Elke Schlager
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
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Reston, VA 20191
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I am a Harvard trained psychotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience, the last 10 of which have been focused on the practice and research of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). I am a research associate at the Psychotherapy Research Program at Harvard Medical School, and a former faculty member at the Mind/Body Medical Institute at Massachussets General Hospital in Boston, MA. I practice a model of ISTDP that has evolved from over 50 years of psychotherapy research. This model incorporates aspects of psychodynamic psychotherapy, attachment theory, mindfulness and experiential therapy.
I work with patients with depression, anxiety, trauma and difficulty with closeness. I have special interests in helping patients who are undergoing life transitions such as separation and divorce, bereavement, career, acculturation and chronic illness. I also have extensive experience working with creative artists, women with postpartum depression, infertility, menopause and eating disorders.
Integrating mindfulness and ISDTP, I help patients reconnect with others and with parts of themselves that they may feel they have lost. I have found this reconnection to self and others to be essential in helping people resolve long-term issues that have kept them from fully enjoying and experiencing life.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $220
- Couple Sessions $230
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa, Wire, ZelleInsurance
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Elke Schlager
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Virginia / 0701004747 Elke Schlager
- In Practice for 31 years
- Attended Antioch New England Graduate School, Graduated 1995
Education and Years In Practice
Elke Schlager
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
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Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trauma and PTSD
Expertise
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Divorce
- Eating Disorders
- Grief
- Infertility
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Transgender
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Elke Schlager
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (703) 468-8786
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
Spanish
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
Spanish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Psychodynamic
- Trauma Focused
Elke Schlager
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (703) 468-8786
Location
Additional Location
4601 N. Fairfax Dr.
12th floor
Arlington, VA 22205
(703) 468-8786Nearby Areas
Neighborhoods
Elke Schlager
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Take the first step to help. Call now - (703) 468-8786