Arielle Shipp

Arielle Shipp is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Virginia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, career concerns, and other life strains. She brings 14 years of experience to conversations about grief, sleep problems, parenting stress, anger, bipolar challenges, and compassion fatigue. She also supports work on body image, communication problems, fertility and pregnancy-related issues, postpartum depression, forgiveness, and self-love.

Her style is straightforward and respectful. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer thinking, and skills that can be used between meetings. The tone is encouraging and direct rather than clinical or distant.

Arielle uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and Trauma-Focused Therapy when they fit a person’s needs. Those methods are tools to help process difficult memories, change thinking patterns, and manage symptoms day to day. She works together with each person to decide which techniques feel right.

People can expect an emphasis on goals they set, small experiments to try between sessions, and regular check-ins about progress. She aims to make therapy feel like a doable part of life, not an extra burden. The aim is clearer thinking, better coping, and more manageable days.

To begin, readers should use the site Start Therapy flow to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability. Confirm current session options before booking.

How her approaches translate to online care

Arielle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT often includes practical exercises and small experiments a person can use between sessions to change thinking and reduce symptoms.

She also brings Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, as an option for processing distressing memories. EMDR involves guided attention and step-by-step work to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories when that approach fits the person's goals.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, history, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on how those methods feel and what progress is made.

Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and let people use quieter surroundings or a break at work for a shorter check-in. It also allows work on trauma, anxiety, and career-related issues from wherever the client is located within the therapist's practice area.