About Thomes
Thomes Buchanan is a licensed professional counselor who practices in Ohio. She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and brings four years of clinical experience to brief and longer-term work. She focuses on everyday struggles that get in the way of feeling steady and connected.
Thomes listens for the story behind symptoms. She helps people name what is happening, sort out priorities, and set small goals. Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward so progress can be noticed between meetings.
How Thomes works
Her work covers stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, and coping with life changes. She also supports people with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem struggles, and career or parenting stress. Additional interests include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness, and blended family challenges.
Thomes uses approaches that help people connect feelings, thoughts, and behavior. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioral methods to spot unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills for emotional regulation.
Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person. Thomes aims to create a calm, respectful space for honest talk and practical steps. She accepts English-speaking clients and works with international clients when needed.
Thomes lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Thomes works with
The areas below are the ones Thomes selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Thomes commonly draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered principles, and cognitive behavioral techniques. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns show up now and helps people change repeating patterns in close relationships. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening deeply and following the person’s pace so the work feels personally relevant and respectful. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify thought patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood and teaches concrete steps to test and reframe those thoughts.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Thomes will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then tailor the mix of methods. This collaborative decision-making helps ensure the work fits practical needs and emotional goals.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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