About Arica
Arica Havis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and difficulties with concentration and memory. Arica works with people who are living with trauma and abuse and those navigating the challenges of ADHD.
She speaks English and offers sessions through several online formats. Arica describes the client as the expert in their own story and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
In sessions she helps people notice patterns, try new skills, and practice small changes that ease day-to-day strain. Conversations are aimed at clear, usable tools rather than long-winded theory. Her background includes work across settings that addressed trauma, loss, and anxiety.
Over ten years she has supported people through mourning, managing worry, and rebuilding focus after disruption. That experience informs a flexible approach that adapts to what each person needs in the moment. Practical options include short check-ins, longer video sessions, phone conversations, live chat, or text messaging.
Fees vary by location and depend on subscription plans that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability. Arica emphasizes a collaborative process.
She helps people set achievable goals and notices progress along the way. The aim is calmer days, clearer focus, and a stronger sense of direction.
Evidence-based approaches and online options
Arica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and build coping skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms. It is useful for worry, social anxiety, and improving daily routines. Interactive play therapy adapts techniques to make learning new skills more engaging and active, often helping with attention, behavior, and emotional expression. EMDR-like trauma work involves structured processing of distressing memories to reduce their emotional hold and support recovery from traumatic experiences.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful when visual cues matter and for longer sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, quick strategy coaching, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity of care when scheduling or travel is a challenge.
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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