About Arianna
Arianna Ayala greets people with a calm, direct approach. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship or identity concerns. Her focus is on practical steps people can use day to day.
She starts by listening to what matters most to the person sitting across from her. Sessions center on the client's goals and values, and Arianna guides people to notice patterns in thinking and behavior that keep problems stuck.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward tools so people can try new ways of coping between sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a frequent part of her work. Arianna helps clients link thoughts, feelings, and actions and then practices small changes to shift those patterns.
She also draws on client-centered ideas to keep the work grounded in each person's experience. Mindfulness techniques are used when clients want simple ways to reduce reactivity and manage strong emotions. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is weighing big changes, such as addressing substance use or shifting relationship habits.
Across seven years of practice, she has supported people dealing with grief, family problems, parenting strain, identity and multicultural concerns, trauma, and process addictions. Arianna aims to help clients build clearer boundaries, better communication, and steady coping skills as they move forward.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding the person's goals and experiences and shaping sessions around what matters most. It helps when someone needs a steady, validating space to sort out feelings and decide next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a hands-on approach that identifies thought and behavior patterns and tests small changes. It suits issues like anxiety, depression, stress, and many forms of addictive behavior because it breaks problems into manageable steps.
Mindfulness therapy offers simple exercises to reduce reactivity and build moment-to-moment awareness. These practices can help with emotion regulation, trauma-related symptoms, and everyday stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust that plan over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls are useful for full sessions, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing check-ins and reminders. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life while keeping the therapeutic focus intact.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English