Norene Vello, LPCC

Norene Vello is an Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 20 years of practice. She works with grief, anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, career questions, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

She uses clear, practical steps to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness breathing, and client-centered conversation to help people try different responses. Sessions include straightforward tools such as thought records, breathing practice, and guided reflection.

Her background includes a Master of Arts in Pastoral Clinical Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio. She has run and co-facilitated small women's groups for nearly two decades that used meditation, journaling, art, music, and discussion alongside CBT ideas. Those groups focused on depression, anxiety, self-esteem, abuse recovery, and stopping self-destructive patterns.

Norene describes wellbeing in physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual terms. She often brings spiritual or religious material into work when clients want that included, and she has experience using biblical principles alongside mindfulness and therapeutic exercises. She aims to help people find practical steps toward peace, health, and contentment.

Sessions tend to emphasize simple practices clients can use between meetings. She also uses cognitive and achievement assessments when appropriate to clarify strengths and challenges. People who want concrete strategies to change thoughts, manage stress, or build coping skills will find an approach focused on observable steps and steady progress.

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