About Ava
Ava Roush is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in West Virginia who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and LGBTQ-related issues. She also supports those facing grief, addiction, sleep and eating struggles, anger, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. Her first goal is to make it easier to talk about what feels overwhelming right now.
Her style is warm and upbeat. She uses a nonjudgmental tone and adjusts how she communicates to match each person.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings as well as talking through what’s most pressing in the moment. Ava blends several approaches to match needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters most and take small committed actions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy add tools for managing emotion and improving connection. With nine years of experience she has worked with many different concerns, including trauma, personality-related struggles, and problems tied to chronic illness or caregiving stress.
She also addresses body image, codependency, communication problems, and issues around fertility and gender dysphoria. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled in multiple online formats. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client’s needs.
Ava aims to create clear, manageable plans so people can make steady progress toward their goals.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take small actions that align with those values. It’s useful when people feel stuck or overwhelmed by unwanted thoughts and want to build a more meaningful routine. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going and replacing them with more helpful habits; it’s practical for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion regulation, distress-tolerance, and interpersonal tools that help when emotions feel intense or relationships are strained.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as needs change. That means trying techniques, tracking what helps, and shifting focus when something isn’t working.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different days and energy levels. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people share brief updates, practice skills in the moment, or fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep consistent momentum and use therapy in ways that fit daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English