Minding Matters - individual and couple counseling in Cleveland, Ohio

Liz O'Donnell, PhD (LPCC-S, NCC, PT)

I am a doctoral level professional clinical counselor and supervisor (LPCC-S) licensed in the State of Ohio and a Nationally Board Certified Counselor (NBCC), physical therapist (PT), and registered yoga teacher (RYT) with significant expertise in individual, couple/relationship, and family therapy. I have been working in the field of infertility for over a decade and became certified as a pre-term infant developmental specialist (NIDCAP) in 1996. I have been a professional member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine for 6 years (see below for professional links). I am also a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Section on Women’s Health (SOWH), the American Counseling Association (ACA), and the American Association of Sex Educators Counselors and Therapists (ASSECT). I was support group leader and board member for Resolve of Ohio from 2001-2004, Chair of the 2004 Resolve of Ohio State Infertility Conference and was 2004/5 Volunteer of the year. I have been a professional Moderator (Emotional Issues and Grief and Loss) for the International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination since 2003 – current, and team physical therapist for the United States Netball Team from 2000-2005. I was also a volunteer with the American Red Cross Mental Health Disaster Response Team and spent two weeks in Mississippi immediately post Hurricane Katrina. Please click on the following link to read an essay about my experience:

A mile in their shoes.

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I became interested in how environmental, relationship, and emotional stress can be manifested in the body through my early work as a physical therapist with athletes, and later as a developmental specialist with infants and children and their families. My counseling philosophy follows an integrative (mind-body) approach and considers clients on an individual and holistic basis. I believe that current life circumstances are influenced by our past experiences as well as our physical and emotional wellbeing and I continue to build upon this practice method. What we believe and how we think has a considerable impact on our emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and behavioral reactivity and influences how well we can live our lives. I encourage clients to examine, reflect and expand upon their physical, mental, emotional, sexual, relationship, and spiritual health to help them implement meaningful changes in the way they live their lives.