- Blended family issues
- Eating and anger concerns
- ACT and CBT approaches
About Irina
Irina Sundukova is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 15 years of experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, eating and food-related issues, anger, and depression. She speaks English, Spanish, and Russian and accepts international clients.
Irina uses practical, conversational work in sessions. She listens to how relationships and daily routines affect emotions and behavior. She helps people name patterns that cause repeated conflict or distress and then practices new ways of responding.
Her approach draws from methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. That means sessions can combine noticing thoughts and feelings, testing small behavioral changes, and improving how people express their needs. The therapist adapts each session to the person’s current concerns and goals.
Irina often supports people dealing with blended family issues, including the stress of merging households, loyalty concerns, and co-parenting challenges. She also works with people managing guilt, shame, control and communication problems, and relationship commitment worries.
Sessions are conversational and practical. Expect to talk through recent stressful moments, try simple exercises between sessions, and check progress over time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that line up with personal values. It can help people who feel trapped by guilt, shame, or ongoing family conflict. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical experiments to change unhelpful patterns. This approach is useful for addressing depressive symptoms, eating-related behaviors, and anger responses.Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches to try based on current struggles, goals, and preferences. That means sessions may mix techniques and change over time as different issues are addressed.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people meet from wherever their days happen. Licensed professionals can use online work to practice communication skills, set behavioral experiments between meetings, and review progress without requiring travel.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English, Spanish, Russian
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she work with?
She focuses on relationship and family concerns, eating and food-related issues, anger, and depression, plus related topics like communication problems and codependency.
What is her style in sessions?
Sessions are conversational and practical, using techniques from approaches such as ACT, CBT, DBT, and EFT to notice patterns and try different responses.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional work experience in counseling and related clinical settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and Russian, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current online session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.