Regina Hood, LPC, LCMHC

Regina Hood is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and guides them through relationship and family concerns. Regina emphasizes practical steps and steady support for people ready to make change.

She works from the view that each person knows their own story and strengths. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's comfort. Regina aims to build tools clients can use between sessions to reduce worry, improve sleep, and handle intense emotions.

Regina draws on client-centered methods to listen closely and follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Dialectical behavior ideas are used when people need skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships.

Over nearly two decades she has helped people with depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She also supports clients coping with bipolar symptoms, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive concerns, phobias, and compassion fatigue.

Regina aims for clear, down-to-earth conversations. She encourages gradual progress and practical skill building so clients can notice real differences in daily life.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist reflect back concerns and priorities so people feel understood and steer the work.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, behaviors, and routines. In online sessions clients can learn to spot unhelpful thinking, try small behavior changes, and practice coping strategies between appointments.

Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, emphasizes skills for managing strong emotions and improving interactions. Online coaching in DBT-style skills can support emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication in daily life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and which methods fit best, then adjust as progress is made. That conversation is collaborative and ongoing.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find that remote sessions help them use new skills in real-life moments between meetings.