About Ricci
Ricci Oppenlander blends goal-focused work with a strengths-based, person-centered stance to help clients pursue meaningful change. As a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan, she emphasizes values-driven growth and practical skill building so people can move toward greater direction and fulfillment.
Background and approach
Ricci centers the therapeutic relationship on respect and openness, inviting clients to explore what matters to them while developing proactive behaviors that align with their goals.
With eight years of clinical experience, she works with adults facing depression and anxiety alongside a broad range of concerns including stress, grief, addictions, relationship and communication difficulties, trauma, self-esteem struggles, and workplace challenges. She also focuses on issues such as life purpose, forgiveness, multicultural concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Ricci uses a holistic, collaborative style that draws on evidence-based approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs and preferences, supporting clients through intentional, honest work toward improved wellbeing.
Integrating Evidence-Informed Approaches into Online Therapy
Ricci integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into online work to help clients clarify values, accept difficult feelings, and develop practical skills for managing thoughts and behaviors. ACT focuses on identifying what matters most and taking committed action even when uncomfortable emotions arise, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. CBT targets unhelpful thinking and patterns, teaching tools to reframe reactions and build more effective coping strategies for issues like stress, low mood, and workplace difficulties.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Ricci will work together with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and unique circumstances, and she adapts interventions over time as needs evolve. The therapist-client relationship guides how techniques are blended rather than relying on a single model.
Online therapy offers flexible access through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to schedule consistent work around daily life. These formats support ongoing skill practice, timely check-ins, and continuity of care when in-person visits are not practical, while allowing licensed professionals to tailor pace and tools to each client's situation.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Colorado, Michigan, Arizona, Washington, Oregon
- Languages
- English