Justin Hernandez, LPCC

Justin Hernandez is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio. He brings 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and trauma-related concerns. He works in a direct but empathetic way, aiming to support clients as they make changes that matter to them.

Before his current role he led clinical programs focused on keeping children safely at home when abuse or neglect was an issue. He has also worked as a hospital crisis counselor and as clinical director of a school for children with emotional and behavioral challenges. Those roles shaped his practical, solution-focused approach.

In sessions he combines attachment-based ideas with cognitive behavioral tools and emotion-focused methods. He helps people name patterns, try new ways of communicating, and build day-to-day skills for coping. That mix is often useful for relationship challenges, intimacy concerns, and parenting stress.

He has sustained experience supporting people who have experienced emotional abuse, physical abuse, or neglect. He also works with concerns such as ADHD, mood challenges, eating and sleeping problems, anger, and self-esteem difficulties. Justin frames clients as the experts in their own lives and offers guidance and structure as needed.

Justin also supervises other clinicians and helps them adopt effective strategies for working with families and children. His style tends to be straightforward and practical, focused on clear goals and measurable steps toward them.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how people connect and respond to others. It helps when relationship patterns, trust, or closeness are difficult to manage. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting a person’s own goals. It’s useful when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to explore feelings and decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. It often includes concrete exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or change unhelpful habits.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their needs and goals. That choice can shift over time as progress is made and priorities change.

If you’re considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a break, fewer commute demands, or sessions that don’t require being on camera. Therapists and other licensed professionals can adapt attachment, client-centered, and CBT techniques to online settings so people can practice new skills between meetings and bring real-life examples into sessions.