About Whitney
Whitney Thompson is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She brings five years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on clear, practical help for everyday struggles. Whitney aims to create a calm space where people can talk without judgment and begin to make small, manageable changes.
She uses straightforward methods to address stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger. Whitney also supports people facing addiction, process addictions, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, and relationship problems.
How Whitney works
She helps parents navigate parenting stress and fertility or postpartum-related challenges while recognizing the strain caregivers can face. Whitney draws on client-centered approaches that prioritize each person’s goals. She adds cognitive work to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and emotion-focused techniques to improve connection and communication.
Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment coping skills. Her background includes work with medication-assisted treatment programs, 12-step groups, and therapeutic groups, which inform a practical approach to recovery and relapse prevention. Whitney’s experience also includes supporting people in alternative sexual cultures, those exploring non-monogamous relationships, and individuals on the autism spectrum.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to what the person needs. Whitney helps people set concrete goals, practice skills between sessions, and track progress over time. She speaks English and works with adults in Pennsylvania.
Whitney lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Whitney works with
The areas below are the ones Whitney selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How approaches like CBT and client-centered work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following the person’s goals. In practice this means sessions start by asking what matters most and shaping sessions around those priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and teaches practical skills to change patterns of thinking and behavior. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and many stress-related problems.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk about goals and try methods to see what fits. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust direction, blending listening, cognitive tools, emotion-focused steps, or mindfulness practices as needed.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit a short break or work into a busy day and use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people choose the format that works best for their routine.
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A practical next step
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