About Arianna
Arianna Pescatore is a clinical psychologist licensed in Indiana who draws on 21 years of experience. She uses clear, practical methods to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and struggles with addiction. She speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for a worried parent reading on a phone.
She earned a Doctor of Psychology degree, commonly written as Psy.D., and has a long history working in the federal prison system.
Background and approach
That work gave her many chances to support people through intense situations and to focus on steady, usable skills. She emphasizes building resilience, motivation, and self-esteem rather than relying on jargon. In sessions she creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through.
She helps people identify unhelpful patterns and tries to replace them with practical coping steps. The approach is collaborative and paced to what each person can handle. Arianna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness tools to address mood and behavior.
Those approaches are applied to concerns like communication problems, codependency, life purpose questions, and first responder stress. She offers sessions from Indiana and conducts work in English only. The format options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
To start, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits with the therapist's availability.
Using CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness for online support
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. It often includes small experiments and homework to change behavior and thinking patterns.DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, blends acceptance and change strategies and teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication. It can be helpful for strong emotions, anger, and problems with impulsive behavior.
Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and grounding practices to reduce rumination and increase present-moment calm. It is used alongside other approaches to manage stress and improve concentration.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made as progress and feedback guide the work.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility: video calls let people use visual cues and structured exercises, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins, and live chat or text messaging support shorter updates or coping check-ins between sessions. These formats help therapy fit into busy family schedules and shift work, while keeping consistent contact with licensed professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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