Our mission is to create a trauma-informed, compassionate, and confidential space where first responders can safely explore and heal from the cumulative impact of their service. Grounded in an understanding of the unique stressors and exposures faced in emergency response roles, our group fosters trust, peer connection, and emotional resilience. We are committed to honoring each individual’s experience without judgment, supporting recovery through education, empowerment, and evidence-based practices that prioritize safety, choice, and collaboration.
Hosted by Bartley Deane Gibson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, CCT-SP, ADHD-PT, TLHT
Group meets in Leesburg, VA 20176
I work with clients utilizing a trauma-informed approach.
Our mission is to create a trauma-informed, compassionate, and confidential space where first responders can safely explore and heal from the cumulative impact of their service. Grounded in an understanding of the unique stressors and exposures faced in emergency response roles, our group fosters trust, peer connection, and emotional resilience. We are committed to honoring each individual’s experience without judgment, supporting recovery through education, empowerment, and evidence-based practices that prioritize safety, choice, and collaboration.
Codependency is a concept that is often misunderstood, and its expression in mental health discussions can be limiting. Traditional approaches to healing codependency can inadvertently pathologize the condition, fostering shame, guilt, and a sense of being "less-than." Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a compassionate and non-pathologizing framework for understanding and healing codependency. IFS recognizes that we all have parts of ourselves that have developed in response to early-life experiences and external messages from our families, communities, and culture. These parts once served protective functions, but over time, they may have become exaggerated or misaligned, causing distress.
Hosted by Kimberley L Berlin
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, LCSW, CSAC, MAC, CCTP
Group meets in Leesburg, VA 20175
I have a Bachelor of Social Work, Master of Social Work; Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, Master Addiction Counselor, Certified Trauma Professional, Certified Mindfulness Practitioner, 200 hour Yoga Teacher.
Codependency is a concept that is often misunderstood, and its expression in mental health discussions can be limiting. Traditional approaches to healing codependency can inadvertently pathologize the condition, fostering shame, guilt, and a sense of being "less-than." Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a compassionate and non-pathologizing framework for understanding and healing codependency. IFS recognizes that we all have parts of ourselves that have developed in response to early-life experiences and external messages from our families, communities, and culture. These parts once served protective functions, but over time, they may have become exaggerated or misaligned, causing distress.
Join our therapist-led virtual book club to explore personal growth through pages and conversation! Each month, we choose one popular self-help, psychology, or mental health book and meet biweekly for supportive discussions that deepen understanding and encourage accountability. Looking for a safe space to connect, reflect, and share insights? Our small, welcoming meetings offer thoughtful conversations on mental health, self-care, and personal development. Expect a mix of insight and lighthearted moments. While therapeutic, this is a book club - not therapy. Come for the books, stay for the community! Learn more and register today: https://bit.ly/therapeuticbookclub.
Hosted by Kaylie Groenhout
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MEd, NCC
Group meets in Leesburg, VA 20175
EMDR can be used to help process unresolved trauma or address current symptoms so you can move forward toward wellness.
Join our therapist-led virtual book club to explore personal growth through pages and conversation! Each month, we choose one popular self-help, psychology, or mental health book and meet biweekly for supportive discussions that deepen understanding and encourage accountability. Looking for a safe space to connect, reflect, and share insights? Our small, welcoming meetings offer thoughtful conversations on mental health, self-care, and personal development. Expect a mix of insight and lighthearted moments. While therapeutic, this is a book club - not therapy. Come for the books, stay for the community! Learn more and register today: https://bit.ly/therapeuticbookclub.
This men's sex addiction group is for those who have entered into a recovery process and are focused on exploring the underlying trauma issues and family-of-origin dynamics contributing to the addictive behavior. In addition there is emphasis on improving relationship skills and rebuilding relationships with those affected by the person's sexual behavior.
Hosted by Relational Recovery Institute
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAT
Group meets in Leesburg, VA 20175
This men's sex addiction group is for those who have entered into a recovery process and are focused on exploring the underlying trauma issues and family-of-origin dynamics contributing to the addictive behavior. In addition there is emphasis on improving relationship skills and rebuilding relationships with those affected by the person's sexual behavior.
This women's therapy group is designed for partners of sex addicts. Participants are able to sit with other individuals in similar circumstances and to work through a curriculum designed to help them with the following: Begin to work through the pain and shock of the initial discovery of the sexual behavior; Receive education about sexual addiction, trauma and healthy relationships; Get help with establishing boundaries within the relationship; Determine the best route forward for the partner regarding the relationship; Learn about self-care, effective communication, and healthy sexuality; Receive help with reducing carried shame.
Hosted by Relational Recovery Institute
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAT
Group meets in Leesburg, VA 20175
This women's therapy group is designed for partners of sex addicts. Participants are able to sit with other individuals in similar circumstances and to work through a curriculum designed to help them with the following: Begin to work through the pain and shock of the initial discovery of the sexual behavior; Receive education about sexual addiction, trauma and healthy relationships; Get help with establishing boundaries within the relationship; Determine the best route forward for the partner regarding the relationship; Learn about self-care, effective communication, and healthy sexuality; Receive help with reducing carried shame.
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Hosted by Kristi Madison
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, LSATP, MAC
Group meets in Manassas, VA 20110
Please call for more information about the group. New group beginning on February 20, 2023.
A 10-week journey: Internal Family Systems practiced in a group atmosphere can be an optimal method of healing and changing your inner system. Join Kevin Clark, MS, CSAC, IFS Level 2-trained, Certified IFS Practitioner, for this experience. Join the current waitlist!
A 10-week journey: Internal Family Systems practiced in a group atmosphere can be an optimal method of healing and changing your inner system. Join Kevin Clark, MS, CSAC, IFS Level 2-trained, Certified IFS Practitioner, for this experience. Join the current waitlist!
At Keystone Therapy Group, we believe great therapy begins with the therapist. Our Unmasked Supervision Program empowers residents to discover their authentic selves, integrate who they truly are into clinical work, and cultivate confidence as a new therapist. Through guided supervision, peer support, and realworld clinical guidance, you’ll develop the skills, resilience, and self-awareness needed to thrive— without losing yourself in the process. Join a community where your growth matters as much as your clients’ healing.
These are the struggles I help most: untangling anxiety, healing the invisible weight of trauma, and repairing the cracks in relationships.
At Keystone Therapy Group, we believe great therapy begins with the therapist. Our Unmasked Supervision Program empowers residents to discover their authentic selves, integrate who they truly are into clinical work, and cultivate confidence as a new therapist. Through guided supervision, peer support, and realworld clinical guidance, you’ll develop the skills, resilience, and self-awareness needed to thrive— without losing yourself in the process. Join a community where your growth matters as much as your clients’ healing.
Join our Mother Hunger group, inspired by Kelly McDaniel's groundbreaking book. We explore the healing process for women who struggle with unmet needs for nurturance, protection, and guidance/safety. Through guided discussions and supportive connection, we focus on understanding and healing the wounds of Mother Hunger, creating a path toward emotional well-being and self-compassion.
Join our Mother Hunger group, inspired by Kelly McDaniel's groundbreaking book. We explore the healing process for women who struggle with unmet needs for nurturance, protection, and guidance/safety. Through guided discussions and supportive connection, we focus on understanding and healing the wounds of Mother Hunger, creating a path toward emotional well-being and self-compassion.
Calling all Black/African American teens and families! If you're between 13–17 and have faced racial stress or trauma, you're not alone. Join our supportive 8-week therapy group to connect, heal, and grow in a safe space where your voice matters. Saturdays | 3-4:30PM | Fairfax, VA
I use a combination of talk therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Informed interventions and Play Therapy Interventions.
Calling all Black/African American teens and families! If you're between 13–17 and have faced racial stress or trauma, you're not alone. Join our supportive 8-week therapy group to connect, heal, and grow in a safe space where your voice matters. Saturdays | 3-4:30PM | Fairfax, VA
Closed experiential group for students, residents, and licensed professionals in mental healthcare field (counselors; social workers; psychologists; dance, art, or music therapists; psychiatrists; life coaches). It is offered virtually or in-person. The group will provide a safe space for working through stuck points that sometimes manifest during client sessions; provide an opportunity for students, interns, and residents in the mental care field to gain a personal experience in the role of a client even if they don’t have a diagnosable mental health struggle; and provide a stage to concretize or give dimension and space to the intrapsychic process.
Hosted by Sibila Jahangiri
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Closed experiential group for students, residents, and licensed professionals in mental healthcare field (counselors; social workers; psychologists; dance, art, or music therapists; psychiatrists; life coaches). It is offered virtually or in-person. The group will provide a safe space for working through stuck points that sometimes manifest during client sessions; provide an opportunity for students, interns, and residents in the mental care field to gain a personal experience in the role of a client even if they don’t have a diagnosable mental health struggle; and provide a stage to concretize or give dimension and space to the intrapsychic process.
Arlington Rooted Wellness LLC is a clinical psychology practice that provides individual therapy to treat anxiety, depression, burnout, and trauma. Corporate workshops are also available to promote healthy workplaces where people can thrive. We offer individual therapy sessions via telehealth in 43 states. While we provide individual therapy to all adults, we are particularly well-suited to assist attorneys and other busy professionals with workplace stress. Our founder, Dr. Nicole Hedrick, JD, PhD, served as a trial attorney before becoming a licensed clinical psychologist. She graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law for 13 years.
Arlington Rooted Wellness LLC is a clinical psychology practice that provides individual therapy to treat anxiety, depression, burnout, and trauma. Corporate workshops are also available to promote healthy workplaces where people can thrive. We offer individual therapy sessions via telehealth in 43 states. While we provide individual therapy to all adults, we are particularly well-suited to assist attorneys and other busy professionals with workplace stress. Our founder, Dr. Nicole Hedrick, JD, PhD, served as a trial attorney before becoming a licensed clinical psychologist. She graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law for 13 years.
Arlington Rooted Wellness LLC is a clinical psychology practice that provides individual therapy to treat anxiety, depression, burnout, and trauma. Corporate workshops are also available to promote healthy workplaces where people can thrive. We offer individual therapy sessions via telehealth in 43 states. While we provide individual therapy to all adults, we are particularly well-suited to assist attorneys and other busy professionals with workplace stress. Our founder, Dr. Nicole Hedrick, JD, PhD, served as a trial attorney before becoming a licensed clinical psychologist. She graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law for 13 years.
Arlington Rooted Wellness LLC is a clinical psychology practice that provides individual therapy to treat anxiety, depression, burnout, and trauma. Corporate workshops are also available to promote healthy workplaces where people can thrive. We offer individual therapy sessions via telehealth in 43 states. While we provide individual therapy to all adults, we are particularly well-suited to assist attorneys and other busy professionals with workplace stress. Our founder, Dr. Nicole Hedrick, JD, PhD, served as a trial attorney before becoming a licensed clinical psychologist. She graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law for 13 years.
Religious trauma is a very specific subset of CPTSD, finding other individuals that have experienced this type of trauma can be difficult and explaining what you have gone through to someone who has not gone through it often can get you a deer in headlights stare. I would like to provide you a safe space to be able to process through what you have gone through. I was in the Mormon church in Utah until I was 13 - I feel that lived experience is an important piece to religious trauma. I hope I can support you on your journey!
Hosted by Charlie Vee Williams
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, CCTP-II, IFS
Group meets in Ashburn, VA 20147
I choose to use a trauma-focused lens, leaning into somatic and IFS therapy, allowing us to use expressive arts to access parts of the brain that may not be used in other forms of therapy.
Religious trauma is a very specific subset of CPTSD, finding other individuals that have experienced this type of trauma can be difficult and explaining what you have gone through to someone who has not gone through it often can get you a deer in headlights stare. I would like to provide you a safe space to be able to process through what you have gone through. I was in the Mormon church in Utah until I was 13 - I feel that lived experience is an important piece to religious trauma. I hope I can support you on your journey!
Returning May 19, 2026 virtually, this 12 week group will focus on psychoeducation around religious trauma, breaking down shame/judgment, restructuring relational patterns, exploring identity outside of religious doctrines, purity culture, perfectionism, boundary setting, and increasing autonomy in individual choices toward or away from spirituality and/or religion. This group is open to anyone from any religious background and is intended to help clients reach their own personal goals for religion which may include staying in a religion, growing in a religion, or leaving a religion. All states are welcome.
Hosted by SC Nealy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, ACS, NCC, CCMHC, MA
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22207
SC specializes in queer issues, religious trauma, and complex trauma backgrounds and therefore mostly work in longterm psychotherapy for people looking to do whole-life work.
Returning May 19, 2026 virtually, this 12 week group will focus on psychoeducation around religious trauma, breaking down shame/judgment, restructuring relational patterns, exploring identity outside of religious doctrines, purity culture, perfectionism, boundary setting, and increasing autonomy in individual choices toward or away from spirituality and/or religion. This group is open to anyone from any religious background and is intended to help clients reach their own personal goals for religion which may include staying in a religion, growing in a religion, or leaving a religion. All states are welcome.
Women Rising is an online support and personal development group for women healing from domestic violence, emotional abuse, or coercive control and it offers a spacious, welcoming circle where the presence of other women becomes part of the medicine. There is something ancient in us that steadies when we sit with one another, something that softens and strengthens at the same time, and this group honors that instinct. Over ninety minutes, we move together through themes of boundaries, self-trust, clarity and the slow return to inner safety, creating a warm, sustaining sisterhood for those ready to rise in community.
Women Rising is an online support and personal development group for women healing from domestic violence, emotional abuse, or coercive control and it offers a spacious, welcoming circle where the presence of other women becomes part of the medicine. There is something ancient in us that steadies when we sit with one another, something that softens and strengthens at the same time, and this group honors that instinct. Over ninety minutes, we move together through themes of boundaries, self-trust, clarity and the slow return to inner safety, creating a warm, sustaining sisterhood for those ready to rise in community.
Grief/ Trauma Support Group is a safe and culturally affirming space designed to help individuals process their experiences of loss, trauma, and adversity. This type of support group acknowledges the unique challenges that people of color (POC) face, including racial trauma, historical and intergenerational trauma, discrimination, and systemic barriers that can impact mental health and healing.
Hosted by Althilia Moore
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, PhD can, MS
Group meets in Manassas, VA 20110
Grief/ Trauma Support Group is a safe and culturally affirming space designed to help individuals process their experiences of loss, trauma, and adversity. This type of support group acknowledges the unique challenges that people of color (POC) face, including racial trauma, historical and intergenerational trauma, discrimination, and systemic barriers that can impact mental health and healing.
The Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Recovery Program is for teens and their parents who are struggling with a substance use as well as mental health issues. Teens participate in a therapy group and then move on to a Life Skills group while their parents have their own support group. To successfully complete the program adolescents need to demonstrate: 1. Four months abstinence 2. Stable mental and physical health 3. Improved family relationships and 4. Consistent education/employment. Individual and family therapy as well as drug/alcohol screening is available.
Hosted by Cynthia Turner
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LSATP, MAC
Group meets in Ashburn, VA 20147
The Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Recovery Program is for teens and their parents who are struggling with a substance use as well as mental health issues. Teens participate in a therapy group and then move on to a Life Skills group while their parents have their own support group. To successfully complete the program adolescents need to demonstrate: 1. Four months abstinence 2. Stable mental and physical health 3. Improved family relationships and 4. Consistent education/employment. Individual and family therapy as well as drug/alcohol screening is available.
This is a group for people who have been sexually assaulted. It is a safe environment to explore trauma triggers and lean adaptive coping skills to manage the symptoms of PTSD. Initial screening is required. Please contact Dr. Chirby
This is a group for people who have been sexually assaulted. It is a safe environment to explore trauma triggers and lean adaptive coping skills to manage the symptoms of PTSD. Initial screening is required. Please contact Dr. Chirby
SC Nealy leads an in-person weekly process group for those identifying as female in their 20s and 30s on Mondays at 5p-6:15p three times a month. Each group is capped at 8 participants and focuses on self-compassion, trauma, self-esteem, relationships, interpersonal skills building, self-advocacy, identity formation, and more. Cost is $130/group or sliding scale options. Please email to be interviewed for membership today.
Hosted by SC Nealy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, ACS, NCC, CCMHC, MA
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22207
SC specializes in queer issues, religious trauma, and complex trauma backgrounds and therefore mostly work in longterm psychotherapy for people looking to do whole-life work.
SC Nealy leads an in-person weekly process group for those identifying as female in their 20s and 30s on Mondays at 5p-6:15p three times a month. Each group is capped at 8 participants and focuses on self-compassion, trauma, self-esteem, relationships, interpersonal skills building, self-advocacy, identity formation, and more. Cost is $130/group or sliding scale options. Please email to be interviewed for membership today.
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When should I seek treatment for trauma?
Not everyone who undergoes trauma needs therapy to heal, but many do. If, after experiencing a traumatic event, you find yourself struggling with symptoms such as nightmares, dissociation, irritability, or emotional numbness—especially if these symptoms last more than a month and are severe enough to interfere with your daily functioning—you may benefit from seeking out therapy with a trauma-informed provider.
How long does trauma therapy take?
Different types of therapy for trauma unfold on different timelines. Prolonged exposure therapy and cognitive processing therapy, for example, each take about three months, while trauma-informed CBT may last anywhere from 8 to 25 sessions. Other approaches, especially those that are less structured or that incorporate elements from multiple modalities, may be more open-ended, though many patients report feeling better within the first few months of treatment.
What happens if trauma is left untreated?
Unaddressed trauma can have serious—even devastating—effects on relationships, career, and day-to-day functioning. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can lead people to distrust or lash out at others, making it difficult to maintain intimate relationships; it can also trigger symptoms such as flashbacks or hyperreactivity that can interfere with a person’s ability to function effectively, personally and/or professionally. Some sufferers turn to drugs to find relief. Symptoms may lessen on their own with time, but there is no guarantee that PTSD will resolve on its own.
Can PTSD come back after treatment?
It is possible for PTSD symptoms to recur months or years after successful treatment. This is because, like most mental health disorders, it is not possible to “cure” PTSD, and stressful life events may cause symptoms to recur in even the most resilient individuals. There is no shame in re-experiencing PTSD symptoms nor in returning to therapy when such relapses occur; indeed, many forms of trauma therapy explicitly encourage periodic “maintenance sessions” to reinforce coping skills and ensure that symptoms stay manageable.