Humanistic Therapists in 20176

"Without awareness, we are not truly alive" - James F. T. Bugental. The purpose of psychotherapy is to awaken the individual and increase insight through exploration of their life, choices, and resistance's. This examination is a personal journey and different for each person. Although difficult and challenging at times, it is a courageous endeavor that can lead to life long positive changes, new ways of being in the world, and a deeper meaning and purpose for one's life.

With decades of experience, I have helped many families, couples and individuals heal from anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, etc. by examining their beliefs, feelings, and behaviors; building and strengthening tools and skills; and learning how to create healthy relationships within themselves and with others. The therapeutic benefits of counseling allow you to transform and grow, Counseling opens the door for new possibilities in your life. The positive changes that occur are the outcome of exploring yourself with curiosity, building inner resources, and learning how to make choices that nourish and fulfill you.

I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner (LSATP), and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) with 25 years of experience committed to helping children, adolescents, and adults learn how to achieve their potential.

Did you imagine a different experience of life than the one you have had? Do you crave relief from anxiety, frustration or anger, depression, or constantly feeling overwhelmed? Is your relationship with your partner, children, friends, parents, employer, or even yourself more stressful than it should be? With my genuine empathy, therapeutic skills, knowledge, and experience, I can teach you how to effectively cope with your distressing feelings and challenging situations. I will guide you to figuring out what you really want and how best to get there. The result will be a greater sense of ease and overall happiness with your life.

Learn how to increase your sense of self confidence, capacity for self-compassion and resilience to manage the challenges you face. With a mindfulness-based approach and drawing from a variety of clinical trainings, I can work with you to develop the skills to navigate your emotions and move beyond merely surviving toward a sense of thriving.

We all want the same thing; to feel loved, secure, stable and, in one word, GOOD. When life throws us a curveball, or we feel stuck and are hurting it may be the time to reach out for support in a setting that feels safe, judgement free and confidential.

You try! You are doing the best that you can for yourself and your family and yet STILL someone is struggling. Sometimes love and researching helpful information isn’t enough to keep everyone afloat. We specialize in helping children, teens and adults calm the anxiety and stress and heal the trauma and depression from the ROOT.

I am devoted to offering my clients an emotionally warm and comfortable place where they feel really listened to and not judged. Working with people of all ages, I empathize with each individual to offer hope, knowing that life is challenging. I provide professional counseling services to children, adults, families and couples in the Northern Virginia area to help them find solutions and growth in their lives.

Welcome to Southlight Counseling! We specialize in working with individuals who are dealing with anxiety, depression, and difficult life stressors. Utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as the cornerstone of our practice, we engage a variety of treatment modalities to help our clients not only understand and address their difficulties, but also set and achieve goals.

Two of the most important things in life are to feel understood and have a sense of belonging. However, when we experience challenges in our lives, it’s difficult to feel this way. My role as a bilingual therapist is to provide support and hold a safe space for you while discovering ways to cope with these challenges and develop skills to promote awareness, growth and healing in your life. During my career in the human services field for over 16 years, my passion has been to assist individuals and families cope with depression, anxiety, stress, mood challenges, acculturation and adjustment as a result of migration, and trauma.

As an Aasect Certified Sex Therapist, I offer a safe, non-judgmental space using light humor to talk about all things sex. Physical and emotional intimacy can be difficult topics to broach, whether with yourself or with one or more partners. For most of us, sex was not discussed at any length growing up, often shrouded in shame or guilt. If something has been bothering you for awhile or it just popped up, let's explore it! I work with your comfort level and at your pace. I work with low sexual desire, avoidance of intimacy, sexual identity or orientation, gender identity, Sexual anxiety, and sexual dysfunctions.

Laura is a bilingual Spanish-speaking clinician. She believes that positive changes are made through relationships that are supportive while empowering the client to make their own choices. She has spent most of her career fostering safe and affirming environments and has made it her mission to normalize making mental health a priority. Laura is a supervisee in clinical social work and a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor. She is currently registered with the state and is working towards licensure.

We are not meant to navigate life’s tumultuous ups and downs alone. I commend you for exploring what is out there in terms of getting the support you deserve. Here in the therapy room, I offer a safe and non-judgmental space for you to unpack what is bothering you or keeping you from a more fulfilling life so we can explore, together, what freeing that space might look like for you. I encourage curiosity and non-judgement so that we may get to know how these aspects of you came to develop and work to create change that compliments who you are today and where you envision heading. Whether it is a recent life transition,

Amy Hughes is an LPC and the founder of Connections4life Professional Therapy Services, PC. She is also a VA board approved supervisor of student interns and residents in counseling. In addition, she is trained in EMDR, EFT and is a level 2 Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Connections4life offers customized care. We specialize in C-PTSD, PTSD, developmental trauma, anxiety & depression. We believe in the power of connections and that we are all capable of change and growth. Our passion for what we do reflects in the connections we are able to make with the individuals we treat.

Do you feel like no one understands you? Perhaps things feel overwhelming and out of your control? Are you having trouble loving yourself and putting yourself first? Experiencing issues within your relationship? I'm here to support you on your journey towards positive emotional well-being through compassion. In therapy, I provide support in dealing with trauma, managing stress, life transitions, anxiety, depression, interpersonal conflicts, self-esteem, body image, and relationship issues. My passion lies in working with young adults as they navigate the transitional stages of their lives.

I work with clients who are struggling with substance use, gender identity, anxiety, depression and relationship issues to modify their thoughts and behaviors and increase their life satisfaction. We can work through your concerns together and put you on a path to implement changes, giving you the ability to be the best version of yourself.

The work I do relates to the years spent on my own personal journey of healing. As someone said: “You cannot take people to a place you have never been yourself.” I believe that healing happens in context and connection. The encounter with another, studying their face, eyes, and expressions, knowing something of their true inner nature, shows the deep magic within and between us. I invite you to walk your healing journey with me. My focus is to provide the space for you to feel attached and safe with another human being, share deeply from your heart, begin to piece together your life-story, and find new meaning and resilience.

Accepting new clients - The Center for Connection, Healing & Change was conceived as a sanctuary to facilitate joyful connection to ourselves and our loved ones. Our work focuses on the creation of secure, close, and satisfying relationships – within us and between us. We choose to specialize in relationships because we know the importance of satisfying relationships for our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Services explore the relationship we have with both ourselves and others; how well we can live with emotional ease, know who we are, ask for what we need, and access our resilience in moments of hurt or stress.

I work with adolescents and adults experiencing disordered eating and people seeking to make peace with food and their body. My work also includes people in relationships and individuals experiencing sexual problems, separation and divorce, infidelity, and co-parenting. I use a nonjudgemental, collaborative, person-centered approach to address the individual's needs. I work with individuals to help them recognize their own strengths and incorporate positive coping strategies as they move forward. I believe that creating trust and a little bit of humor go a long way in working through the struggles we face in life.