Antoinette Goss
Practical, experienced counselor for life changes
LMHC, LPC Virginia
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Antoinette
Antoinette Goss is a licensed mental health counselor who practices in Virginia. She brings ten years of experience to her work and uses several proven approaches to help people move through difficult moments.
Background and approach
Antoinette focuses on clear, practical steps so clients can regain a sense of direction and balance. She often helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and changes in relationships.
She also supports those facing addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, anger, career transitions, and bipolar disorder. Antoinette works with issues related to HIV and AIDS, infidelity and jealousy, veteran and armed forces experiences, and postpartum depression.
Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. Sessions focus on what the client wants to change and on small, doable steps toward those goals.
She uses approaches such as the Gottman Method, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered listening to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. Clients can expect practical tools, real conversation, and check-ins about what is and isn't working.
Antoinette incorporates emotion-focused ideas when relationships or intense feelings are part of the concern. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help with values-driven choices.
She offers services to people across regions and conducts sessions in English. Antoinette aims to help people build better routines, clearer boundaries, and healthier ways of coping so life feels more manageable again.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Gottman Method work focuses on improving communication and reducing destructive patterns between partners. It involves learning specific skills to manage conflict and rebuild connection, and can help with intimacy issues, trust concerns, and recurring relationship fights.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, centers on identifying what matters to the client and taking actions that match those values. It helps with anxiety, depression, and navigating life changes by teaching skills to accept difficult thoughts while moving toward chosen goals.
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and meeting the person where they are. This approach supports people who need a steady, nonjudgmental space to talk through feelings and make their own decisions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. That choice may shift over time as needs change.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people see body language and work through skills in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or staying connected between longer sessions. Together these formats offer flexibility so therapy can fit around work, caregiving, and travel.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed in
New York, Virginia
Languages
English