How Cynthia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LISW
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cynthia
Cynthia "Cindi" Crew uses a client-centered approach rooted in Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people manage strong emotions and stressful life events. She is an Independently Licensed Social Worker, LISW, based in Ohio with 25 years of practice helping people find steadier ground. Cindi focuses on practical skills and steady support rather than quick fixes.
Cindi works with people who face anxiety, depression, bipolar mood shifts, and trauma. She also helps those coping with grief, anger, ADHD, and career stress.
Background and approach
Her work often includes addressing compassion fatigue and challenges around major life changes. She blends DBT skills with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and trauma-focused methods. Sessions tend to emphasize skill building - emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and ways to shift unhelpful thinking.
Conversations are straightforward and aimed at usable tools for daily life. Cindi values a respectful, accepting atmosphere where clients feel heard. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and builds on their strengths.
Progress is paced to match a person’s needs and goals. Over 25 years, Cindi has worked in settings that give her experience with mood disorders, personality concerns, postpartum issues, and the effects of long-term stress. She offers care in English and sees clients located in Ohio.
The practice provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexibility.
What Cynthia works with
Everything Cynthia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Cynthia's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Divorce and separation
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
Approaches Cynthia lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's own strengths to set goals and make changes. It helps when someone needs a respectful space to talk things through and clarify what matters to them.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes concrete skills for handling intense feelings, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. It is often used for mood regulation, anger, and repeated patterns that cause distress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try different strategies, and adjust methods based on what the person finds helpful. That collaborative process helps match techniques to the individual’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins or ongoing skill practice between live meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Cynthia
What concerns does she help with?
Cynthia supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, trauma, grief, anger, ADHD, and related challenges listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and practical, using DBT and CBT skills alongside trauma-focused approaches to teach emotion regulation and coping techniques.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of professional experience working with mood disorders, trauma, compassion fatigue, and other long-term stressors.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an Independently Licensed Social Worker, LISW, licensed in Ohio and provides services to people located in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.