How Cassandra works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cassandra
Cassandra Tordosinsky is a licensed professional counselor with 13 years of experience in Michigan. She guides people through stressful life moments and helps them untangle recurring patterns that lead to anxiety, anger, or addiction. Cassandra emphasizes listening first and making practical plans that fit each person’s life.
She uses a person-centered approach that keeps the client in charge of goals and choices. Sessions focus on identifying strengths and building steps that lead toward change.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is part of her work to help people see how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Cassandra often supports people facing depression, trauma, grief, relationship strain, and parenting stress. She also addresses concerns like sleep and eating difficulties, self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Her practice includes care for those dealing with chronic illness and caregiver stress. Therapy sessions can include talking through decisions, practicing new skills, and trying small experiments between meetings. The aim is practical progress rather than abstract theory.
Cassandra encourages steady work toward goals while acknowledging setbacks as part of the process. Clients typically meet via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Costs vary with location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, finish a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to availability.
What Cassandra works with
Everything Cassandra lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Cassandra's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cassandra lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people test small changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, low mood, or anger. It often involves short exercises and practical homework between sessions.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and giving the person space to find their own answers. This approach is helpful for people who need validation, clearer self-understanding, and support when making difficult decisions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try methods that match those needs. Together they adjust the plan as progress and setbacks occur, aiming for real-world improvements that feel manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simple option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text sessions work for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Cassandra
What concerns does Cassandra address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, trauma and related issues like grief, relationship strain, and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She practices a person-centered style and uses solution-focused conversations to build steps toward change while listening without judgment.
What is her professional background?
Cassandra has 13 years of experience as a licensed professional counselor and runs a small independent practice called Authentic Living Counseling.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is based in Michigan and holds the MI LPC credential as a licensed professional counselor.
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.