- Client-centered care
- Skill focused
- Adoption and foster care
About Arielle
Arielle Griffin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with LCSW and LICSW credentials. She practices in Virginia and brings six years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and life changes.
Arielle uses a warm, inviting style. She listens closely and helps people clarify what matters to them. Sessions focus on practical steps and on building skills that fit each person's day-to-day life.
Her work draws on client-centered care and cognitive-behavioral strategies, along with dialectical behavior and mindfulness techniques. She blends these approaches to help with mood, worry, self-esteem, and coping skills. Motivational interviewing is used to strengthen a person’s own reasons for change.
Arielle has experience in outpatient medical settings, hospital care, pediatric outpatient offices, and higher-intensity programs such as partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. She has provided individual and group therapy, and has worked with people managing trauma and grief.
She also focuses on adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, workplace struggles, and issues that affect young adults and women. Outside of therapy she enjoys reading, travel, pilates, and mindfulness practice.
People who meet with Arielle can expect collaborative planning and a treatment path tailored to their goals. She aims to help clients feel more grounded and able to handle everyday challenges.
How Arielle's Approaches Translate to Online Care
Arielle uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, listening-first space where the client's goals guide each session. This approach focuses on understanding what matters to the person and adjusting the work to fit their needs. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and manage mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals, life demands, and personal preference. That choice can change over time as goals and needs change.
The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats. Confirm the available formats before booking so you know how sessions will be delivered. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins between appointments, or make sessions possible when leaving work for an hour is hard. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and client-centered methods to remote sessions to focus on skill-building, emotional processing, and problem solving.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Florida, District of Columbia, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Arielle commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, depression, grief, self-esteem, workplace challenges, and compassion fatigue, among others.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is inviting and caring. She uses client-centered listening combined with practical strategies from cognitive-behavioral and dialectical approaches.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has six years of post-graduate clinical experience in outpatient medical care, hospitals, pediatric outpatient offices, and higher-intensity programs like partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices in Virginia.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before scheduling.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to meet with Arielle?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.