About Cassandra
Cassandra Golden Kruse offers a steady, practical presence for people facing stress, sadness, and life changes. She draws on three decades of experience as an Ohio licensed independent social worker, LISW. Her manner is straightforward and calm, aimed at helping clients feel less stuck and more able to move forward.
Cassandra focuses on day-to-day coping skills and on spotting the beliefs and habits that often keep people feeling stuck. Sessions aim to identify strengths, clarify priorities, and create short-term goals that fit into real life.
How Cassandra works
She avoids one-size-fits-all plans and adapts work to each person's needs. Her approach pays attention to how past hurts and relationship patterns shape current behavior. She helps people notice stumbling blocks and practice concrete ways to manage emotions, improve communication, and reduce anxiety.
Practical skill building and steady encouragement are central to her work. Cassandra also addresses concerns such as trauma and abuse, addictions, eating issues, ADHD, and parenting strain. She uses a flexible blend of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match the situation at hand.
People who want to explore strengths and make steady changes may find her approach motivating. In sessions she aims to respect each person’s dignity and decision-making. The goal is to help people use their time and energy purposefully, build needed skills, and create a more satisfying daily life.
Cassandra welcomes the chance to walk alongside people during seasons of change.
What Cassandra works with
The areas below are the ones Cassandra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Cassandra uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the issue at hand. One common focus is building coping skills and behavioral strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and stress. These are practical exercises and routines clients learn and practice between sessions to reduce symptoms and increase daily functioning.She also emphasizes exploring relationship and attachment patterns that influence current behavior. This work helps people notice repeated reactions, improve communication habits, and develop healthier ways of relating to others. For trauma-related concerns she applies steady, paced methods to help people process past hurts while strengthening present coping resources.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, strengths, and preferences. Plans are adjusted as needed so the work stays relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and shorter live chat or text sessions work well for quick check-ins or on-the-go support. These options provide flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied daily routines.
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