Jane Ahern, LPCC

Jane Ahern is an Ohio-licensed LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) with 24 years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. She brings a broad clinical background shaped by years of direct service and specialized training, and she adapts her approach to meet each person’s specific needs.

Originally from Ireland, she understands the emotional and practical demands of adapting to a new environment, a perspective that informs her work with clients facing transitions. Early in her career she founded a college counseling center and spent seven years developing services for students, and she has also provided care at The Free Clinic in Cleveland. Her clinical training includes programs at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and the Psychoanalytic Institute of Cleveland, along with a one-year program in spirituality that explored a range of spiritual practices and how they can inform healing.

Jane practices with respect, sensitivity, and compassion and tailors conversations and treatment plans to the unique circumstances of each person. She frames the first step toward greater well-being as a courageous move and offers steady support throughout the process.

Integrating Gestalt and Psychodynamic Approaches in Online Care

Jane Ahern draws on training in Gestalt work to help clients increase present-moment awareness, notice patterns in thoughts and feelings, and try new ways of relating - approaches that can be useful for anxiety, stress, and relational difficulties. She also incorporates psychoanalytic-informed ideas to explore recurring life patterns and the ways past experiences influence current behavior, which can be helpful when addressing trauma, relationship struggles, or long-standing emotional themes.

She combines these perspectives with an openness to spiritual practices studied in her one-year training when clients wish to bring these resources into therapy. Choosing the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process - Jane works with each person to identify goals, test what feels most effective, and adjust the plan over time based on needs and preferences.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility that supports this collaborative work. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow licensed professionals and therapists to meet clients where they are, fit sessions into busy schedules, and maintain continuity of care across locations, making it easier to pursue consistent, meaningful progress.