Ariel Phelps, LPC, LCMHC

Ariel Phelps is a licensed counselor with six years of clinical experience. She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential and the Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential and works from North Carolina. Ariel writes in a straightforward way and focuses on helping people take practical steps forward.

Ariel emphasizes cognitive behavioral techniques alongside a client-centered approach. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and test more helpful ways of thinking and acting. That work is often paired with skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage strong emotions and reduce impulsive reactions.

Her practice focuses on common life concerns. Parents and people facing family conflict can get support with parenting strain, relationship tensions, and changes at home. She also works with depression, anxiety, stress, grief, anger, career concerns, and low self-esteem.

Ariel also supports people dealing with specific issues such as fertility and postpartum struggles, sexual assault and abuse, infidelity and jealousy, and process addictions like gambling or problematic pornography use. She addresses personality-related challenges including avoidant and dependent patterns and other personality disorders using practical strategies.

Sessions are shaped to each person's needs. Ariel aims to talk through goals, set clear steps, and adjust the plan as progress is made. She encourages small, doable changes that fit everyday life and recognizes that getting started takes courage.

CBT, DBT, and Client-Centered Care Online

Ariel uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments. CBT is practical and often focuses on changing daily habits that keep problems going.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions are guided by the person's goals and experiences. That approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the person's pace. Dialectical behavior therapy supplies concrete emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills that can reduce impulsive responses and intense mood swings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ariel will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, then tailor the mix of CBT, DBT skills, and client-centered support. This is a collaborative process and plans are adjusted as needs change.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video can approximate in-person conversation, phone works well when video is difficult, chat allows quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing homework and brief updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work and family life while using techniques that translate to everyday situations.