Therapist profile
Ariel Phelps, LPC, LCMHC
North Carolina
Licensed counselor - Anger and relationships
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- CredentialsLPC, LCMHC
- LicenseLPC, Virginia / 0701011187; LCMHC, North Carolina / 18239
- NPI1013650472
- Experience6 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationNorth Carolina
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- CBT skills
- DBT strategies
About Ariel
Ariel Phelps is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with six years of clinical experience. She is licensed in Virginia as an LPC and in North Carolina as an LCMHC. Ariel focuses on practical concerns like family conflict, parenting stress, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, grief, career strain, and anger.
Ariel uses straightforward conversation to identify what is most troubling in everyday life. She draws on client-centered work to listen and reflect what matters most to each person. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot thought patterns that increase frustration and DBT skills to teach emotion regulation and distress management.
Sessions emphasize clear goals and simple strategies clients can try between meetings. That may include short experiments to test a belief, communication practices for tense conversations, or behavioral steps to reduce reactivity. Ariel helps people notice how stress and old patterns keep problems alive so they can choose different responses.
She has worked with issues connected to personality concerns, postpartum depression, process addictions, sexual trauma, and relationship betrayals. Those topics are handled with steady, structured conversations and concrete skill work rather than abstract theories.
People who come for anger-related work often leave with clearer triggers, new ways to speak in conflict, and skills to calm intense feelings. To start, the process is a short questionnaire and scheduling a first session where goals and next steps are set together.
How sessions work
How Ariel blends approaches for online work
Ariel uses client-centered therapy to build clear, respectful conversation. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and making the client's priorities the center of each session. It is useful when someone needs a calm place to sort through what matters most.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT gives concrete tools to test unhelpful thoughts, reduce automatic reactions, and change behaviors that keep problems going. This can help with anger that shows up at work or home by breaking down specific triggers and responses.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are included when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. DBT provides paced exercises for managing intense feelings and communicating under stress. These skills are practical and can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ariel will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. The plan is adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Confirm the available session options before booking, since the biography does not list specific online formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a full visit isn't needed. Discussing practical scheduling and format choices is part of the first session so therapy fits daily life.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Virginia, North Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Ariel help with?
She works with family conflict, parenting stress, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, grief, anger, career strain, and related issues listed in her profile.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical, using listening and reflection alongside skill-based work from CBT and DBT.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working in clinical settings and community care.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices with licensure in Virginia and North Carolina. Her listed base is North Carolina.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to set goals and next steps.
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 anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.