About Gina
Gina Helms is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Alabama who focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. She uses straightforward, compassionate care to help people manage anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, trauma, and related concerns. Her approach centers on building a nonjudgmental space.
Gina listens first and matches tools to what each person needs. Sessions are aimed at clear goals and small steps that fit real life. She draws from several evidence-informed methods, including cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment techniques, dialectical behavior skills, attachment-focused ideas, and client-centered listening.
Background and approach
Gina also uses mindfulness and somatic techniques when they fit a person’s needs. Gina has four years of counseling experience and holds an Alabama LPC. She has worked with people facing panic, social phobia, body image struggles, PTSD, survivors of abuse, and co-occurring substance and mental health difficulties.
That range helps her adapt to different problems and life stages. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful patterns, develop coping skills, and practice new ways of responding to stress and relationships. The work is collaborative - she supports, teaches, and adjusts as people make progress.
Her aim is to help clients build a healthier, more satisfying daily life.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-driven actions. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and patterns that hold people back. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adjust over time. This collaborative process helps determine whether ACT, CBT, DBT, or a mix fits best for the person’s needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or movement is a concern. Live chat or text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapy focused and practical.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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