Norene Vello, LPCC

Norene Vello is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio with a Master of Arts in Pastoral Clinical Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary and 20 years of clinical experience. She frames therapy as a collaborative journey, offering steady presence, attentive listening, and nonjudgmental guidance to help people navigate life’s bumps and roadblocks.

She has worked with individuals ranging in age from 6 to 82, using tools such as cognitive and achievement assessments, mindfulness breathing exercises, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients better understand themselves and address persistent struggles. Norene’s experience includes nearly two decades of co-facilitating small women’s groups, where she applied Biblical principles alongside spiritual mindfulness, meditation, prayer, journaling, art, nature, music, CBT, and positive psychotherapy to address depression, anxiety, self-esteem, abuse, and self-destructive patterns.

Her therapeutic lens is holistic, attending to the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual aspects of a person, and recognizing that pain in one area affects the whole self. Norene emphasizes belonging, acceptance, meaning, and purpose as foundations for well-being that develop from childhood and continue throughout life. Her session goals include fostering safety, peace, health, contentment, healing, and wholeness in God, and she welcomes the opportunity to walk alongside those who invite her support.