Larissa Rzemienski, LPC
Experienced Arizona counselor focused on practical support
Details
| Name | Larissa Rzemienski |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Arizona |
| Licensed in | Arizona |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 22 |
About Larissa
Larissa Rzemienski is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings 22 years of experience to online counseling. She practices from Arizona and speaks English. Larissa focuses on common struggles such as anxiety, depression, grief, stress, addictions, and concerns around intimacy and self-esteem.
She trained in counseling and educational leadership at Arizona State University and holds a Master of Counseling and an Education Specialist degree. She also has an M.B.A. in Marketing.
Background and approach
Those degrees inform a practical, problem-solving style in sessions. Larissa has worked in many settings over two decades. Her past roles include suicide hotline supervisor, probation counselor, high school guidance counselor, and telehealth counselor for individual and teen work.
She also teaches graduate counseling students and leads yoga classes. In practice she draws on Narrative ideas alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-focused work. She centers the person in the room and adjusts techniques to the situation.
Conversations can include looking at life stories, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, and building clearer emotional connections. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules. Larissa aims to help people manage life transitions, parenting stress, work strain, and chronic illness coping with direct, easy-to-follow guidance.
Outside of work she enjoys hiking, teaching yoga, studying psychology and history, and spending time with her college-age daughter and pet rabbit.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Larissa works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Larissa among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Larissa directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Larissa directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Practical Therapies Work Online
Narrative work helps people examine the stories they tell about their lives and see other ways to describe problems. It can be useful for relationship concerns, identity questions, and making sense of loss or change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and on taking steps that match your values; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape emotional responses and can help with intimacy, abandonment worries, and communication patterns.Choosing an approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to test what fits best for their goals and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on how well the strategies are helping and what the client wants to focus on.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone works well if bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins or whenever typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules, handle sudden changes, and keep regular contact between appointments.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Larissa help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, intimacy and self-esteem concerns, and related issues such as parenting, career strain, and coping with life changes.
What is her counseling style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She uses Narrative ideas along with approaches like cognitive behavioral and attachment-focused work to help people tell their story and change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience in counseling, including roles as a suicide hotline supervisor, probation counselor, high school guidance counselor, and telehealth practitioner.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Arizona and holds a Master of Counseling and an Education Specialist degree along with an M.B.A.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
Which session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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