Therapist profile
Aleta Gibbs, LPC
Virginia
LPC in Virginia - Stress and Addictions
Continue with AletaWhere Aleta stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Virginia / 0701011490
- NPI
- 1861059628
- Experience
- 4 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Virginia
About
About Aleta
Aleta Gibbs is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with four years of clinical experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Aleta also works with concerns that often overlap these issues, including abandonment, attachment struggles, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and codependency.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people build practical coping skills. Sessions focus on clear strategies for managing strong emotions, reducing overwhelm, and setting personal boundaries. Conversations are direct and geared toward small, manageable changes that fit into everyday life.
Aleta aims to help people increase emotional awareness and strengthen their ability to manage triggers. She works with clients to identify patterns that keep them stuck, such as people-pleasing or losing oneself in relationships, and to practice different ways of responding. Treatment includes skills for emotional regulation and planning next steps outside of sessions.
Her approach is collaborative: she and the client choose what to try based on current needs and goals. Aleta explains tools plainly and checks in about what is actually working. Sessions also consider practical life factors like health, caregiving responsibilities, and stress related to aging or medical conditions.
People meet with Aleta to address immediate difficulties as well as longer term patterns. She supports clients who want clearer boundaries, reduced anxiety, or help coping around another person's substance use or strong moods. Work with her is organized, skill-focused, and aimed at usable change.
How sessions work
How evidence-based techniques translate to online work
Aleta uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. One common focus is emotion regulation skills that teach ways to manage intense feelings and reduce reactivity. These skills help with anxiety, stress, and recovery from trauma by offering concrete steps to use when emotions rise.Another frequent element is boundary and coping skills training. That work looks at patterns like people-pleasing or codependent responses and practices new behaviors in small, manageable steps. These approaches aim to help people respond differently in difficult interactions and to plan actions between sessions.
Deciding which approaches to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they try methods and adjust based on what fits the client’s life and preferences.
Specific session formats were not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skills practice for remote work so clients can apply tools in everyday situations.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas include codependency, attachment issues, caregiving stress, and chronic illness.
How would she describe her approach?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on practical coping skills. Sessions emphasize emotional regulation, boundary work, and step-by-step change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of experience as a practicing clinician. That experience has included work with stress, addiction, trauma, and related concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Virginia and works with clients based in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided when selecting plan details.
How do I get started?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.