About Tina
Tina Fountain is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She offers direct, practical support for trauma, substance concerns, grief, self-esteem, and problems with focus or mood. Tina aims to make sessions straightforward and useful from the first meeting.
She has 18 years of experience and practices in Virginia. Tina uses a mix of approaches so each session fits the person she is working with.
Background and approach
She emphasizes building trust and listening carefully before suggesting ways forward. In therapy she draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking. She uses dialectical behavior skills for intense emotions and mindfulness strategies to reduce stress.
Attachment-informed ideas guide conversations about relationship patterns and closeness. Tina has worked in community behavioral health settings and university counseling, and she has provided crisis response and trauma counseling after major local incidents. That background informs how she supports people dealing with sudden loss or overwhelming events.
Her style is client-centered and pragmatic. She helps people identify small changes that add up over time. Sessions can include short-term focused work or longer exploration depending on what the person prefers.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online
Tina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to change mood and reactions. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for intense feelings and conflict.She emphasizes a collaborative process to find the best approach. The therapist and client work together to pick methods that match the person's goals and preferences, and that plan can change as needs evolve. This shared decision-making helps keep work practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into their days. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers audio only. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, skills coaching, or ongoing tracking between sessions. These options make it simpler to maintain continuity of care and to use the therapeutic tools in real life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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