Billings Collins, LCSW - Therapist in Virginia

About Billings

Billings Collins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia who centers his work on practical, goal-oriented support. He frames sessions around clear goals and steps you can use at home. He speaks English and draws on several common therapy styles to help people manage stress, parenting challenges, relationships, and mood concerns.

Collins brings three years of documented experience in clinical practice, alongside longer work in social services settings.

Background and approach

He has worked in community programs, acute care, and long-term residential environments. That background gives him familiarity with a wide range of life stages and everyday problems people face. In sessions he uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to help clients identify unhelpful patterns and try practical alternatives.

He tends to keep work focused on concrete steps, while also attending to feelings that get in the way of change. Parents often seek his help with communication, anger, and stress that affect family life. He also addresses addiction, depression, coping with life changes, and career concerns.

He works with relationship and family difficulties and common midlife and men’s issues. Collins offers different online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit busy schedules. To start, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions that suit their timing.

Practical approaches for online family and life work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then act in ways that match their values. It can be useful for stress, parenting strain, and making consistent changes over time. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thinking and behavior. It helps people spot patterns that worsen anxiety, low mood, or anger and try small, testable behavior changes to feel better. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to find motivation for change by exploring ambivalence and strengthening a person’s own reasons to try something different.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist talks with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping sessions practical and goal focused.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families and individuals. Video calls let conversations feel more like in-person sessions, while phone, live chat, and text messaging give shorter or more frequent contact when that fits better. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around family needs, work, and appointments without adding travel time.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does he address?

He works with stress, anxiety, parenting, anger, self esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and family issues, plus career and coping with life changes.

What is his therapy style like?

His approach is goal oriented and solution focused. He uses practical strategies and listens without judgment.

How much clinical experience does he have?

He holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and has three years of documented clinical experience working with clients.

Where is he licensed and practicing?

He is licensed in Virginia as LCSW VA LCSW 0904009034 and practices with that credential.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are costs handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin a therapy relationship?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Parenting issues
Anger management

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 3 years
Licensed: Virginia
Languages: English

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