Arielle Shipp , LPC

Arielle Shipp is a Virginia-licensed LPC with 14 years of clinical experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, motivation struggles, low self-esteem and depression. As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), she draws on practical therapeutic methods to help clients identify strengths, build coping skills, and move toward clearer, more manageable patterns of thinking and behavior.

She approaches each person as the expert of their own story, collaborating to set achievable goals and to explore meaningful change. Arielle emphasizes a strengths-based perspective, helping clients recognize resilience while offering guidance through difficult transitions and emotional challenges.

Taking the first step toward greater wellbeing takes courage, and Arielle provides steady support throughout that process. Her style is warm and professional, focused on creating a respectful, goal-oriented experience tailored to each client’s needs and pace.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It is practical and skill-focused, often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and other everyday challenges.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is an approach that supports processing of traumatic memories and the emotions tied to them. It can help reduce the intensity of distressing memories and improve coping when trauma or abuse have affected daily life.

Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on understanding and addressing the impacts of trauma with tailored strategies that promote safety, stabilization, and gradual recovery. It is often combined with other methods like CBT or EMDR to meet individual needs.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Arielle works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit their goals, preferences, and circumstances, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility by allowing sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of care with licensed professionals and therapists when in-person visits are not practical.