Arielle Griffin

Arielle Griffin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with LCSW and LICSW credentials. She practices in Virginia and brings six years of direct clinical experience. Arielle focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem, grief, and coping with life changes. Her approach is warm and client-centered. She listens first, then works together with each person to build a plan that fits their needs. Sessions draw on practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. Arielle has experience in outpatient and hospital settings, and has supported people in group and individual formats. She has worked with people navigating adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, pregnancy and childbirth issues, and workplace or career challenges. She also supports those facing compassion fatigue and intimacy-related concerns. Expect sessions that balance support with skill building. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques are used to help people find motivation and calm in daily life. Treatment plans are individualized and adjusted as goals and needs evolve. Outside of therapy, Arielle enjoys reading, traveling, pilates, and practicing mindfulness. She aims to create an inviting space where people feel heard and can take practical steps toward feeling better.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Arielle uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's goals and experience, creating space to be heard and understood. This approach helps people clarify what they want from therapy and shapes the work that follows.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. CBT provides step-by-step tools to reduce anxiety, shift negative thinking, and solve practical problems. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used to help manage intense emotions and build techniques for distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works with clients to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can be adjusted as work progresses.

Confirm session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time so people can meet from work breaks or between errands. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT skills to an online setting to practice techniques in real life and review progress together.