Ava Roush, LPC

Ava Roush is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She supports people facing trauma, grief, addiction, body image struggles, and issues around gender and sexual identity. Her approach emphasizes everyday thoughts and habits people use to cope. Ava brings nine years of counseling experience to sessions and has worked with people impacted by abuse, trauma, mood disorders, and personality concerns. She uses straightforward conversation and active listening to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings. Her style is warm and upbeat, with a nonjudgmental tone. Ava mixes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that fit each person. She adapts pacing and homework to match clients' lives and goals. In sessions she helps people notice thoughts and everyday habits that keep problems going. Then she works with them to try new ways of responding to stress, emotions, and relationship triggers. Progress is tracked in small, observable changes rather than labels. Ava works from West Virginia and conducts therapy in English. She accepts international clients. When someone is ready to begin, she asks them to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

How these approaches translate to online care

Ava commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her work. ACT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that fit their values, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. CBT focuses on spotting thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going and then practicing small, concrete changes to shift those patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, daily habits, and preferences, then try techniques that match those needs. Clients and the therapist check in and adjust the plan as they learn what helps.

The profile does not specify which online session formats are provided, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people work on skills in the settings where they live. Licensed professionals can guide practice exercises, mindfulness work, and behavior experiments that translate well to remote sessions.