About Ina
Ina Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with 23 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, and trauma. Ina also supports those facing addiction, parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, and challenges tied to identity and relationships.
Ina works in a straightforward, respectful way. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. She listens for patterns that get in the way and helps people try small, useful changes.
Background and approach
Clients can expect clear options rather than long explanations. Her approach draws on methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-informed work, and client-centered listening. She blends these tools to suit each person’s needs and pace.
The aim is to reduce overwhelm and build steady skills for everyday life. Ina has experience with a wide range of concerns including family of origin issues, adoption and foster care, aging, caregiver stress, first responder challenges, and neurodiversity like autism and attention differences. She also addresses mood disorders, bipolar concerns, and coping with major life changes.
Sessions are offered in English and German and include options like video, phone, chat, or text messaging. Ina encourages people to take the first step, bring one problem they want to change, and work together toward practical relief and clearer next steps.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, ADHD-related struggles, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying different behaviors to reduce symptoms like low mood, worry, or sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relational patterns that began early in life and helps people form more supported ways of relating in adult relationships and parenting.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Ina will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs and preferences. That fit is checked over time and adjusted if something isn’t helping. The process is about practical change and steady skill building rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visible cues. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, skill coaching between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to get consistent support while juggling work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace 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
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English, German
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