About Tina
Tina Fountain is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, and life changes. She works with adults on issues such as depression, addiction, ADHD, trauma and intimacy concerns. Tina speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She brings 18 years of experience in clinical settings and independent practice across Virginia. Her background includes work in community behavioral health and university counseling, as well as short-term therapy for employee assistance programs.
Background and approach
She has also been involved in crisis response and trauma counseling after community tragedies. Tina’s style is direct and client-centered. She begins by building a clear, respectful relationship and then helps people identify small, manageable goals.
Sessions mix talk, skills practice, and reminders to try things between meetings. The approaches she draws on include cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and acceptance-based ideas to change unhelpful patterns. She also uses attachment-informed perspectives to look at relationship patterns, and skills from dialectical behavior work to manage intense emotions.
People who come to Tina often want better ways to handle panic, mood swings, parenting strain, or relationship conflict. She supports clients in naming painful patterns - like control issues, abandonment fears, or isolation - and learning different ways to respond. Her aim is to help people make steady, realistic changes that fit day-to-day life.
Approaches you can use remotely
Tina commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in online work. ACT helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck and choose actions that match their values. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing different behaviors to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms.She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how relationship patterns shape reactions. That approach helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and try new ways of connecting. Tina views finding the right approach as a team effort and will help clients experiment and decide what feels most helpful for their goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit brief support into a busy day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English