Tina Fountain, LCSW

Tina Fountain is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia who focuses on addictions, mood concerns, and relationship stress. She helps people manage anxiety, depression, grief, and changes that follow loss or major life shifts. Her approach emphasizes starting where a person is and building a trusting working relationship first.

Tina draws on many practical methods rather than a single prescription. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns. She also works with acceptance and mindfulness strategies to reduce reactivity and increase presence in daily life.

Attachment-based ideas help her look at how early relationships shape current bonds and patterns in close relationships. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used for emotional regulation and coping during intense moments. Her style is straightforward, respectful, and empathetic, with an emphasis on small, manageable changes.

Her career includes 18 years of clinical experience in community behavioral health, university counseling, workplace settings, and private practice. Tina has provided trauma response counseling after community tragedies and has worked with people facing substance use alongside other mental health concerns.

Tina earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology and a Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She describes therapy as a collaborative process and aims to help people identify strengths, confront challenges, and move toward clearer goals.

How evidence-based methods translate to online care

Many of Tina's approaches lend themselves to online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors through practical exercises, which can be assigned as between-session tasks. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches values-driven action and acceptance strategies to reduce struggle with difficult feelings, useful for managing anxiety or cravings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and supports building healthier ways of relating, which can be discussed and practiced in sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Tina will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to address. That choice may shift over time as progress and priorities change.

Specific session formats were not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example allowing shorter check-ins during a work break or avoiding travel time. It also lets people use tools like worksheets, guided mindfulness practices, and behavioral homework between meetings to support steady progress.