About Hannah
Hannah Phillips Hale is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia who draws on practical, present-focused methods to help people facing life stressors. She keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented, aiming for small wins that build confidence. Hannah emphasizes a partnership with clients where both people learn and adjust the plan as needed.
She brings seven years as an LPC and a longer history in mental health to her work. Hannah uses creative techniques, including art-based exercises, to help clients explore feelings without needing art experience or skill.
Background and approach
Sessions often mix talking with hands-on activities to uncover new perspectives and coping options. Her clinical approach blends several evidence-informed methods. Hannah uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking patterns and acceptance-based practices to help clients live by their values.
She also draws on attachment ideas to understand relationship patterns and on dialectical skills for emotional regulation when needed. Hannah has helped people with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, addiction, grief, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also supports those working through parenting stress, caregiving strain, career transitions, and the challenges of attention differences.
The focus is on practical steps that fit daily life. Conversations with Hannah are collaborative and paced to what a person needs right now. She prioritizes clarity and small, achievable goals before addressing deeper or longer-term concerns.
The result is a mix of immediate coping tools and ongoing personal growth.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Hannah commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify what matters most to them and take steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on noticing and changing thought and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, or unstable moods.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to understand how early relationship patterns affect current connection and communication. That approach helps people notice recurring interaction styles and try new ways of relating that can improve safety and trust in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be a collaborative decision. Hannah will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and day-to-day routines before recommending strategies. Together they decide which techniques to try first and adjust the plan as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and interactive exercises, phone sessions can fit during a break or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging lets people check in between appointments or use brief check-ins. These options aim to help clients fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English