- Years in practice
- 4
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Gina
Gina Helms is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama. She uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, mood struggles, and parenting challenges. Gina aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about hard things without feeling judged.
Her approach centers on acceptance and clear goals. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, workable changes.
Background and approach
Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about how early relationships shape current responses. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs. Gina listens first, then offers tools such as coping skills, emotion regulation strategies, and ways to reframe stressful thoughts.
She also incorporates mindfulness and body-awareness practices when helpful. Gina has four years of clinical experience helping people facing grief, trauma, sleep problems, and relationship stress. She works with clients impacted by domestic violence, substance use, and co-occurring mental health concerns.
Her practice also addresses issues like low self-esteem, anger, and life transitions. People who meet with Gina can expect straightforward feedback, practical steps to try between sessions, and a focus on what will improve daily life. She uses a collaborative style to set goals and track progress over time.
What Gina works with
Everything Gina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Gina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Gina lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Gina’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions toward those values even when hard emotions appear. In practice Gina guides clients to notice thoughts and feelings, accept them without fighting, and make targeted changes that match their goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new ways of responding. Gina uses CBT to break cycles of anxiety, lift mood, and build concrete coping strategies for daily life challenges like sleep or worry.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gina treats the choice of methods as collaborative and adjusts techniques based on a client’s goals, preferences, and how they respond in sessions. She will talk through options and try different tools to see what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face from a chosen location, phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or be used when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging make brief check-ins and skill practice easy between meetings. These formats make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while managing family, work, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Gina
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style emphasizes unconditional positive regard and collaborative problem solving. She blends acceptance-based work with cognitive and skills-focused techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Alabama.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds an AL LPC credential and practices in Alabama.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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