About Petra
Petra Gross helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She supports concerns like self-esteem, coping with grief, addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, workplace stress, and issues around identity and intimacy. Petra is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia and speaks English as well as Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian.
Her style is warm and direct. Petra aims to build a steady working relationship where clients feel heard and respected.
How Petra works
She balances empathy with practical steps that lead to change. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on small, measurable progress. Petra draws on a mix of therapeutic approaches.
She uses mindfulness and self-compassion to help people manage strong emotions. She also applies cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and develop new habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help clients clarify values and take actions that match those values.
Early sessions emphasize clear goals and a plan. Petra checks in on progress and adjusts the work as needed. She encourages accountability while keeping the tone supportive rather than critical.
This makes it easier to try new skills between sessions. With ten years of experience, Petra has worked with a broad range of concerns and life stages. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
People who prefer Bosnian, Croatian, or Serbian can be seen in those languages.
Petra lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Petra works with
The areas below are the ones Petra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Approaches for change and online care
Petra commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck on them, and it supports taking actions that match personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Petra will talk through options with each person and choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. She treats therapy as a collaborative process and adjusts strategies based on how the client is responding.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls work well for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, flexible touchpoints between sessions or when typing feels easier than speaking.
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