About Justin
Justin Cross is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works with adults in Virginia. He focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction, relationship strain, and ADHD. He aims to make conversations straightforward and useful so people can try small changes that feel doable.
Justin holds two master's degrees, one in counseling and one in theology, and brings nine years of experience in behavioral health. Before counseling, he spent nearly seven years as a hospice medical social worker, supporting people through loss and difficult medical journeys.
Background and approach
That background shaped his calm, steady approach. His style is person-centered, which means he starts by accepting people where they are. He listens first, and then helps identify what the client wants to change.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Justin also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people manage symptoms and test new thinking and behaviors. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to clarify values and motivate action.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods are used when someone wants clear steps and goals. In sessions he aims for plain language and concrete tools. Conversations often include problem-solving, behavior experiments, and short practical exercises to try between meetings.
He offers video, phone, live chat, and text options for meeting the needs of different schedules and communication styles.
How Justin’s approaches work online
Justin blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small steps toward those values, which can help when someone feels stuck by worry or avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Justin listens to each person's goals and preferences and then suggests which methods to try first. He treats the process as a collaboration and adjusts the plan based on what the client finds helpful and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video lets people use body language and visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, and live chat or text can suit shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options aim to make regular work on goals more practical and consistent for different lifestyles.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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