I'm here to help you grow and change on your passage through life! Sometimes people have challenges to start with like thinking differently, or a difficult family. We may have questions about whether we still fit into a social or religious group. Challenges are harder if depression or anxiety hold us back or if we feel like we're stuck. Finding an empathetic, experienced therapist can be a connection to taking you out of isolation and uncovering your innate ability to change. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I have done my own work to grow and I look forward to helping you!

The path of life can be full of twists and turns and it's easy to become overwhelmed, especially in times of change and transition. Do you find yourself at a crossroads, not knowing where to turn? I believe there is hope, even in the most difficult of circumstances. I enjoy helping others regain their sense of hope by developing insight and tapping into their strengths and abilities. In doing so, healthier, more successful ways of coping with life's challenges can begin to emerge.

The Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care is a pastoral counseling center open to everyone. There is a place for you here— whether you practice a faith tradition or are searching, whether you are looking for support as you take the next steps in your life or you feel sad, stuck or unhappy. Our counselors are trained mental health professionals, many of whom are also practicing clergy. But we don’t preach: we listen. We offer counseling for children, families, couples, and adults including seniors. Group therapy services are also available.

It is a great honor to witness people's return to their unique expression of wholeness. The essence of my work lies in meeting you with an attitude of heartful curiosity so that you may safely explore stressors and renegotiate traumas. I utilize integrative body-based modalities incorporating latest discoveries and research in mind-body psychology that do not require reliving intense emotions or detailing painful memories. We will work to discover new resources and truths so that you may experience a newfound sense of well-being and trust in the unfolding process of your life's journey.

I have been an LCSW and Certified Substance Abuse Counselor for 25+ working primarily with individuals and families experiencing substance use-related related issues. I work to normalize the process of recovery and provide the comfortable process to develop skills for self-care and connecting to peer support to find contentment in sobriety. I am currently meeting with clients by telehealth (videocall or telephone) during weekdays and in an office setting on weekends. Please feel free to reach me by email or phone.

Thinking about making a change can be difficult, frightening or even exciting. I'm so glad you've decided to seek out someone to help you in this process. As a therapist I believe in working collaboratively with you to create the changes you want in your life. Many people who seek out therapy have found ways of coping that worked for a while and no longer work for them and may even be harmful. If you think you are ready to change something in your life, please call or contact me for an appointment.

What I love about counseling is that it rests on the belief that change is always possible, and that how we lived yesterday does not have to determine how we live tomorrow. No matter how dark today is, I believe that the future can be bright. My goal as a therapist is to offer a safe environment where you can grow with maximum support.

We are not built to fight this battle of life alone. Let's work through it together. We are all on this journey and will always be learning, growing, and gaining wisdom from each other along the way. I learn and grow from meeting with my clients just as they do from meeting with me. Presently, a Resident in Counseling with a master’s degree in Counseling and Human Development, I hope to walk with clients through their own battles just as so many mentors, counselors, and supports have done for me on my journey.

Nikole is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and couples. Nikole is trained to address such issues as depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, anger issues, mood disorders, and marital issues. Nikole is fully trained in using the approach of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Nikole also utilizes DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) to assist individuals struggling with ineffective behavior patterns in their daily lives. She also has completed Gottman Level One marital counseling training.

Do you feel “off” and struggle to understand why? Can you see yourself trying to live up to the expectations of others while ignoring your own needs? Do you find your unexpected anger directed at the people closest to you, sometimes without any reason? Is your spiritual life disconnected from the rest of your life, creating personal conflicts? Unfortunately, these types of issues can happen to anyone, whether you are working towards adulthood or experienced with its challenges. Your real needs are important and I believe that you have the authority to get those met in healthy ways.

I am doing Tele sessions only during Covid. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I consider you a whole being not just a collection of symptoms. My work with clients is based on a Buddhist perspective to psychology, meaning we explore the roots and causes of our suffering and work toward having a deeper, more empathetic understanding of ourselves. This ability to turn inward helps us make more freeing choices.

There are times in life when situations will drive you to your knees. If you or a loved one is struggling with mental health, behavioral health, marital/family or substance abuse issues, let us help you experience the process of finding hope, restoration, and healing.

As a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, I provide therapy and coaching a manner that is warm, genuine, empathic and tailored to meet each client's specific needs. I specialize in treating adults in their 20's, 30's and 40's and the challenges unique to these stages of life. My clients appear outwardly successful and put together, yet inwardly experience worry, sadness, shame, numbness, loneliness and difficulty related to self image, work, relationships, parenting and transitions. I help clients to shift habits and patterns, improve self awareness, decrease avoidance, realize their potential and engage more fully in their lives.

As a Clinical Medical Support Hypnotherapist, I guide my clients to tap into their own internal resources and make the important and lasting changes they want to see in their lives. I help them to find freedom from physical pain and discomfort, sleep disturbance, chronic stress and anxiety, excessive worry, fears and phobias, as well as unwanted emotions, habits and behaviors. My goal is to provide guidance, education and coaching to restore optimal physical health and emotional well being.

I believe that our thoughts are directly connected to how we feel. I work with people to solve present day problems and help the person approach a stronger and healthier sense of self by focusing on the actual lived experience in their life. Having the person be aware even after they have learned to recognize when and where their mental processes has gone wrong, it can in some cases take considerable time or effort to replace a dysfunctional process or habit with a more reasonable and adaptive one.

Hi! Seeking therapy is often a difficult decision; I would like to make that decision easier by offering a comfortable, safe environment to address life's challenges. Whether managing a life transition, addressing a relationship conflict, coping with difficult past experiences or changing unwanted behavioral patterns, I am here to lend a hand and offer support. My passion is working with adolescents, young adults, and couples. Adolescence and young adulthood present unique obstacles when developing positive relationships, self-image, and healthy independence are very important. I would like to help you develop the tools needed to face these challenges in the most effective way.

Here at WHOA Outpatient we believe in full body health. Our team approach to treatment is focused on finding the elements necessary for each individual to find peace and joy on their life journey. Through the combination of diet, exercise and therapeutic tools we aim to support all- embracing wellness.

Sometimes life can feel overwhelming and making changes can feel like an impossibility. Relationships, trauma, health issues, life transitions, grief, complicated family dynamics, and childhood wounds can keep us feeling stuck. They can rob us of our joy and even dim the vision we have for our lives. By applying complementary therapy approaches, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), together we can unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

The heart of therapy is to experience the possibility of change. Depression, anxiety, our life's disappointments and woundings show up in negative feelings, thoughts and behaviors that interfere with our deepest hopes for living well. Together, in a warm and supportive environment, I hold a safe place for discovery and personal growth through an integrative approach. Here, with new tools, you can search within and explore your basic needs. Within this therapeutic relationship you can begin to begin again. My commitment is to provide a private and caring space for self discovery and a growing sense of well-being.

I am a strengths-based psychotherapist, a mother of three wonderful adult children, who returned to graduate school late in life with a strong belief in the "land of possibility." I have great respect for what each individual brings to therapy and faith in the power of relationship to effect growth and change. I believe that my sensitivity to need, whether in very young children or mature adults is a unique gift that brings hope to life. I recently completed a mindfulness and psychotherapy course and strongly believe in its impact on depression and anxiety.