Gaye Jones-Washington, LPC

Gaye Jones-Washington is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and relationship struggles. She also supports those facing grief, parenting challenges, career questions, and life changes. Her approach aims to make coping skills practical and usable in day-to-day life.

Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental setting where goals are clear and work is collaborative. Sessions focus on concrete steps rather than long abstract talks. Gaye draws on evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to address unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.

She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and healthier ways to handle conflict. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change or needs help finding direction. The work is paced to what each person can manage in the moment.

Gaye has four years of clinical experience and practices in Arkansas. She brings practical problem solving to issues like anger, intimacy-related concerns, eating difficulties, and compassion fatigue. She is available to people who prefer straightforward guidance and tools they can use between sessions.

Her style is warm and goal-focused. People who want clear steps, regular check-ins, and strategies they can try right away may find this approach helpful. Sessions are conducted in English and can be scheduled to fit varied routines.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It helps with anxiety, depression, and everyday stress by teaching practical exercises and behavior changes to use between sessions.

Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. It gives step-by-step skills for handling intense feelings and reducing conflict in relationships.

Gaye will work together with each person to choose the most helpful approach based on needs and goals. That conversation is collaborative and may mix techniques from CBT, DBT, and client-centered work to match what feels useful and doable.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone calls can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, live chat is good for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets someone reflect before replying. These options make it easier to fit regular work on problems into a busy life while keeping the therapist relationship consistent and focused.