About Whitney
Whitney Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She brings five years of clinical work to sessions and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, addiction concerns, and life transitions. Whitney aims to create an open space where people feel heard and respected.
Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people identify practical steps they can try between sessions. Whitney uses talk, skill-building, and mindfulness exercises to help reduce overwhelm and improve everyday coping.
Background and approach
Whitney draws on approaches such as client-centered work and cognitive behavioral strategies to address thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems stuck. She also uses emotionally-focused ideas to improve communication and understanding in relationships. Mindfulness practices are offered to help people manage intense emotions and stay grounded.
She has experience supporting people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, and substance and process addictions. Whitney has also worked in settings that include 12-step programs and medication-assisted treatment, and she brings that background into how she plans care. Sessions emphasize practical tools and honest conversation.
People who want clear steps, emotional support, and help building new habits may find her approach useful. Whitney works with individuals seeking help for relationships, mood concerns, compulsive behaviors, and major life changes.
How Whitney’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. In practice this means sessions begin with open conversation about what matters now and then prioritize goals the person names. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and compulsive patterns. It often includes simple exercises and clear steps to practice between sessions.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Whitney will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they shape a plan that may mix listening, skills practice, emotion-focused conversations, and mindfulness depending on what fits best.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let conversations feel closer to in-person sessions while still fitting around work or family demands. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins and shorter, more frequent contact between full sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to practice new skills in everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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