- Years in practice
- 23
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Sleeping disorders
About Gina
Gina Porter is a licensed clinical social worker with 23 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and substance use concerns. She offers straightforward support for parenting worries, grief, trauma, sleep problems, anger, and life transitions. Her approach is practical and respectful, focused on small steps that fit each person's life.
Gina draws on treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach concrete skills for managing strong emotions and changing unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
She also uses mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused approaches to help people find immediate, usable strategies. Sessions move at a pace the person sets and focus on what will help most right now. Her background includes work across inpatient and outpatient mental health, substance use settings, and independent practice.
That range gives her experience with mood disorders, addiction, family of origin issues, and postpartum challenges. She aims to identify strengths and practical changes rather than dwell on labels. In therapy Gina helps people name difficult feelings like shame, guilt, or fear and then tests new ways of coping.
She supports building better sleep patterns, reducing substance use, managing bipolar symptoms, or improving self-esteem through step-by-step practice. Conversations are nonjudgmental and geared toward steady progress. People who want clear tools, a calm listener, and realistic plans for change often find this style useful.
Gina works from Alabama and conducts sessions in English using several online formats to suit different needs.
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
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Codependency
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Approaches Gina lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
Approach-driven care delivered online
Gina commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and address sleep or eating concerns. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills useful for strong emotions, addiction challenges, and relationship patterns.She also incorporates mindfulness and motivational interviewing when helpful, using brief exercises and goal-focused conversations. Choosing the right mix of techniques is a collaborative process - the therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences and adjust the plan over time to find what works best.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skill practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging is useful for short updates or ongoing encouragement. These options make it easier to keep regular sessions and try new coping strategies between meetings.
Questions people ask about Gina
What concerns does Gina help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, sleep problems, anger, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Gina uses practical, skills-focused approaches such as cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapy alongside mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to teach coping strategies and emotional regulation.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 23 years of experience working in inpatient and outpatient mental health, substance use treatment, and independent practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
Gina is an LCSW with licenses in Tennessee (TN LCSW) and Texas (TX LCSW) and practices from Alabama.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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