Dr. Doris Atanmo-Strempek , LPC

Dr. Doris Atanmo-Strempek greets visitors with a calm, direct style and a focus on practical help. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of experience. Her work centers on trauma and abuse, and she also helps people managing life changes, parenting stress, intimacy-related concerns, compassion fatigue, and abandonment worries.

She uses straightforward, person-centered conversations to find what is most useful for each person. Sessions aim to uncover strengths and build coping skills that can be used in daily life. The approach is collaborative and respectful, with an emphasis on small, manageable steps toward change.

Dr. Atanmo-Strempek trained at the University of Akron, where she earned a master’s degree and a doctorate. Her background includes clinical research and teaching graduate students who are preparing to enter counseling fields.

In sessions she draws on multiple therapy styles, choosing methods that fit the concern at hand. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Narrative and solution-focused techniques help people reframe their stories and set clear, achievable goals.

People often come for help after difficult events or when day-to-day life feels overwhelming. Her work aims to make coping more reliable and predictable. If someone wants to begin, they’ll follow a short matching process and schedule sessions that fit their timing and needs.

Approaches that inform online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person as an individual. It helps people feel heard and build on their own strengths to tackle problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it offers clear strategies to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns and reduce distress. Trauma-Focused Therapy aims to address the effects of traumatic experiences by pacing work to what someone can handle and teaching coping tools for managing strong reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and comfort level. That process may blend techniques from different approaches so sessions match the problem and the person’s preferences.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and more options for where to meet without needing travel time. Online work can make it simpler to maintain consistent check-ins and to practice skills between sessions. Because specific session formats were not listed in the profile, confirm current online or in-person options before booking so arrangements match individual schedules and needs.