Justin Hernandez , LPCC

Justin Hernandez is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 13 years of experience who brings a focused, practical approach to working with children, adults, couples, and families. He currently serves as the clinical director at an agency dedicated to preventing children from being removed from their homes in cases related to abuse and neglect, and his background includes roles as a hospital crisis counselor, work in private practice, and service as the clinical director of a school for children with emotional and behavioral challenges.

Holding a supervisory credential, he has spent nearly a decade mentoring and supervising other therapists, helping them apply effective strategies and interventions to reduce home disruptions and improve parent-child communication. His clinical style is direct and empathetic, blending clear guidance with a respectful belief that people are experts in their own lives and families.

Justin has extensive experience addressing trauma, including emotional abuse, physical abuse, and neglect, and he regularly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused techniques to help clients work toward their goals. He approaches each case with a range of clinical tools, aiming to support clients and offer practical guidance while treating involvement in a family’s life as a privilege.

Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care

Justin frequently integrates cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment-based therapy, and client-centered techniques into his work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to build practical coping skills. Attachment-based therapy explores early relationship patterns and emotional bonds to improve current relationships and healing from relational trauma. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathetic therapeutic relationship where the client’s priorities shape the pace and focus of treatment and fosters self-directed growth.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Justin works with each person or family to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences, adjusting interventions over time so the plan stays aligned with progress and changes.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. These formats offer scheduling flexibility, reduce travel time, and allow consistent access to licensed professionals and therapists who can provide ongoing support and practical strategies from locations across Ohio.