Delores Livingston, LPCC
Compassionate counselor focused on practical change
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Delores works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Delores
Delores Livingston is an Ohio-based licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 20 years of experience. She welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, struggling with anger, or dealing with depression and anxiety. She focuses on helping clients regain steadier daily functioning and clearer thinking.
Delores uses practical talk-based methods to help people set goals and practice new skills. She works with clients to identify unhelpful patterns and replace them with manageable strategies.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to produce step-by-step plans clients can use between appointments. Her approach emphasizes working together to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day coping. She offers straightforward exercises and communication tools tailored to each person.
The emphasis is on realistic steps people can try and refine over time. Delores has particular experience supporting people facing grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, and mood issues including bipolar disorder. She also helps with life transitions, isolation, and challenges related to aging.
She describes the therapeutic relationship as respectful and compassionate, and she adjusts the pace to each person’s needs. People who prefer clear goals and practical homework often find this style helpful.
What Delores works with
Everything Delores lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Delores's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Approaches that guide online sessions
Delores uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques delivered in a clear, practical manner. One approach she applies focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence to reduce distress and improve mood. This method helps with anxiety, depression, and moments of intense anger by changing how situations are appraised. She also emphasizes behavioral strategies that build new daily routines and coping habits. These tactics involve small, achievable tasks that improve sleep, activity levels, and emotion regulation. They are useful for people facing grief, low motivation, or mood swings. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Delores will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose techniques to try and adjust them based on what works. Online appointments are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions suit deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.Questions people ask about Delores
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, trauma and related relationship and intimacy issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is talk-based and practical, focused on goal setting and skills people can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She has 20 years of experience providing counseling to adults with mood and life-change challenges.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds an Ohio LPCC credential and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first appointment based on therapist availability.