Eating Disorders Therapists in Eisenhower East, Alexandria, VA
Katie Schumaker
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
3 Endorsed
Eisenhower East, Alexandria, VA 22314
I am Katie, a dedicated therapist who believes in the power of building trust and meaningful connections with my clients. My approach revolves around recognizing and nurturing the strengths of individuals, fostering collaboration, and practicing inclusion-based therapy to create a safe and supportive environment for all. In my practice, I prioritize establishing trust with my clients by creating a space where they feel heard, respected, and valued. By focusing on strengths and empowering individuals to recognize their capabilities, I aim to guide them towards personal growth and resilience.
I am Katie, a dedicated therapist who believes in the power of building trust and meaningful connections with my clients. My approach revolves around recognizing and nurturing the strengths of individuals, fostering collaboration, and practicing inclusion-based therapy to create a safe and supportive environment for all. In my practice, I prioritize establishing trust with my clients by creating a space where they feel heard, respected, and valued. By focusing on strengths and empowering individuals to recognize their capabilities, I aim to guide them towards personal growth and resilience.
Kristin Nygaard-Daugherty
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA , LPC
2 Endorsed
Eisenhower East, Alexandria, VA 22314
Taking the leap to find a therapist can feel overwhelming. The thought of talking to a complete stranger about the deepest darkest parts of your mind may feel frightening, but seeking help is something to celebrate. If you are searching for someone to help lighten the load of the weight of the world or even just the thoughts swirling around in your mind, I am here to help.
Taking the leap to find a therapist can feel overwhelming. The thought of talking to a complete stranger about the deepest darkest parts of your mind may feel frightening, but seeking help is something to celebrate. If you are searching for someone to help lighten the load of the weight of the world or even just the thoughts swirling around in your mind, I am here to help.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor passionate about working with teens and adults (13+) who want to feel more confident in themselves and their relationships. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, self-doubt, communication issues, or past experiences that still impact you today, I provide a space where you can explore, heal, and grow. I specialize in helping clients strengthen their interpersonal dynamics, whether that means identifying and setting boundaries, improving communication skills, or making sense of formative life events that have shaped who you are.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor passionate about working with teens and adults (13+) who want to feel more confident in themselves and their relationships. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, self-doubt, communication issues, or past experiences that still impact you today, I provide a space where you can explore, heal, and grow. I specialize in helping clients strengthen their interpersonal dynamics, whether that means identifying and setting boundaries, improving communication skills, or making sense of formative life events that have shaped who you are.
Healthy Minds Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor
1 Endorsed
Eisenhower East, Alexandria, VA 22314
Accepting NEW patients! for MEDS management AND therapy! Our mission at Healthy Minds Therapy is inspiring thriving, healthier communities by making therapy modern and accessible. Dedicated to wellness and mental wealth. We help anxious individuals, provide relief for discouraged parents and help distant couples get connected. We provide individual therapy across the lifespan. As well as couples and family therapy. We also offer group therapy! There is something for everybody. Healthier days are here! Serving VA, MD, & DC!
Accepting NEW patients! for MEDS management AND therapy! Our mission at Healthy Minds Therapy is inspiring thriving, healthier communities by making therapy modern and accessible. Dedicated to wellness and mental wealth. We help anxious individuals, provide relief for discouraged parents and help distant couples get connected. We provide individual therapy across the lifespan. As well as couples and family therapy. We also offer group therapy! There is something for everybody. Healthier days are here! Serving VA, MD, & DC!
I provide individual and group therapy in a variety of areas including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, ADHD, women's issues, trauma, domestic violence, anger issues, disordered eating, addiction, and grief/loss.
Live the life you choose! Let me assist you in recognizing your own courage and transform frustration into strength! I utilize an integrative approach based on a strengths model of treatment. I have been trained in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psycho-dynamic, interpersonal, solutions-focused, family systems, and empowerment. I will work with you to create a treatment plan that best meets your needs. We will work together to address challenges you are facing and identify solutions to cope. In addition, I will coordinate with other providers such as psychiatrists and physicians who are on your wellness team.
I provide individual and group therapy in a variety of areas including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, ADHD, women's issues, trauma, domestic violence, anger issues, disordered eating, addiction, and grief/loss.
Live the life you choose! Let me assist you in recognizing your own courage and transform frustration into strength! I utilize an integrative approach based on a strengths model of treatment. I have been trained in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psycho-dynamic, interpersonal, solutions-focused, family systems, and empowerment. I will work with you to create a treatment plan that best meets your needs. We will work together to address challenges you are facing and identify solutions to cope. In addition, I will coordinate with other providers such as psychiatrists and physicians who are on your wellness team.
Welcome! I work with adults, veterans, and families who are battling anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, and life transitions. With over 22 years of experience, I understand the courage it takes to seek help, and I aim to create a supportive, non-judgmental space where healing can begin.
Welcome! I work with adults, veterans, and families who are battling anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, and life transitions. With over 22 years of experience, I understand the courage it takes to seek help, and I aim to create a supportive, non-judgmental space where healing can begin.
Available via Video session only Age: 49 Language: English Specialties: Trauma, Veterans, Anxiety, Depression, Bereavement-Grief Counseling, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Substance abuse, Domestic Violence, health disabilities, Life Management Counseling, Mood Disorders, Parenting Issues/stressors, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stress Management. not currently accepting marriage or couples counseling at this time. Years of Experience: 22 years Bobbie began her career in the human services field as a social worker and child abuse investigator with the Department of Social Services in VA.
Available via Video session only Age: 49 Language: English Specialties: Trauma, Veterans, Anxiety, Depression, Bereavement-Grief Counseling, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Substance abuse, Domestic Violence, health disabilities, Life Management Counseling, Mood Disorders, Parenting Issues/stressors, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stress Management. not currently accepting marriage or couples counseling at this time. Years of Experience: 22 years Bobbie began her career in the human services field as a social worker and child abuse investigator with the Department of Social Services in VA.
My ideal client feels stuck in patterns that no longer serve them—overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, ADHD, or eating disorder thoughts.
I work with people who feel stuck in patterns that no longer serve them—whether it’s anxiety, trauma, ADHD, or an eating disorder. You don’t have to have it all figured out. I offer a space that’s warm, honest, and collaborative, where we can explore what’s going on and what healing could look like for you.
My ideal client feels stuck in patterns that no longer serve them—overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, ADHD, or eating disorder thoughts.
I work with people who feel stuck in patterns that no longer serve them—whether it’s anxiety, trauma, ADHD, or an eating disorder. You don’t have to have it all figured out. I offer a space that’s warm, honest, and collaborative, where we can explore what’s going on and what healing could look like for you.
Compassionate therapist with expertise in helping individuals navigate trauma, anxiety and life transitions towards healing. - Ivy
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over decade of experience supporting individuals and families through life’s most challenging moments. My clinical focus includes trauma, anxiety, and substance abuse, and I bring a compassionate, evidence-based approach to each client relationship. I am fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, and Cape Verdean Creole, allowing me to provide culturally responsive care to a wide range of communities.
Compassionate therapist with expertise in helping individuals navigate trauma, anxiety and life transitions towards healing. - Ivy
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over decade of experience supporting individuals and families through life’s most challenging moments. My clinical focus includes trauma, anxiety, and substance abuse, and I bring a compassionate, evidence-based approach to each client relationship. I am fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, and Cape Verdean Creole, allowing me to provide culturally responsive care to a wide range of communities.
I work with individuals who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or emotionally drained those who may be struggling to manage their symptoms or make sense of what they’re experiencing. Many of the people I support are navigating stress, anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, or burnout, and often feel like they’ve been holding everything together for everyone else while quietly struggling themselves.
I offer a calm, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where you can slow down and be honest about what you’re feeling. My approach is compassionate and collaborative, focused on helping you gain insight.
I work with individuals who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or emotionally drained those who may be struggling to manage their symptoms or make sense of what they’re experiencing. Many of the people I support are navigating stress, anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, or burnout, and often feel like they’ve been holding everything together for everyone else while quietly struggling themselves.
I offer a calm, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where you can slow down and be honest about what you’re feeling. My approach is compassionate and collaborative, focused on helping you gain insight.
Online Therapists
I graduated with a BS in Psychology from James Madison University and an MA in Music Therapy and Counseling from Drexel University. I'm a board-certified music therapist (MT-BC), a neurologic music therapist (NMT), and a resident in counseling (LPC-R) working under the supervision of Carissa Martin. I began my career after graduation, working closely with residents in a nursing home community outside Philadelphia. More recently, I worked as a Music Therapist with the partial hospitalization unit at a hospital on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I have experience working with children, adolescents, and adults.
I graduated with a BS in Psychology from James Madison University and an MA in Music Therapy and Counseling from Drexel University. I'm a board-certified music therapist (MT-BC), a neurologic music therapist (NMT), and a resident in counseling (LPC-R) working under the supervision of Carissa Martin. I began my career after graduation, working closely with residents in a nursing home community outside Philadelphia. More recently, I worked as a Music Therapist with the partial hospitalization unit at a hospital on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I have experience working with children, adolescents, and adults.
We are not meant to do this thing called life alone. I believe in the need for the culture of therapy to include genuine, empathetic, helpful, and compassionate humans. I have a passion for providing others with support as they navigate through the ups and downs of life. I believe there is great importance in a safe, non-judgement, and supportive therapeutic environment and relationship.
We are not meant to do this thing called life alone. I believe in the need for the culture of therapy to include genuine, empathetic, helpful, and compassionate humans. I have a passion for providing others with support as they navigate through the ups and downs of life. I believe there is great importance in a safe, non-judgement, and supportive therapeutic environment and relationship.
My approach to therapy is client-centered, rooted in collaboration, empathy, and empowerment. I work with children, adolescents and adult clients facing a range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and life transitions. I have a special interest in supporting clients through perinatal mental health, acculturation, grief, and other major life transitions.
My approach to therapy is client-centered, rooted in collaboration, empathy, and empowerment. I work with children, adolescents and adult clients facing a range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and life transitions. I have a special interest in supporting clients through perinatal mental health, acculturation, grief, and other major life transitions.
Amanda has extensive experience working with adolescents in school, group, and outpatient settings. Amanda currently specializes in mood disorders like anxiety and depression, self-esteem, peer relations, LGBTQIA+ issues, and life transitions for adolescents and young adults.
Amanda has extensive experience working with adolescents in school, group, and outpatient settings. Amanda currently specializes in mood disorders like anxiety and depression, self-esteem, peer relations, LGBTQIA+ issues, and life transitions for adolescents and young adults.
I work with adults and teens who are looking to understand themselves more deeply, strengthen relationships, and navigate life stressors. Growth happens in connection, and together we create a strong therapeutic relationship where they can feel safe and empowered. I support clients managing depression, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, relationship dynamics, oppression, and loss. I have advanced training in perinatal mental health and specialize in supporting folks in their pregnancy and postpartum journeys.
I work with adults and teens who are looking to understand themselves more deeply, strengthen relationships, and navigate life stressors. Growth happens in connection, and together we create a strong therapeutic relationship where they can feel safe and empowered. I support clients managing depression, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, relationship dynamics, oppression, and loss. I have advanced training in perinatal mental health and specialize in supporting folks in their pregnancy and postpartum journeys.
Does love, happiness, prosperity, and inner peace feel forever elusive? Turn your heartache into your dream life. I want to help you stop hurting and start living the life you long to have. I am Darlene Latta, and I've been a psychotherapist for over 25 years. I believe a corrective relationship model combined with support, homework, and practical tools are the foundation to transforming your life. Not only have I witnessed hundreds of clients make these life altering changes but I’ve also done it myself. Together we can make your ideal life a reality.
Does love, happiness, prosperity, and inner peace feel forever elusive? Turn your heartache into your dream life. I want to help you stop hurting and start living the life you long to have. I am Darlene Latta, and I've been a psychotherapist for over 25 years. I believe a corrective relationship model combined with support, homework, and practical tools are the foundation to transforming your life. Not only have I witnessed hundreds of clients make these life altering changes but I’ve also done it myself. Together we can make your ideal life a reality.
I'm excited to help you see the improvements you're after! Hi, I’m Alix, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience in the DC Metro area. I hold a Master’s in Social Work from Boston University and a Psychology degree from the University of Michigan. I’ve worked with clients aged 6–86 in settings including child welfare, schools, adult day programs, and skilled nursing facilities. Passionate about helping people overcome obstacles and find joy, I bring an upbeat, positive, and energetic approach to therapy, creating a supportive space for growth and meaningful change.
I'm excited to help you see the improvements you're after! Hi, I’m Alix, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience in the DC Metro area. I hold a Master’s in Social Work from Boston University and a Psychology degree from the University of Michigan. I’ve worked with clients aged 6–86 in settings including child welfare, schools, adult day programs, and skilled nursing facilities. Passionate about helping people overcome obstacles and find joy, I bring an upbeat, positive, and energetic approach to therapy, creating a supportive space for growth and meaningful change.
Because I view each client as unique, I approach each case differently. I work from an integrative theoretical orientation and employ strategies from Cognitive Behavioral, Psychodynamics, Family Systems, and other theories according to the varying needs of each client.
Because I view each client as unique, I approach each case differently. I work from an integrative theoretical orientation and employ strategies from Cognitive Behavioral, Psychodynamics, Family Systems, and other theories according to the varying needs of each client.
Life can feel overwhelming when you're struggling with an eating disorder, anxiety, OCD, trauma, or difficult emotions.
I specialize in treating eating disorders and co-occurring concerns, including anxiety, OCD, trauma, complex PTSD, and mood disorders. I work with children, adolescents, and adults and have experience across multiple levels of care, including PHP, IOP, outpatient therapy, and acute psychiatric settings.
Life can feel overwhelming when you're struggling with an eating disorder, anxiety, OCD, trauma, or difficult emotions.
I specialize in treating eating disorders and co-occurring concerns, including anxiety, OCD, trauma, complex PTSD, and mood disorders. I work with children, adolescents, and adults and have experience across multiple levels of care, including PHP, IOP, outpatient therapy, and acute psychiatric settings.
Tired of feeling confused, dismissed, or like you're always the problem? Maybe it's showing up in your relationship with a partner or family member, or perhaps it's a friendship or a dynamic at work. You're the one who holds it together for everyone else, but privately you're exhausted and unsure of yourself. You're not broken. You're stuck in a pattern that made sense once but doesn't serve you anymore — and you're ready to change that.
Tired of feeling confused, dismissed, or like you're always the problem? Maybe it's showing up in your relationship with a partner or family member, or perhaps it's a friendship or a dynamic at work. You're the one who holds it together for everyone else, but privately you're exhausted and unsure of yourself. You're not broken. You're stuck in a pattern that made sense once but doesn't serve you anymore — and you're ready to change that.
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Eating Disorders Therapists
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.