Tina Fountain, LCSW

Tina Fountain is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), a mental health professional trained to provide psychotherapy, practicing in Virginia with more than 18 years of experience. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, she holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology and a master's degree in clinical social work, and she maintains a long history of work in private practice offering therapy to adults, couples, children, families, and groups.

Her clinical experience spans treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, and substance use with co-occurring mental health concerns. She has worked across community behavioral health organizations, a university counseling center, and workplace settings, bringing familiarity with both short-term and ongoing support frameworks. Her background also includes crisis and disruptive event management and trauma response counseling provided to survivors of the Virginia Beach tragedy.

Fountain describes her approach as eclectic and client centered, meeting people where they are and emphasizing authenticity, empathy, and respect. She regularly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic methods, strengths-based perspectives, and mindfulness-based strategies, tailoring techniques to the needs of each client. She has provided brief therapy through Employee Assistance Programs and completed specialized training and certification in the treatment of anxiety and panic disorders.

Her goal is to help clients confront challenges, discover strengths, and work toward their fullest potential. She looks forward to supporting individuals and families as they pursue their therapeutic goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Tina Fountain integrates several evidence-informed approaches to meet individual needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping clients accept difficult experiences while committing to values-based action - it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in early relationships and how those patterns affect current relationships and intimacy, making it relevant for relationship concerns, abandonment or commitment issues, and family dynamics. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often effective for anxiety, panic, mood disorders, and stress-related difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and she works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences. Therapists adapt techniques over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - allowing clients to access care from home or work and fit sessions into varied schedules. This range of options supports ongoing engagement and makes it easier to maintain consistent therapeutic work while balancing day-to-day responsibilities.