Connor W. Rinebold
Therapist
Approach to Therapy
Connor's aim is to work with you in a way that is tailored to you, so that the evidence of your progress is apparent in your day-to-day experiences and relationships. Through a strength-based approach and evidence-based practices, his hope is for you to feel a greater sense of autonomy, belongingness, and competency. Connor believes in healing that can be found through finding meaning for your life and by overcoming the obstacles in your experience.Experience
While completing his Master's Degree in counseling at the University of Rochester, Connor started working with veterans of all ages. Since completing his degree, Connor has worked for UPMC's Narcotic Addiction Treatment Program (NATP) with substance use disorders that appeared with other conditions, including PTSD, depressive disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar, and more. While working with NATP, Connor completed assessments and psychotherapy for young adults and postpartum mothers with UPMC Bellefield and Magee. Most recently, Connor has been working with adults and adolescents with adjustment disorders, depression, anxiety, and PTSD through Samaritan Counseling Center and Grow Therapy.Specialties
Addiction, Anxiety, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Bipolar Disorders, Career Challenges, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Compassion Fatigue, Coping with Life Changes, Depression, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eating Disorders, Family Conflicts, Grief & Loss, Men's Health, Military & First Responders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Personality Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Relationship Challenges, Self Esteem and Confidence, Stress Management, Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Suicidality, Trauma and Abuse, Women's HealthHobbies and Interests
Connor is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys being outdoors, running, hiking, and other outdoor sports. Connor keeps active through weightlifting and exercise when he is not staying at home playing with his dogs or reading. Connor is also a commissioned officer in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, so once a month and two weeks in the summer he is training with his unit."For the understanding adapts and alters every obstacle to action to suit its object, and a hindrance to a given duty becomes a help, an obstacle in a given path a furtherance. - Marcus Aurelius"
