About Georgina
Georgina Arhin is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of clinical experience in the District of Columbia. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. She aims to make first steps feel manageable and honors each person’s pace in therapy.
Georgina adapts conversations and plans to match what a person needs right now. Sessions are straightforward and focused on practical next steps. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and helps people try different ways of responding.
Background and approach
Her work draws on approaches that teach skills for managing strong emotions and building clearer communication. Georgina uses plain language and concrete exercises so coping strategies can be practiced between sessions. She also addresses deeper patterns that affect self-worth and attachment styles.
People who come to her often want relief from panic, persistent worry, low mood, or feeling disconnected from others. She also supports those facing caregiver stress, body image concerns, grief, and issues around infidelity or non-monogamous relationships. Georgina pays attention to the whole situation, including the practical limits clients face.
Therapy with Georgina moves at the client’s rhythm. She works collaboratively to set goals and chooses methods to match each person’s preferences. If someone needs a clear plan, she offers that; if someone needs space to process feelings, she provides that too.
How specific approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It’s useful for stress, anxiety, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going, and it can help with panic attacks, low mood, and worry. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people build more supported ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and what feels most helpful. Together they try a path that fits the client’s needs and adjust it over time based on what works.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit short check-ins into a day and to keep momentum between sessions. These options help make therapy practical and easier to maintain alongside daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia
- Languages
- English