Conscious Roots Counseling: Therapy Services in Cincinnati

Finding a therapist in Cincinnati isn't the hard part. 

Finding one who actually fits your personality, who understands what you're carrying and has the clinical training to help you work through it, is where most people get stuck. 

Conscious Roots Counseling is a Greater Cincinnati therapy practice serving children, adolescents, and adults under one roof, with a clinical team trained in specialized modalities that most general practices simply don't offer.

If you've landed here trying to figure out whether this practice is the right fit, you're in the right place. This blog walks you through who works here, what they treat, how sessions are structured, what it costs, and how to get started. No guesswork required.

The Philosophy That Sets Conscious Roots Counseling Apart

Healing begins with understanding your roots. 

Many therapy practices focus on managing symptoms: coping skills for anxiety, thought reframing for depression, techniques for getting through the day. That work has its place, and we use interventions ourselves, but it often leaves the underlying cause untouched. At Conscious Roots Counseling, the clinical approach goes deeper. Therapists work with clients to trace current emotional struggles back to the experiences, relationships, and early patterns that started them.

This doesn't mean every session becomes an excavation of your childhood. It means your therapist is actively looking for the root of what's driving your anxiety, your avoidance, your relationship patterns, rather than teaching you to manage around it indefinitely. That distinction is why clients tend to experience more lasting change here than they have in other therapeutic settings.

Why an age-inclusive practice matters

When a child is struggling emotionally, parents are rarely doing fine. When an adult finally starts therapy for their own anxiety, they often realize it connects to how they were parented. Conscious Roots Counseling serves the whole family ecosystem, with clinicians who specialize at different developmental stages but work within a shared clinical philosophy. That coherence matters. It means a parent and their child can both receive support from clinicians who understand the same framework, even if they never share a session.

Who this practice is built to serve

Adults carrying anxiety, depression, or unprocessed trauma

The adult clients who find a home at this practice often have a few things in common. They've tried coping on their own, and some have done therapy before, maybe even found it helpful to a point, but sense there's something deeper they haven't reached yet. They're ready to do more than manage their symptoms. They want to understand where those symptoms actually come from.

The practice is particularly well-suited to adults who recognize that their present struggles are tied to past experiences, whether that's childhood relational trauma, a difficult season of life, or a single event that never fully resolved. Therapists here are trained to work with that kind of complexity without rushing clients past what needs to be felt.

Children, adolescents, and the caregivers beside them

Our practice integrates parenting support into its clinical model, recognizing that a child's healing is often connected to what's happening in the adults around them. We encourage parenting sessions in-between your child’s individual sessions.

For children and teens navigating anxiety, big emotions, or behavioral shifts, the right clinician makes an enormous difference. Our child and adolescent therapists work to build rapport with each client to ensure a positive therapy experience. 

Type 1 Diabetes support

Our practice also offers specialized support for individuals and families managing Type 1 Diabetes. Living with a chronic illness carries an emotional weight that general therapists often underestimate. Finding a mental health counselor in Cincinnati who actually gets that is no small thing.

Conscious Roots Counseling Services: EMDR, Brainspotting, and Play Therapy

EMDR therapy and Brainspotting: what trauma processing actually looks like

Both EMDR and Brainspotting are evidence-based trauma therapies that work differently from traditional talk therapy. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) uses bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess traumatic memories that have become "stuck." Brainspotting works by identifying a specific eye position, called a brainspot, that correlates to where a trauma or emotional block is held in the nervous system. Both approaches allow clients to process difficult experiences without needing to narrate every detail of what happened, which matters greatly to trauma survivors who are wary of being retraumatized.

Jenny Liu has extensive training in EMDR. Jenny is additionally trained in Brainspotting and Healing Our Core Issues (HOCI), a developmental and relational trauma model that integrates mindfulness, somatic approaches, neuroscience, and attachment theory to address childhood wounds at a deeper level. Learn more about the HOCI model here.

Play therapy in Cincinnati: how children communicate without words

Play is not a workaround for children who can't sit still in a traditional therapy session. It is the developmentally appropriate language through which children process feelings, make sense of their experiences, and build emotional regulation skills. Play therapy sessions at this practice are led by Megan Niehauser, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with a Registered Play Therapist credential (RPT™), a distinct, supervised certification that goes well beyond a general therapy license.

Play therapy is appropriate for children dealing with anxiety, depression, behavioral challenges, emotional dysregulation, or developmental stressors. It works because it meets children where they are, rather than asking them to function in an adult therapeutic framework before they're ready. Megan also holds EMDR training, allowing her to draw on both play-based and trauma-processing methods with older children and teens.

Parenting support and the full therapeutic toolkit

Parenting support isn't a separate program bolted onto the side of adult therapy at this practice. It's woven in. Rebecca offers support to women navigating postpartum concerns. Megan encourages parents to meet with her regularly if their child is seeing her for play therapy. Jenny’s clinical focus specifically includes helping parents recognize and interrupt intergenerational trauma patterns, so that what was passed down doesn't have to keep being passed on.

Beyond the trauma-focused modalities, the clinical team draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Centered Therapy, mindfulness practices, grounding techniques, and self-compassion work. The approach is genuinely integrative, meaning the tools match the client, not the other way around.

Meet the clinical team

For a fuller overview of clinicians, certifications, and training philosophies, see our About Your Therapists, Conscious Roots Counseling page.

Jenny Liu, LPCC-S: practice owner and trauma specialist

Clients working with Jenny often describe her as someone who helps them see the connections they couldn't see on their own, and that framing captures her clinical intent well. She founded Conscious Roots Counseling with a specific vision: a practice that addresses the roots of emotional struggle rather than just its surface expression. She works primarily with adults and parents, bringing training in Brainspotting, EMDR, HOCI, mindfulness, and talk therapy to her clinical work. Her particular focus on intergenerational trauma reflects a belief that healing one generation has ripple effects on the next.

Megan Niehauser, LPCC, RPT™: certified play therapist

Megan is the practice's specialist in children and adolescents, and her Registered Play Therapist credential sets her apart in a field where many clinicians claim to do "play therapy" without the formal training behind it. She uses neuroscience-based modalities to engage children in play therapy. Megan is a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist. She also graduated from the The Baffling Behavior Training Institute’s Immersion Program for Professionals, a professional training program developed by Robyn Gobbel, author of “Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors.” Megan works with young children through adolescents, making her a strong fit for families navigating a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges. She also works with young adults transitioning into adulthood. 

Rebecca Morra, LPCC: adolescents and adults, T1D Specialist 

Rebecca works with older adolescents (16+) and adults, grounding her practice in CBT, Person-Centered Therapy, and trauma-informed approaches. Her work offers clients a structured, relational space to understand themselves more clearly and build sustainable coping tools. Rebecca’s speciality is working with adults or teens with Type 1 Diabetes or caregivers of children with T1D. She also enjoys working with new mothers and individuals working through transitions. For clients who want both warmth and clear therapeutic direction, Rebecca's style tends to be a strong match. 

Conscious Roots Counseling in Blue Ash: access, telehealth, and booking

The Blue Ash office and in-person sessions

The practice is located at 4424 Carver Woods Drive, Suite 100, Blue Ash, OH 45242, in the Greater Cincinnati area. In-person sessions run 50 minutes and are typically scheduled weekly. For clients doing trauma processing work, having a dedicated, confidential space outside the home can make a meaningful difference in how fully they're able to show up.

Virtual therapy for Ohio residents

Telehealth sessions are available for clients anywhere in Ohio, not just the Cincinnati metro area. Virtual appointments are conducted through a secure client portal and carry the same clinical standards as in-person visits. This option expands access for clients in surrounding communities or those with scheduling constraints that make weekly in-office visits difficult. For information on telehealth best practices and how to prepare for a virtual session, see this guide tovirtual visit best practices.

How to schedule your first appointment

Prospective clients reach out through the practice website. From there, Julia, the practice's assistant, helps match you with the right clinician based on your needs, age, and what you're looking to work on. After the match, you'll complete electronic intake paperwork at home before your first session, covering your reasons for seeking therapy, relevant history, and goals. You can also reach the office directly at (513) 278-8269.

Insurance, fees, and what to expect in session one

CareSource and out-of-network coverage

Conscious Roots Counseling accepts CareSource as an in-network insurance provider. For all other insurance plans, the practice operates as an out-of-network provider. Clients pay at the time of service and receive a superbill to submit to their insurance company for possible reimbursement. This model is standard for many specialized therapy practices, and clients with strong out-of-network benefits often recover a meaningful portion of the cost. 

Session rates and private pay

Each therapist's individual rate is listed on our About Page on the practice website. This is an investment, and the depth of clinical work offered here reflects that. For clients who have spent years in surface-level therapy without resolution, the shift to root-cause, modality-focused care often feels worth it.

What happens in your first session

Your first session is a chance to share what brought you in, review the intake paperwork together, discuss confidentiality, ask questions, and get a feel for whether this therapist and this approach feel like a fit. No one is expected to process trauma on day one. For new child clients, the first session typically begins with a parent-only meeting so the therapist can gather background, history, and context before working directly with the child. The pace is collaborative and client-led from the very beginning. For more detail on the intake process and what to expect, see ourWhat to Expect in Therapy, Conscious Roots Counseling page.

Ready to take the next step?

If you've read this far, you're probably looking for a practice that takes the full picture seriously. Not just the anxiety that showed up last year, but the roots of it. Not just a diagnosis, but a path forward that accounts for who you are and what you've been through.

Conscious Roots Counseling is built for exactly that. Whether trauma processing is what you need, a certified play therapist for your child, support as a caregiver navigating burnout, or a clinician who understands the emotional weight of managing a chronic illness like Type 1 Diabetes, this practice has the training and the clinical range to meet you there.

Reach out through consciousrootscincinnati.com or call (513) 278-8269 to connect with Julia and book your first session with Conscious Roots Counseling. Julia will help match you with the right clinician, and that first conversation is easier than most people expect. To read ongoing articles and resources, visit our Therapy Blog, Conscious Roots Counseling.