Female Therapists in Potomac West, Alexandria, VA
Please check out my website www.abbycobeypsyd.com for additional info and pictures. We all can have difficulty from time to time, dealing with relationships, work, general stress. You don't have to figure it out on your own. You come to therapy looking for something to change; Let's find out what those changes will be and empower you to make them!
Please check out my website www.abbycobeypsyd.com for additional info and pictures. We all can have difficulty from time to time, dealing with relationships, work, general stress. You don't have to figure it out on your own. You come to therapy looking for something to change; Let's find out what those changes will be and empower you to make them!
I have an extensive background working with adolescents, and adults, providing psychotherapy. I have worked in a variety of settings including private practices, community clinics, and residential treatment centers. With specialized training and experience in different theoretical approaches including psychodynamic, mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavioral therapy, trauma-focused CBT, interpersonal, and narrative therapy, I use an integrated approach to meet the unique needs of each client. Due to my own diverse background and experience, I am intimately aware of multicultural issues, and enjoy working with a clientele from various arrays of life.
I have an extensive background working with adolescents, and adults, providing psychotherapy. I have worked in a variety of settings including private practices, community clinics, and residential treatment centers. With specialized training and experience in different theoretical approaches including psychodynamic, mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavioral therapy, trauma-focused CBT, interpersonal, and narrative therapy, I use an integrated approach to meet the unique needs of each client. Due to my own diverse background and experience, I am intimately aware of multicultural issues, and enjoy working with a clientele from various arrays of life.
Toxic Relationships + Trauma Therapist
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Online Only
Hi there! I'm Anne! Whether you're struggling with narcissistic abuse/toxic relationship/childhood trauma, healing a broken heart, battling burnout, or wrestling with anxiety and depression, I want you to know one thing: you're not alone on this journey. My practice is a safe haven for those who've weathered these storms by creating a judgment-free space where your story matters and your feelings are valid. I don't believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. Instead, we'll work together to find an approach that resonates so that you feel heard and understood. We'll unpack it all and develop coping strategies that actually work for you.
Hi there! I'm Anne! Whether you're struggling with narcissistic abuse/toxic relationship/childhood trauma, healing a broken heart, battling burnout, or wrestling with anxiety and depression, I want you to know one thing: you're not alone on this journey. My practice is a safe haven for those who've weathered these storms by creating a judgment-free space where your story matters and your feelings are valid. I don't believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. Instead, we'll work together to find an approach that resonates so that you feel heard and understood. We'll unpack it all and develop coping strategies that actually work for you.
We are a vibrant and energetic group of clinical psychologists, therapists, and wellness professionals located in the Del Ray area of Alexandria, VA. We are passionate about guiding adolescents and adults on their personal journeys of growth and transformation through a holistic approach to psychotherapy. We believe that wellness is attained by addressing the mind, body, and spirit. Our mission is to provide a trusting therapeutic relationship to each client, as it is an essential framework to facilitate self awareness, healing, and personal evolution.
We are a vibrant and energetic group of clinical psychologists, therapists, and wellness professionals located in the Del Ray area of Alexandria, VA. We are passionate about guiding adolescents and adults on their personal journeys of growth and transformation through a holistic approach to psychotherapy. We believe that wellness is attained by addressing the mind, body, and spirit. Our mission is to provide a trusting therapeutic relationship to each client, as it is an essential framework to facilitate self awareness, healing, and personal evolution.
Lauren Timkovich, LCSW, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Right now you may be feeling anxious, stressed, unhappy or full of self-doubt. Perhaps you are feeling stuck in your relationship, unsure about your career, feeling disconnected from those you care about or lonely. Sometimes we feel at a loss of what step to take next or so overwhelmed with stress we can’t even make decisions. Too often, we have come to believe things about ourselves that are not true. I get it AND I can help. Together, we will work to heal those untrue beliefs and change the ways you feel about yourself so that you can live a joy-filled life and have the satisfying and loving relationships you want.
Right now you may be feeling anxious, stressed, unhappy or full of self-doubt. Perhaps you are feeling stuck in your relationship, unsure about your career, feeling disconnected from those you care about or lonely. Sometimes we feel at a loss of what step to take next or so overwhelmed with stress we can’t even make decisions. Too often, we have come to believe things about ourselves that are not true. I get it AND I can help. Together, we will work to heal those untrue beliefs and change the ways you feel about yourself so that you can live a joy-filled life and have the satisfying and loving relationships you want.
Thi Nguyen
Supervisee in Clinical Social Work, MSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Potomac West, Alexandria, VA 22305
Navigating life’s challenges can feel overwhelming, and the aftermath of these struggles may leave you feeling as though it’s impossible to move forward. However, I want to help you realize that a positive turning point is possible at any stage of life. While your circumstances may make you feel isolated, I’m here to support you on your journey toward self-discovery, healing, empowerment, and a renewed sense of belonging. Everyone’s path is unique, and together, we can work toward finding your strength and sense of purpose.
Navigating life’s challenges can feel overwhelming, and the aftermath of these struggles may leave you feeling as though it’s impossible to move forward. However, I want to help you realize that a positive turning point is possible at any stage of life. While your circumstances may make you feel isolated, I’m here to support you on your journey toward self-discovery, healing, empowerment, and a renewed sense of belonging. Everyone’s path is unique, and together, we can work toward finding your strength and sense of purpose.
Dr. Deborah Grodzicki
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD
Verified Verified
Potomac West, Alexandria, VA 22301
Are you struggling to connect with your partner? Are you finding it hard to deal with life transitions? If you are looking for an evidence-based and holistic therapeutic experience, then I may be a good fit for you. I work with individuals and couples, specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. For couples, I help strengthen connection and trust by building awareness, empathy, and alignment. From the onset, I seek to create a warm, trusting, and collaborative therapeutic relationship so that you feel empowered to tackle your obstacles and cultivate a meaningful life.
Are you struggling to connect with your partner? Are you finding it hard to deal with life transitions? If you are looking for an evidence-based and holistic therapeutic experience, then I may be a good fit for you. I work with individuals and couples, specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. For couples, I help strengthen connection and trust by building awareness, empathy, and alignment. From the onset, I seek to create a warm, trusting, and collaborative therapeutic relationship so that you feel empowered to tackle your obstacles and cultivate a meaningful life.
You may be fastened in depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and/or life transitions, but you have the innate strength needed to thrive to live the meaningful life that you desire and deserve to live. This is your time for healing and growth. Finding the right therapist to collaborate with to explore appropriate treatment and solutions is most important. My intention is to provide a safe, accepting, and respectful environment for addressing your concerns.
You may be fastened in depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and/or life transitions, but you have the innate strength needed to thrive to live the meaningful life that you desire and deserve to live. This is your time for healing and growth. Finding the right therapist to collaborate with to explore appropriate treatment and solutions is most important. My intention is to provide a safe, accepting, and respectful environment for addressing your concerns.
At our practice, we specialize in empowering our clients to discover healthier lifestyles through integrative wellness services solutions. We provide a variety of healing modalities, including hypnotherapy, life coaching, couples coaching, Reiki energy healing, and intuitive healing. Our clients choose us because we are committed to techniques that offer fast and effective healing.
At our practice, we specialize in empowering our clients to discover healthier lifestyles through integrative wellness services solutions. We provide a variety of healing modalities, including hypnotherapy, life coaching, couples coaching, Reiki energy healing, and intuitive healing. Our clients choose us because we are committed to techniques that offer fast and effective healing.
Katie Hodgson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Potomac West, Alexandria, VA 22301
I specialize in helping clients who are struggling with anxiety, depression, and maternal mental health issues. I also work with people who need extra support as they navigate life transitions, relationship issues, grief and loss, and other stressors. My treatment style is based in cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, neurobiology, and the principles of positive psychology. As a social worker, I welcome people from all walks of life and backgrounds in my practice.
I specialize in helping clients who are struggling with anxiety, depression, and maternal mental health issues. I also work with people who need extra support as they navigate life transitions, relationship issues, grief and loss, and other stressors. My treatment style is based in cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, neurobiology, and the principles of positive psychology. As a social worker, I welcome people from all walks of life and backgrounds in my practice.
Bonnie Kuo
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
As a woman of color and first-generation immigrant, I value the framework of intersectionality as it relates to one’s identity and strive to create a safe space for everyone I have the pleasure of helping along our journey.
NOTE: I am currently accepting clients who are interested in EMDR work. As a licensed professional counselor, I work with young adults and adults seeking progress and healing in anxiety, depression, trauma, identity development, substance use, life transitions, and career development. I am trained in EMDR, and I look to support clients who desire to gain insights into past events impacting current life experiences. Whether you seek a compassionate space to reflect, grow, or heal, I will take the time and care to support your journey.
As a woman of color and first-generation immigrant, I value the framework of intersectionality as it relates to one’s identity and strive to create a safe space for everyone I have the pleasure of helping along our journey.
NOTE: I am currently accepting clients who are interested in EMDR work. As a licensed professional counselor, I work with young adults and adults seeking progress and healing in anxiety, depression, trauma, identity development, substance use, life transitions, and career development. I am trained in EMDR, and I look to support clients who desire to gain insights into past events impacting current life experiences. Whether you seek a compassionate space to reflect, grow, or heal, I will take the time and care to support your journey.
Meet Our Female Therapists
Are you feeling stuck in your life? Is your depression, anxiety, or trauma symptoms not changing despite taking various medications or attending years of talk therapy? Interested in an alternative therapy like psychedelic assisted psychotherapy? If you are looking for a more holistic orientation that incorporates the mind, body, and spirit, with somatic based ketamine assisted psychotherapy, then I may be a good fit for you. My goal is to help people achieve their desired level of wellbeing by helping them to heal quicker and to break through through barriers that prevent them from living fully.
Are you feeling stuck in your life? Is your depression, anxiety, or trauma symptoms not changing despite taking various medications or attending years of talk therapy? Interested in an alternative therapy like psychedelic assisted psychotherapy? If you are looking for a more holistic orientation that incorporates the mind, body, and spirit, with somatic based ketamine assisted psychotherapy, then I may be a good fit for you. My goal is to help people achieve their desired level of wellbeing by helping them to heal quicker and to break through through barriers that prevent them from living fully.
I work with clients to help them through difficult issues involving marriage and family relationships, depression, anxiety, sexual assault and other trauma. My goal is to help my clients achieve the best results in the shortest amount of time so that they can get on with their lives. If you're feeling stuck, I want to help you find a way to move on. For your convenience, I can provide a Super Bill for insurance reimbursement for clients who are out-of-network.
I work with clients to help them through difficult issues involving marriage and family relationships, depression, anxiety, sexual assault and other trauma. My goal is to help my clients achieve the best results in the shortest amount of time so that they can get on with their lives. If you're feeling stuck, I want to help you find a way to move on. For your convenience, I can provide a Super Bill for insurance reimbursement for clients who are out-of-network.
Are you tired of repeating the same patterns over and over again? Are you ready to make changes in your life? I can help you develop new healthy coping tools and gain power over your life. If you are experiencing difficulty with anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem, life transitions, communication, relationships, or just feel "stuck " I can help provide some relief and guidance. I use a warm, collaborate and evidence-based approach to help you utilize better coping strategies, gain support, understand your emotions, challenge your negative thought patterns, find and develop your strengths, and set your own personal goals.
Are you tired of repeating the same patterns over and over again? Are you ready to make changes in your life? I can help you develop new healthy coping tools and gain power over your life. If you are experiencing difficulty with anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem, life transitions, communication, relationships, or just feel "stuck " I can help provide some relief and guidance. I use a warm, collaborate and evidence-based approach to help you utilize better coping strategies, gain support, understand your emotions, challenge your negative thought patterns, find and develop your strengths, and set your own personal goals.
‘There is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist… The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions it is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.’ - Martha Graham, dancer and choreographer.
Life can be challenging and coping strategies can quickly become habits. I work with clients suffering with issues related to anxiety, depression, relationships, self compassion, body acceptance, finding meaning, family issues, spirituality and others.
‘There is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist… The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions it is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.’ - Martha Graham, dancer and choreographer.
Life can be challenging and coping strategies can quickly become habits. I work with clients suffering with issues related to anxiety, depression, relationships, self compassion, body acceptance, finding meaning, family issues, spirituality and others.
Hello, welcome to therapy. My unique approach combines Internal Family Systems, Art Therapy, and Meditation to engage your concerns from an imaginative, creative, and holistic perspective. You will experience progress quickly as I gently help you take an active role in your own healing. My goal for you is to not be in therapy for years, but to learn the techniques you can use on your own to deepen your self awareness and live life through the eyes of your Authentic Self.
Hello, welcome to therapy. My unique approach combines Internal Family Systems, Art Therapy, and Meditation to engage your concerns from an imaginative, creative, and holistic perspective. You will experience progress quickly as I gently help you take an active role in your own healing. My goal for you is to not be in therapy for years, but to learn the techniques you can use on your own to deepen your self awareness and live life through the eyes of your Authentic Self.
I specialize in helping women in their 20’s and 30’s work through anxiety, ADHD, people-pleasing, perfectionism and burnout.
I use an individualized, strengths-based and trauma-informed approach in my work, utilizing different modalities such as: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment work like Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), mindful self-compassion techniques, and a tad bit of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I am also a bit of a brain and nervous system nerd.
I specialize in helping women in their 20’s and 30’s work through anxiety, ADHD, people-pleasing, perfectionism and burnout.
I use an individualized, strengths-based and trauma-informed approach in my work, utilizing different modalities such as: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment work like Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), mindful self-compassion techniques, and a tad bit of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I am also a bit of a brain and nervous system nerd.
Sammy Kirk
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Potomac West, Alexandria, VA 22301
Do you have a sense that something about your childhood is affecting you as an adult? Maybe you can put your finger on exactly what it is, or maybe you are just seeing patterns in your life & relationships that have you wondering if there’s something deeper behind it. Past therapy experiences may have been helpful in some ways, but you seem to keep getting stuck. It feels like anxiety and self-doubt are the ones controlling the direction of your life, not what is true and authentic to you. You’re ready to address these things at the source, so you can finally work with your inner critic and regain control of your life.
Do you have a sense that something about your childhood is affecting you as an adult? Maybe you can put your finger on exactly what it is, or maybe you are just seeing patterns in your life & relationships that have you wondering if there’s something deeper behind it. Past therapy experiences may have been helpful in some ways, but you seem to keep getting stuck. It feels like anxiety and self-doubt are the ones controlling the direction of your life, not what is true and authentic to you. You’re ready to address these things at the source, so you can finally work with your inner critic and regain control of your life.
Diane Bonilla Coaching: Grief Coach for Women
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CGP
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Potomac West, Alexandria, VA 22301
My decades long work as a therapist and grief expert, combined with my own personal journey with loss, have helped me to effectively coach women who are struggling with grief.
You're feeling exhausted from the weight of grief in your body. You just want to feel like your old self again. You've tried to keep busy, joined a monthly support group, and read some grief books, but those big waves of emotion keep coming and it's overwhelming sometimes. Yet, moving forward with your healing feels like you're leaving your loved one behind. You're tired of feeling stuck but terrified of letting go. What if I told you that deeper healing comes from strengthening your muscle of resilience, not from letting go of your loved one, overscheduling yourself, or "moving on."
My decades long work as a therapist and grief expert, combined with my own personal journey with loss, have helped me to effectively coach women who are struggling with grief.
You're feeling exhausted from the weight of grief in your body. You just want to feel like your old self again. You've tried to keep busy, joined a monthly support group, and read some grief books, but those big waves of emotion keep coming and it's overwhelming sometimes. Yet, moving forward with your healing feels like you're leaving your loved one behind. You're tired of feeling stuck but terrified of letting go. What if I told you that deeper healing comes from strengthening your muscle of resilience, not from letting go of your loved one, overscheduling yourself, or "moving on."
Jennifer Crittenden
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Potomac West, Alexandria, VA 22305
Are you feeling a bit stuck? Want change, but don’t know how to get there? Let's explore how better to communicate our wants and needs. Let's understand our coping mechanisms. Let's ask ourselves why we struggle to care for ourselves, the way we care for others. Let's look at our beliefs, coping styles and behaviors that repeat, even though they no longer serve us.
Are you feeling a bit stuck? Want change, but don’t know how to get there? Let's explore how better to communicate our wants and needs. Let's understand our coping mechanisms. Let's ask ourselves why we struggle to care for ourselves, the way we care for others. Let's look at our beliefs, coping styles and behaviors that repeat, even though they no longer serve us.
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or because they feel more comfortable with a therapist of their own gender due to shared life experiences or perspectives. Considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender may matter or improve their therapeutic experience. The most important consideration is that a client is able to build a trusting relationship with their therapist.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist. For women, this could be because they believe that they will be able to better connect with a woman, and that a female therapist will be able to relate to their specific challenges and personal issues. It may be particularly beneficial for women to see a female therapist, for example, for gender-specific issues, such as sexism in the workplace, relationship issues, and gender roles. The most important factor in therapy is the client-therapist connection, and a therapist's gender as well as many other factors may play an important role in this.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.