Eric Riesterer

Eric Riesterer is a licensed professional counselor and is pursuing his licensed professional clinical counseling license. He sees clients via online therapy using Doxy.me, a HIPAA-compliant and confidential telehealth platform.

I completed my Master’s in Counseling and Human Developmental Therapy at Walsh University. My experience in counseling psychotherapy began in 2019 through Non-Profit work in the Canton and North Canton communities through Commquest Services, Walsh University’s Fr. Herttna Counseling Center and school-based psychotherapy services through Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health at GlenOak HS/MS and Plain Elementary school. Transitioning to Private Practice, I have 2 years of experience focused on helping clients with anxiety, depression, trauma treatment, family counseling, child/adolescent counseling and boy’s/men’s issues both in Cuyahoga Falls.

My job is to provide you with a safe environment to process stressors, traumatic experiences and your personal relationships with educational strategies, resources and skills to place you in a position to excel through your own use of skills on a daily basis and to help restore balance within your life.
I believe that counseling is an empowering experience that allows you to take charge of your own mental health with my guidance from life experiences and education alongside you in a journey to wellness.

My specialties include working with anxiety, depression, grief and bereavement, trauma treatment, relationship issues, school-performance, boy’s/men’s issues, family counseling and assisting in the exploration of balance within your life. I am presently under dual supervision in both traditional Counseling and Couples Counseling under the guidance of Yvonne Judge, AMFT & Catherine Thier, LPCC-S., IMFT-S.

I enjoy working with several populations and believe that my unique experiences help relay complicated clinical theory to address your needs in therapy. My experience outside of counseling includes several years of collegiate athletics and a post-collegiate athletic career with a proven track record in reducing performance anxiety and stressors associated with the high pressures of elite athletics and competition. I have worked with several school districts as a track & field/cross-country coach and my athletes have found psychological approach to athletics helps ground them in the moment and move towards peak performance and enjoyment in sport. I also understand that stressors of our military members with 6 years of experience in the US Army Reserves working in petroleum/oil transportation and combat-environment setup of oil/gas systems. I have personal experience from my army career adjusting to and managing many of the stressors associated with military service and understand the problems that service members face as a peer able to help you move forward with your mental health and/or trauma.