Ariel (Ariel (she/her/hers)) Virk
(She/Her/Hers)
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
I welcome and affirm all identities and specialize in Clinical Trauma, racial trauma, multicultural experiences, and systemic and oppression issues.
I look forward to meeting with you. My approach is warm, accepting, and interactive. My focus is to try to ask the right questions so that the clients can find the answers inside, thereby creating a space for my clients to be their authentic selves. My goal in therapy is to get my clients to sit, feel, and experience their emotions and help equip them with the skills needed. My clientele spans all ages, teens, young adults, and adults. Clients come to me because they struggle with a symptom calling them to begin examining their lives. My clients struggle with anxiety, depression, family conflict, disordered eating, or difficulty allowing closeness in their relationships. My focus of concentration and training includes both clinical trauma and adolescent therapy. As a multiracial therapist of color, I bring a multicultural approach to my work and our practice. I work to address any environmental, racial, intergenerational, and ancestral traumas experienced by the client.
Practice hours (EST)
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Body Image
- Burnout
- Childhood Abuse
- Conflict Resolution
- Dependent Personality
- Depression
- Divorce
- Eating Concerns
- End of Life
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Histrionic Personality
- Immigration/Acculturation
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Parenting Concerns
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Physical Stress
- Racial Identity
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Identity
- Social Anxiety
- Spiritual/Religious Concerns
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Preteens (10-12)
- Teens (13-17)
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
Special groups
- Active duty military
- Adult children of alcoholics
- Body positivity
- Immigrants
- Neurodivergent people
- People in the foster care system
- People of color
- People seeking asylum
- People who are bisexual
- People who identify as gay
- People who identify as lesbian
- People who identify as non-binary
- People who identify as queer
- People with disabilities
- People with HIV or AIDS
- Professional Healthcare Providers
- Transgender
- Veterans
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Behavior Modification
- Couples Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Attachment-Based Therapies
- Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Location
Accommodations
Entering the practice
- Well-lit path to entrance
Communication
- Text-based talk therapy
Remote options
- Chat
- Voice
- Video
Payment options
$150 — $200per session
- Out-of-pocket
- Out-of-network insurance
- Sliding scale
- I offer a free consultation
Payment methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
- Other
Credentials
Licenses
Licensed Professional Counselor
State Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Professional Counselors
PC014750, Pennsylvania
Education
Arcadia University
MA (Master of Arts in Counseling), 2017
Clinical Trauma and Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy.