About Gina
Gina Porter is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and other life changes. She works in a direct, down-to-earth way so parents and busy adults can talk through what feels overwhelming. Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings.
With 23 years of experience, Gina has worked in inpatient and outpatient mental health, substance abuse settings, and independent practice. She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness to match tools to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Treatment moves at a pace that feels comfortable for the individual. She pays attention to how past events shape present patterns, including family of origin issues and codependency. Gina helps people notice unhelpful coping habits and develop more effective reactions.
Work may include building skills for managing anger, improving sleep, or reducing substance use. Common areas she addresses include parenting strain, postpartum depression, career stress, bipolar mood concerns, and seasonal mood changes. She also supports people dealing with trauma, abuse, eating and food-related concerns, and recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.
The focus is on realistic, everyday changes that make daily life easier. Gina aims to create an empowering, nonjudgmental space for honest conversation. She will collaborate with each person to identify strengths and set achievable goals.
The goal is steady progress toward a life that feels more manageable and more like the one the person wants.
Practical approaches for online care
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence. It helps with anxiety, mood problems, sleep issues, and managing everyday stress by teaching skills you can practice between sessions. DBT, or dialectical behavior therapy, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. It is useful for strong emotions, anger, and patterns that cause repeated conflict or self-destructive coping. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. It pairs well with skill-based work when someone wants to slow down and notice patterns before reacting. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit their situation. This is a collaborative process that can change as needs evolve. Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and do skill practice together. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging can be used for brief updates, between-session coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, attend from different locations in Alabama, and keep momentum between meetings.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Sleeping disorders
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas
- Languages
- English