About Arielle
Arielle Griffin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in Virginia. She brings six years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and career or life transitions. Her approach is warm and inviting.
She listens first, then helps people set small, workable goals. Sessions often include practical tools from cognitive behavioral methods and skills for managing emotions and relationships.
Background and approach
Arielle has worked in outpatient and hospital settings and with programs that support people through more intensive care. That background informs how she structures sessions and responds when someone is under a lot of pressure or facing grief. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, workplace issues, and pregnancy and childbirth concerns.
Arielle helps people explore values, work on communication problems, and rebuild self-worth after setbacks. Conversations with her are collaborative. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques to help people notice patterns, weigh options, and make choices that fit their life.
She encourages practical steps between sessions to help progress feel tangible. Outside of clinical work she enjoys reading, travel, pilates, and mindfulness practice. Arielle holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and offers services in English for adults in Virginia.
Therapeutic approaches in online sessions
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a plan around each person's needs. This approach helps people feel heard and guides conversations toward goals they care about.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress because it breaks problems into manageable steps and skill practice.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. DBT techniques are helpful for handling intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing repeated patterns that cause pain.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and tailor methods to fit their life. Adjustments can be made as work progresses so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls work well for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it simpler to fit brief check-ins or to keep momentum between longer sessions. These formats increase flexibility and make it easier to get consistent support around a busy schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Florida, District of Columbia, Virginia
- Languages
- English