Victoria Cornell Riordan

Victoria Cornell Riordan approaches counseling with openness, honesty, fairness, and acceptance, aiming to create a safe, caring space where clients can set goals that reflect their own measures of success and speak freely without fear of judgment.

Her interest in this work began during an internship in her senior year of high school at an adolescent residential treatment facility, where she helped run equine and small animal assisted psychotherapy groups. After that experience she joined the military with the intention of serving active duty members and veterans in a psychological role. Following two years of service she was medically discharged due to chronic health conditions and redirected her path toward graduate study.

Victoria completed a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Xavier University and has since become a licensed professional clinician. She has six years of experience providing therapy in Ohio and holds professional counseling credentials that include licensure in Ohio and Washington, D.C.

She has worked with individuals from age 5 through 98 in individual, family, and group therapy settings, and has experience addressing a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, eating and sleeping disorders, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.

Victoria has completed additional trainings in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, couples and family therapy, trauma-focused treatment, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, and EMDR. In practice she frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy, Reality Therapy, and mindfulness techniques to help clients build the skills they need to reach their goals.