Bianca Hanson, LPC

Bianca Hanson is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and bipolar challenges. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear. Her work is practical and focused. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and to build new habits. She also leans on client-centered principles to listen carefully and shape sessions around what feels most important to the person in front of her. Dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness tools are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Bianca has three years of professional experience in clinical settings in South Carolina. That background includes helping people cope with panic, obsessive thoughts, dissociation, and trauma-related concerns. She also works with those affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and traumatic brain injury. Sessions are shaped collaboratively. She will tailor conversations and plans to fit individual circumstances and goals. Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when someone needs help finding momentum toward change. Therapy can include short skills practice, goal-setting, and step-by-step plans for managing symptoms between sessions. Bianca aims to support and empower people so they can try new ways of handling stress and build confidence over time.

How Bianca Applies Approaches Online

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It can be useful for anxiety, panic, depression, and obsessive thinking by giving concrete steps to change patterns of thinking and behavior. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration; the therapist follows the person's lead and adjusts the pace and topics to what matters most to them. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving self-control, with attention to distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss the available methods and help decide which fits a person's goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as needs change, and the plan is adjusted collaboratively during sessions.

Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging helps with ongoing reminders or brief reflections between appointments. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities while still working on concrete skills and goals.