About Arielle
Arielle Shipp is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and problems with sleep and self-esteem. She supports people facing life changes, grief, parenting challenges, anger, career strain, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. Her focus also includes body image, fertility and pregnancy-related concerns, postpartum depression, communication problems, forgiveness, and women's issues.
She works in a straightforward, collaborative way. Sessions are practical and goal-focused.
Background and approach
She listens, helps people name what matters most, and offers tools they can use between meetings. Progress is paced to fit each person's needs. Arielle uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
She also draws on trauma-focused methods and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when past events are affecting daily life. These approaches are adapted to the situation and the person's comfort level. With 14 years of clinical experience, she brings steady, calm support to stressful moments.
She treats each person as the expert on their own life and builds on their existing strengths. Sessions aim to increase coping, improve sleep and mood, and restore a sense of control. Work is offered in English and based in Virginia.
People will find a mix of practical exercises, talk-based problem solving, and paced trauma work when appropriate. The therapist encourages small, achievable steps toward better day-to-day functioning.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Arielle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors that affect mood and daily function. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress-related difficulties.She also uses trauma-focused therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when past events continue to cause distress. Trauma-focused work aims to reduce the hold of painful memories, and EMDR is a structured way to reprocess those memories so they feel less overwhelming.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, history, goals, and preferences, and together they will try approaches that fit the person's needs. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules. Video works well for full conversations and exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins and flexible support between longer sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English