Therapist profile
Blythe Steingel, LISW
Ohio
Ohio LISW - Stress and relationship concerns
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- Credentials
- LISW
- License
- LISW, Ohio / I.1000118-SUPV
- NPI
- 1205248788
- Experience
- 19 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Ohio
About
- ACT and CBT methods
- Emotion-focused work
- Practical coping skills
About Blythe
Blythe Steingel is an Ohio licensed independent social worker, LISW, with 19 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and relationship struggles. She works with adults who feel overwhelmed by life changes, struggle with self-esteem, or carry the weight of caregiving and compassion fatigue.
Blythe uses straightforward conversation and practical skills in sessions. She helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and practices small changes that make daily life easier. Sessions focus on improving communication, setting limits, and coping with grief, trauma, or long-term health issues.
She draws on a mix of clinically informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and a client-centered way of working. That means she balances skill teaching with listening and reflection. Clients commonly work on shifting difficult thoughts, building distress tolerance, and increasing emotional awareness.
Blythe also addresses issues like codependency, attachment concerns, body image, and the stress of aging or chronic illness. She supports people through divorce, family conflict, and career transitions by helping them clarify values and set feasible goals.
Her style is direct and practical. Expect clear behavioral strategies, guided reflection, and homework you can try between sessions. To begin, a person completes a short questionnaire and schedules a first session through the site's online options.
How sessions work
Online approaches and how they translate to sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, life transitions, and moving forward when old patterns hold someone back. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete strategies to change patterns that increase depression or anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and expressing core emotions to improve how someone relates to others and processes relationship pain.Finding the right approach is something the therapist will work through with the client. She will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to emphasize and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that feels difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and EFT techniques to remote sessions so practical skill-building and emotional work continue even when meeting virtually.
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Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Blythe works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, parenting struggles, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma, caregiver stress, and codependency-related patterns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, client-centered approach that mixes skill teaching with reflective conversation. Sessions include behavioral strategies, emotional work, and short exercises to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 19 years of experience working with people on a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What credential and location are listed?
She is an Ohio LISW, which stands for Licensed Independent Social Worker, practicing in Ohio.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used.
How does payment work and what do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the site's See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.