborative space for healing and growth.
Highly sensitive persons, Adult Children of emotionally immature parents. Complex interpersonal trauma
Highly sensitive persons, Adult Children of emotionally immature parents. Complex interpersonal trauma
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Buddhist Therapists
Is buddhism beneficial for mental health?
While Buddhism itself is not a treatment for mental health conditions, its practices can greatly enhance mental well-being by introducing coping skills and ideas that promote overall wellness. Key Buddhist practices, such as mindfulness, have been shown to alleviate symptoms of various mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma. Moreover, Buddhism's focus on self-compassion, non-judgment, and acceptance can benefit individuals with particularly negative or self-critical thought patterns.
What are the concepts and principles of buddhism as a therapeutic approach?
Core Buddhist principles are often used in therapy to help clients gain insight into their thoughts and emotions. Concepts such as suffering (dukkha) and impermanence (anicca) are applied to help clients recognize that common forms of suffering, like repetitive negative thought patterns, can be accepted and viewed as impermanent. The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path are additional core concepts utilized frequently in Buddhist therapy sessions. The Four Noble Truths highlight the existence of suffering as an inherent part of the human experience—an insight frequently used to move clients toward greater acceptance. The Eightfold Path, which includes right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right concentration, and right mindfulness, offers practical skills to alleviate suffering.
What is the buddhist approach and practice during a therapy session?
Therapists informed by Buddhist principles often integrate mindfulness and meditation practices into therapy sessions to help clients cultivate greater acceptance, compassion, and non-judgment toward themselves and others. Typically, Buddhist therapists guide clients through mindfulness exercises, such as breathing exercises or body scans, and encourage them to practice similar exercises outside of sessions. Additionally, many Buddhist therapists utilize elements of Positive Psychology or Compassion-Focused Therapy, which can help reduce symptoms of self-criticism and shame common among clients with various mental health conditions. In general, Buddhist therapists strive to embody the compassion and non-judgmental approach they promote, often incorporating exercises aimed at developing compassion in session, such as loving-kindness meditation (Metta).
Is mindfulness the same as buddhism in the context of therapy?
While Buddhist therapists frequently integrate mindfulness practices into therapy sessions, the terms mindfulness and Buddhism are not synonymous in the context of therapy. Therapists may use mindfulness techniques, such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) or Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), without identifying as a Buddhist therapist. In contrast, those practicing within a Buddhist belief framework typically encourage mindfulness therapies, in addition to foundational Buddhist beliefs, such as the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. These therapists may also guide clients toward a deeper understanding of Buddhist philosophy, unlike those who use Buddhist mindfulness principles without the broader spiritual context.