Sex Therapists in Front Royal, VA

As a therapist I have experience working in residential care facilities, schools and outpatient settings. I received my Masters in Clinical Counseling from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and my Bachelors in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. I currently work with adolescents and adults with a wide range of presentations.

I am a trained, graduate level, mental health professional who offers a variety of approaches. I draw upon both my academic training and vast life experiences to help my clients. We will work together to tailor our work to your background/history, current presenting circumstances, and goals for growth. I work alongside you, addressing what gives your life meaning, while developing practical growth strategies that lead to positive and lasting change. With warmth and compassion, we will work together to understand and resolve your past and present challenges and empower you with skills and awareness for the future.

Ayrielle Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who specializes in sex and trauma therapy. She holds the belief that we cannot be fully healed without addressing challenges and barriers within our views, experiences, and emotions related to sexuality. She is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional who treats individuals who have suffered from experiences such as racial trauma, childhood trauma, abusive relationships, sexual trauma, military trauma, and more. She is passionate about helping clients heal emotionally and live healthy, full sexual lives. She is proud to be LGBTQ allied, body positive, and kink friendly.

Throughout our lives we find ourselves in times of uncertainty or times when much is asked of us. How we respond to such moments will define how we think of ourselves in the time ahead. While there may be a natural inclination to turn away from the moment and think only, "This too shall pass", just how it will pass has a great deal to do with the thinking one does and the actions one takes. Therapy should provide a better understanding of who we are and why we act as we do. Therapy works best when it is to the point, clear, and practical.

Feeling alone and bewildered? Having trouble knowing what to believe in this age of misinformation? DrSara can help. DrSara offers all sessions exclusively through SecureVideo. Visit her website at www.DrSara.com to find out more.

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.

It's not easy to reach out for help, I am impressed by your courage! I've no doubt that by now, you've already tried numerous times and ways to make the changes in your life you long for. I have over 30 years' experience helping individual adults and couples succeed in getting past their familiar "stuck points," and experience a new sense of motivation, joy, and connection. Whether you feel overwhelmed with anxiety, weighed down with sadness or grief, or have asked yourself "Is this as good as it gets?" about your relationship, marriage, or sex life, I can help bring new vision, energy, hope, and movement to your life!

As a therapist, my number one goal is to provide a safe space where my clients feel comfortable sharing their issues and concerns as well as exploring possible solutions with me. I strive to provide an environment where you feel safe and valued regardless of your gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, ability, socioeconomic status, size, or neurodiversity. Whether you are looking to work through relationship concerns, feel stuck and are looking to make a change, or want a safe space to process your unique situation, my door is open.

Veteran-owned and operated, we seek to help Veterans, First Responders, their Families, and children impacted by traumatic events. We provide specialized individual and group therapy, and provide therapy for a wide range of children, adolescent, and adult clients. We welcome those who are struggling with life issues, depression, anxiety, trauma, coping, gender identity, mood disorders, relationship issues, sexuality, and addictions. We believe that the situations we experience impact us, but do not define us. Our clinicians are trained to help you reach your full potential and overcome difficult situations.

Are you struggling with depression, anxiety or emotional triggers from your past? Are your relationships less fulfilling than you want them to be? Have feelings of resentment from past difficulties negatively affected the closeness of your relationship or sex life? Are you in "gridlock," repeating patterns? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we can create a customized plan to help you. Combining my specialized training with your desire to change, we will work together to develop an integrated approach to enhance your relationships and emotional health. Specialties include emotional triggers, clinical sexology, Individual, relationship and couples work.

I have considerable expertise and experience treating marital problems, low sexual desire, and anxiety. And I am certified in sex therapy by AASECT. I am compassionate and friendly, and I use humor frequently. I will help you understand the causes of your struggles and what the science says about solving them.

Are some of your past coping skills not having the same effect? In our sessions, we will focus on being present with our mind and body. Through this gained awareness, we will co-construct meaningful experiences. Sometimes we may need the space or support to tune into our needs, body and its reactions. Therapy can be a place to learn and cultivate that. I use an integrative approach to counseling and therapy. This way, I tailor make our treatment to meet your goals. I'm trained in LGBTQ+ affirming counseling, CBT, Person Centered, Gestalt and Narrative Therapies.

Here’s the truth about life: it is uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable, tough, chaotic and, sometimes, we lose ourselves in it. Life is full of emotions that can be overwhelming and confusing, but once understood, can be transformative. If you want a therapist to help guide you towards your emotional, mental and physical goals - while also meeting you where you’re at without judgment - then I am likely a good fit for you. In my sessions, you’ll find a compassionate, safe, space where you will be gently challenged to discover, learn and grow. I often work with adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, grief, conflict and sexuality.

The Sex Therapist you never knew you needed! When client’s come to my office to seek therapy, the one part of themselves that is most often neglected is sexuality! Most people don’t even mention sexual beliefs, curiosities, behaviors, or attitudes until I ask. I believe that sexuality is so much a part of who we are, there is no way to fully heal and truly be at peace if our sexuality is not explored! As well as specializing in Sex Therapy, I’m also a clinical trauma therapist!

Wondering about the COVID-19 pandemic? You are not alone. For the duration of this public health crisis, DrSara will be offering SecureVideo appointments exclusively. Please visit my website at www.DrSara.com and click on Request and Appointment. All locations are closed but SecureVideo appointments are available. Choose your time and the secure platform will send instructions. SecureVideo uses the Zoom platform and is easy to use and confidential. DrSara holds an e-passport from ASBPP PsyPact and can treat anyone in AZ, CO, DE, GA, IL, MO, NE, NH, NV, OK, PA, TX, or UT as well as NC, VA, and DC.

The status quo tells us we can’t trust ourselves, our knowing, or our bodies. Rachael believes that our innate knowing - when we can access it, is not only the gold we seek, but the light we shine for ourselves and in the world around us. From experience with eating disorders, self-injury, trauma, chronic pain, couples and larger family systems and the LGBTQIA umbrella to professional work in issue focused non-profits/campaigns (and even performing), Rachael is deeply in tune with the political and social ecosystems that our intersectional identities transverse on a moment to moment basis

Do you find yourself attracted to the same kind of relationships or partners? Are you stuck in the same patterns and stories? I believe I can help you. I work with adult individuals and couples struggling with various relationship issues including the early stages of dating, maintaining secure relationships, attachment trauma/issues, anxiety, and self-esteem. Additionally, I am passionate about integrative couples and sex therapy. I provide support in areas such as infidelity, sexual dissatisfaction, sexual trauma, and sexual disorders. I hope to foster a sex-positive environment that is free of judgment.