01 · Who Arianna works with

Arianna works with stress, Anxiety, addictions and anger management

Arianna lists 5 specialisms and 25 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Arianna chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Arianna's own words

What Arianna says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

I am a clinical psychologist licensed in Indiana with 21 years of professional clinical work experience in the federal prison system. I have my Psy.D. I have experience in helping clients with stress, anxiety, depression, suicide, coping with addictions, anger management, motivation, trauma, self esteem, confidence, and building resilience. Your mental health and wellness is so important and it is a sign of strength to ask for help. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment.

Arianna Pescatore, on the BetterHelp listing · read 7 Oct 2026

03 · How Arianna works

The 3 approaches Arianna lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Arianna lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Arianna's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Arianna runs a session.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT

Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Arianna practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Arianna's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Arianna at this point.

2. Naming Arianna specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Arianna is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Arianna.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Arianna

Built from what Arianna actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Arianna's - Arianna has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “With 21 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

  Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

Psychologist

Licensed in

Indiana

Licence

IN Psychologist 20042089A

Licence number

20042089A

Licence expires

31 Aug 2028

NPI

1730979659

Years in practice

21

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Arianna's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 7 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

Maker Therapy is not BetterHelp, does not take bookings, and has not met Arianna. There are no reviews or ratings on this page because we have no way to verify one. If you start therapy through a link here, we may be paid a commission - it does not change your price and it does not affect who appears here or in what order.

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