About Arielle
Arielle Griffin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Virginia. She brings six years of post-graduate clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people cope with stress and anxiety. Arielle works with adults facing relationship concerns, career strain, grief, and life transitions.
Her approach is warm and inviting. She listens first and builds a plan shaped by each person’s goals.
Background and approach
Sessions combine client-centered care with practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when helpful. Arielle also uses mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing to support change. That mix is useful when someone needs help managing strong emotions, breaking unhelpful patterns, or building healthier routines.
She helps people set doable steps and practice new skills between visits. She has experience in outpatient clinics, hospital settings, pediatric outpatient care, and higher-intensity programs like Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs. That background informs how she structures sessions and coordinates care when more support is needed.
Outside of work, Arielle enjoys reading, traveling, Pilates, and mindfulness practice. She aims for an approachable style that helps people feel heard and move forward with clearer goals.
How Arielle’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a therapy plan around what matters to the person. It helps when someone wants a space to be heard and to set goals at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety or low mood. It is useful for stress, social anxiety, and workplace or school challenges. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness and is used when strong feelings get in the way of daily life.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then suggest strategies to try together. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most for the client’s specific concerns.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let therapists observe tone and expression for deeper work. Phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging supports brief check-ins, skill practice, and flexible communication between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules while keeping care consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Florida, District of Columbia, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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