Profile / United States
Quinatona Winston, LCSW
Virginia
LCSW - Anxiety and Depression
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Mindfulness practice
About Quinatona
Quinatona Winston is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Virginia with 15 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and addictions. She also helps with parenting, career strain, anger, and coping with life changes.
Her approach is practical and skills-focused. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to notice unhelpful thoughts and test different responses. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered methods to clarify values and increase everyday coping.
Sessions emphasize concrete steps. That can include mapping patterns, trying brief experiments between sessions, and practicing mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity. The therapist helps people notice what keeps problems going and then replace those habits with clearer actions.
Her background as an LCSW means she brings clinical experience from varied settings over a decade and a half. The work tends to be collaborative and structured. People leave with specific strategies they can use in daily life.
Quinatona supports people dealing with trauma, family strain, guilt and shame, domestic violence concerns, first responder stress, bipolar and other mood disorders. She also offers coaching around communication problems, self-love, and women’s issues. Sessions are conducted in English in Virginia and tailored toward practical change.
How CBT, ACT and Client-Centered Work Online
CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and trying small experiments to change them. Online sessions can use worksheets, guided practice, and short behavioral tasks to work on stress, anxiety, mood, and everyday habits.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a listening stance that helps people organize their own thinking and find their own solutions. Both approaches translate to conversation-based online sessions and short between-session exercises.
Finding the right approach happens together. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That collaborative process includes checking progress and adjusting techniques over time.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, use shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. These practical benefits help people try strategies in real life and bring what happens between sessions back to therapy for review.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, parenting, anger, career concerns, and coping with life changes.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new responses through small experiments and skill practice between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience working across clinical settings.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is based in Virginia and holds a Virginia LCSW license.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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