Ina Thompson, LPC

Ina Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 23 years of experience. She brings steady, calm guidance to people facing worry, low mood, trauma, and life changes. Ina offers work in English and German and uses straightforward methods to help clients find relief and direction.

Ina focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. She uses approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with time set aside to practice skills between meetings.

Her background includes long-term work with people dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, attention differences, substance issues, grief, and the stress of caregiving. She also supports people facing identity and LGBT questions, relationship concerns, eating or sleeping difficulties, and challenges tied to aging and life transitions.

Ina keeps the session simple and direct. She listens first, helps clarify priorities, and offers tools that match the situation. When emotions run high, she may add dialectical skills to help regulate intense feelings and improve coping.

Therapy with Ina often blends structure and empathy. She helps people set realistic goals, learn strategies from therapies such as CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and practice new habits. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and increase capacity for handling daily demands.

How online approaches and sessions work together

Ina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify thoughts and patterns that feed anxiety or low mood, and then practice small, practical behavior changes. CBT is useful for addressing worry, sleep or eating problems, and managing symptoms of depression.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice uncomfortable feelings without getting stuck and to clarify what matters most. ACT can be helpful for coping with stress, chronic difficulties, and painful memories. Attachment-Based Therapy skills are used when relationship patterns and early bonds affect current functioning; this work focuses on understanding relational needs and building more secure ways of relating.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ina collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She tailors sessions so tools and exercises match real-life routines and challenges.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for teaching skills and deeper conversation, phone can be a quicker check-in when bandwidth is low, and messaging or chat is useful for brief updates, coping prompts, or skill practice between sessions. These options give flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or other time pressures, while keeping therapy consistent and practical.