Erin DiVincenzo, LPCC-S

Erin DiVincenzo (pronouns: she/her) is an experienced licensed professional clinical counselor-supervisor who works with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her specialty interests include: resiliency, strength-based, culturally grounded and trauma informed approaches, infant and early childhood mental health, complex developmental trauma, attachment/adoption related difficulties, mindfulness, polyvagal theory. She utilizes a collaborative therapeutic approach to individualize evidence-based interventions with clients' interests and existing strengths.

Erin DiVincenzo completed her bachelor's degree at Ohio Wesleyan University in psychology and Spanish, her Master of Science in school and community counseling from University of Rochester's Warner School of Education and Human Development. Upon moving to Cleveland, she completed post graduate work at John Carroll University to obtain licensure in Ohio as a licensed professional counselor (LPC). Erin DiVincenzo received specialized training as part of the Attachment Team and Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist in the areas of complex developmental trauma, cross-trained with the sexualized behavior team. Most recently, Erin completed Cleveland State University's Leadership Academy and behavioral health prevention training funded by Ohio Department of Behavioral Health. She continues to love learning, laughing, and discovering new ways to encourage resiliency and peace.

Erin recently returned to providing direct client care after providing 7 years of system administration, overseeing funded behavioral health programs and initiatives as the Director of Prevention and Children's Behavioral Health Programs for the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County. Before working in system administration, she provided prevention and treatment services for children, adolescents, adults, and families with specializations in complex developmental trauma, crisis response, attachment and bonding related difficulties, infant/early childhood mental health.

In addition to her clinical work, Erin earned her 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher certification in 2019 and previously served as a clinical facilitator for a therapeutic yoga program.

Erin DiVincenzo has a gentle, playful approach to counseling focused on creating safety and empowering clients. She has an interest in art, music, and literature. Erin loves to integrate the interests and strengths of her clients to co-create therapeutic interventions and strategies to develop healthy feeling expression and working to calm the nervous system through mindfulness and other evidence-based approaches. Services are individualized based on the client's interest, age/development, and learning styles. Strengthening an individual or family's naturally, already existing protective factors (both internally and externally) is always a goal or objective to her counseling approach with clients, even while addressing a specific problem or challenge.

Erin's strengths include: her kindness, authenticity, sense of humor, love of learning, and ability to solve puzzles (especially jigsaw puzzles!).