Psychoanalytic Therapists in Crozet, VA
I work with children, teens, and adults, with a special focus on pre-teens through adulthood. Many of my clients are girls and women navigating relationships, anxiety, and life transitions—including motherhood and the evolving challenges of parenting. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or simply looking for more clarity and connection in your life, I aim to provide a supportive and collaborative space where you feel understood.
I work with children, teens, and adults, with a special focus on pre-teens through adulthood. Many of my clients are girls and women navigating relationships, anxiety, and life transitions—including motherhood and the evolving challenges of parenting. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or simply looking for more clarity and connection in your life, I aim to provide a supportive and collaborative space where you feel understood.
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re unsure what to expect or worried about being judged. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I understand how vulnerable it can feel to open up about personal struggles. While conversations around mental health have become more common, reaching out for support can still bring up nerves, uncertainty, or self-doubt. My priority is to offer a calm, welcoming, and nonjudgmental space where you can feel safe being yourself. You don’t need to have the “right words” or know exactly what you want to work on—we can figure that out together, at your pace.
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re unsure what to expect or worried about being judged. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I understand how vulnerable it can feel to open up about personal struggles. While conversations around mental health have become more common, reaching out for support can still bring up nerves, uncertainty, or self-doubt. My priority is to offer a calm, welcoming, and nonjudgmental space where you can feel safe being yourself. You don’t need to have the “right words” or know exactly what you want to work on—we can figure that out together, at your pace.
Many of the people I work with find psychodynamic/ psychoanalytic forms of psychotherapy are helpful when other sorts of therapy have not led to the positive changes they want.
I am a psychiatrist who provides psychotherapy for individuals interested in developing a better understanding of themselves to help address difficulties in a deep, meaningful way. Psychodynamic psychotherapy goes beyond homework and other exercises to look at relationship patterns, personality styles, and current experiences that may be contributing to your symptoms. Engaging in psychotherapy requires patience, a curious mind, and an honest desire to make changes. In addition to psychodynamic psychotherapy, I also provide psychiatric medication management if needed, diagnostic second opinions, and consultations.
Many of the people I work with find psychodynamic/ psychoanalytic forms of psychotherapy are helpful when other sorts of therapy have not led to the positive changes they want.
I am a psychiatrist who provides psychotherapy for individuals interested in developing a better understanding of themselves to help address difficulties in a deep, meaningful way. Psychodynamic psychotherapy goes beyond homework and other exercises to look at relationship patterns, personality styles, and current experiences that may be contributing to your symptoms. Engaging in psychotherapy requires patience, a curious mind, and an honest desire to make changes. In addition to psychodynamic psychotherapy, I also provide psychiatric medication management if needed, diagnostic second opinions, and consultations.
What’s working and what’s not working in your life? Psychotherapy is a tool to help you understand yourself more deeply and uncover unconscious patterns, defensive structures and boundaries that impact your relationship with self, others and the world around you. Whether navigating a career shift, relationship issues, or internal struggles, understanding your psychology will cultivate greater awareness of self and facilitate the necessary changes needed to achieve the results you desire. While A.I. can provide psychological insight, it cannot address the unconscious obstacles you are unaware of or cannot articulate.
What’s working and what’s not working in your life? Psychotherapy is a tool to help you understand yourself more deeply and uncover unconscious patterns, defensive structures and boundaries that impact your relationship with self, others and the world around you. Whether navigating a career shift, relationship issues, or internal struggles, understanding your psychology will cultivate greater awareness of self and facilitate the necessary changes needed to achieve the results you desire. While A.I. can provide psychological insight, it cannot address the unconscious obstacles you are unaware of or cannot articulate.
Whether you are bringing a complicated relationship history, painful past, deep confusion, trauma or dissatisfaction with therapists in general, this is a place to rework things with kindness, wholehearted interventions, and direct applications—helping untangle stuck patterns and bring greater satisfaction in life. Every person carries both struggle and wisdom, and this therapy draws on somatic awareness, present-moment mindful depth to build courage, clarity, and actual, meaningful change. This isn’t just a “nice” space to talk—expect purposeful work and the results you seek.
Hey! You Are Worth It!
Whether you are bringing a complicated relationship history, painful past, deep confusion, trauma or dissatisfaction with therapists in general, this is a place to rework things with kindness, wholehearted interventions, and direct applications—helping untangle stuck patterns and bring greater satisfaction in life. Every person carries both struggle and wisdom, and this therapy draws on somatic awareness, present-moment mindful depth to build courage, clarity, and actual, meaningful change. This isn’t just a “nice” space to talk—expect purposeful work and the results you seek.
Hey! You Are Worth It!
I offer individual therapy for adults and adolescents, and specialize in working with women and teens dealing with the impact of sexual assault, childhood abuse, or other trauma. Other areas of clinical interest include relationship issues, life transitions, anxiety, and identity questions. I believe therapy is a collaborative process that allows us to be deeply seen and heard, and to see ourselves in new and transformative ways. It can build self-esteem and strengthen our sense of who we are and how we fit into the world. As we understand ourselves more fully, relationships with others become richer and more fulfilling. Therapy can strengthen our ability to adapt and adjust to the changing circumstances of our lives, freeing us up to respond more flexibly to the world around us and to experience a more enlivened way of being. For trauma survivors who experience overwhelming waves of shame and fear, a lurking sense of unease, or confusing physical sensations, therapy can help calm the mind and the nervous system, allowing you to move from reliving the past to feeling grounded, present, and whole in mind and body.
I offer individual therapy for adults and adolescents, and specialize in working with women and teens dealing with the impact of sexual assault, childhood abuse, or other trauma. Other areas of clinical interest include relationship issues, life transitions, anxiety, and identity questions. I believe therapy is a collaborative process that allows us to be deeply seen and heard, and to see ourselves in new and transformative ways. It can build self-esteem and strengthen our sense of who we are and how we fit into the world. As we understand ourselves more fully, relationships with others become richer and more fulfilling. Therapy can strengthen our ability to adapt and adjust to the changing circumstances of our lives, freeing us up to respond more flexibly to the world around us and to experience a more enlivened way of being. For trauma survivors who experience overwhelming waves of shame and fear, a lurking sense of unease, or confusing physical sensations, therapy can help calm the mind and the nervous system, allowing you to move from reliving the past to feeling grounded, present, and whole in mind and body.
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I am a Resident in Counseling with 2 years of experience. I have worked with teens and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, ADHD, and life transitions. I utilize a client-centered approach to meet my clients where they are while providing a kind, safe, and gently challenging space to help them understand themselves and grow.
I am a Resident in Counseling with 2 years of experience. I have worked with teens and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, ADHD, and life transitions. I utilize a client-centered approach to meet my clients where they are while providing a kind, safe, and gently challenging space to help them understand themselves and grow.
Currently accepting clients, especially couples! I believe change is possible - let me show you that it really is. Instead of leaving you with temporary band-aids, I offer you the space to make meaningful, lasting shifts in perspective, coping, and patterns.
Currently accepting clients, especially couples! I believe change is possible - let me show you that it really is. Instead of leaving you with temporary band-aids, I offer you the space to make meaningful, lasting shifts in perspective, coping, and patterns.
Struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, or life transitions? I’m Stephanie Gagnon, LCSW, with 30 years of experience supporting individuals and couples in outpatient settings. Life stress can feel overwhelming, and my passion is helping clients restore balance, healing, and happiness. I use an integrative approach, tailoring therapy to your unique needs so together we can create meaningful, lasting change.
Struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, or life transitions? I’m Stephanie Gagnon, LCSW, with 30 years of experience supporting individuals and couples in outpatient settings. Life stress can feel overwhelming, and my passion is helping clients restore balance, healing, and happiness. I use an integrative approach, tailoring therapy to your unique needs so together we can create meaningful, lasting change.
I began my social work career in 2018, specializing in participatory action research aimed to address unstably housed youth in the Richmond and Tri City areas of Virginia guided by my own lived experiences. I now work with a wide array of folx and strive to combine my clinical and policy based experience to disrupt systems of oppression, de-stigmatize mental and behavioral health issues in marginalized communities, address treatment gaps, and provide accessible, affirming care.
I began my social work career in 2018, specializing in participatory action research aimed to address unstably housed youth in the Richmond and Tri City areas of Virginia guided by my own lived experiences. I now work with a wide array of folx and strive to combine my clinical and policy based experience to disrupt systems of oppression, de-stigmatize mental and behavioral health issues in marginalized communities, address treatment gaps, and provide accessible, affirming care.
Do you feel chronically disconnected or stuck in unhelpful patterns despite "knowing better"? This misalignment might be affecting your physical health, your relationships, your sense of self, and your visions for the future. While many of the strategies you relied upon in early life were both necessary and adaptive, they can also become what hold you back later in life. What if we explore some of your origin stories and update those defaults to better reflect who you are, instead of who you believed you had to be? What if we deepen your self-belonging, thereby strengthening your capacity to connect more effortlessly with others?
Do you feel chronically disconnected or stuck in unhelpful patterns despite "knowing better"? This misalignment might be affecting your physical health, your relationships, your sense of self, and your visions for the future. While many of the strategies you relied upon in early life were both necessary and adaptive, they can also become what hold you back later in life. What if we explore some of your origin stories and update those defaults to better reflect who you are, instead of who you believed you had to be? What if we deepen your self-belonging, thereby strengthening your capacity to connect more effortlessly with others?
Is anxiety or trauma leaving you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck? I support women and LGBTQIA+ folks who are navigating anxiety, trauma, and chronic stress. My work is grounded in somatic therapy, an approach that focuses on how experiences live in the body and nervous system, not just in our thoughts. We will work to build internal safety so your nervous system can begin to release patterns of overwhelm and protection that no longer serve you. In our work, we gently support emotional processing while helping your nervous system find more balance and regulation.
Is anxiety or trauma leaving you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck? I support women and LGBTQIA+ folks who are navigating anxiety, trauma, and chronic stress. My work is grounded in somatic therapy, an approach that focuses on how experiences live in the body and nervous system, not just in our thoughts. We will work to build internal safety so your nervous system can begin to release patterns of overwhelm and protection that no longer serve you. In our work, we gently support emotional processing while helping your nervous system find more balance and regulation.
I offer individual tele-therapy using Psychoanalytic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Humanistic Therapy.
I aim to assist clients in gaining a deeper understanding of how their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence their present circumstances, and to support them in making meaningful and lasting changes. Through a whole-body approach, I integrate both mind and body to support your well-being and help you improve all aspects of your life.
My ideal clients are those seeking support with generational trauma, anxiety, depression, ADD, and OCD.
I offer individual tele-therapy using Psychoanalytic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Humanistic Therapy.
I aim to assist clients in gaining a deeper understanding of how their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence their present circumstances, and to support them in making meaningful and lasting changes. Through a whole-body approach, I integrate both mind and body to support your well-being and help you improve all aspects of your life.
My ideal clients are those seeking support with generational trauma, anxiety, depression, ADD, and OCD.
Hi, I'm Gabby! I believe the therapeutic relationship is incredibly important, and I always try to show up in therapy as myself: direct, warm, funny, and curious. While I draw from several different modalities, the core of my work is influenced by humanistic and person-centered perspectives that see you as a person with unique needs, values, and experiences. I believe that there is no “one size fits all” for therapy. I also believe it is important to acknowledge how systemic difficulties can directly impact one’s mental health and physical well-being.
Hi, I'm Gabby! I believe the therapeutic relationship is incredibly important, and I always try to show up in therapy as myself: direct, warm, funny, and curious. While I draw from several different modalities, the core of my work is influenced by humanistic and person-centered perspectives that see you as a person with unique needs, values, and experiences. I believe that there is no “one size fits all” for therapy. I also believe it is important to acknowledge how systemic difficulties can directly impact one’s mental health and physical well-being.
Finding the right therapist can feel overwhelming — and sometimes the hardest part is simply starting. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Art Therapist, and Master Addictions Counselor, I bring more than two decades of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through some of life's most challenging moments. My work with military families — stateside and abroad — and in emergency mental health has taught me how to show up quickly, listen carefully, and meet people exactly where they are.
Finding the right therapist can feel overwhelming — and sometimes the hardest part is simply starting. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Art Therapist, and Master Addictions Counselor, I bring more than two decades of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through some of life's most challenging moments. My work with military families — stateside and abroad — and in emergency mental health has taught me how to show up quickly, listen carefully, and meet people exactly where they are.
Allison explores a wide array of therapeutic approaches and utilizes each in an intentional way to meet the need of each client. More specifically, Allison values and utilizes psychodynamic, gestalt, and existential theories to guide her as a clinician. Allison believes that each individual’s needs are unique, and thus, the counseling approach should adapt to those specific needs. Her view of counseling is to provide a safe environment without judgment, a place to edify truth and provide a voice for one’s own story, and to pave the way for healthy transformation.
Allison explores a wide array of therapeutic approaches and utilizes each in an intentional way to meet the need of each client. More specifically, Allison values and utilizes psychodynamic, gestalt, and existential theories to guide her as a clinician. Allison believes that each individual’s needs are unique, and thus, the counseling approach should adapt to those specific needs. Her view of counseling is to provide a safe environment without judgment, a place to edify truth and provide a voice for one’s own story, and to pave the way for healthy transformation.
Did something happen at work, life, or in your relationship that shook things up or shattered you? I'm extremely good at helping ambitious women & MEN who might otherwise NOT want to be in counseling. I specialize in treating fellow doctors, lawyers or high-net worth individuals who require a therapist that can match their intellect and caliber. If you’re here, you may feel like you are surviving instead of living life. It’s disappointing when you have gotten so far in life, and yet, your world starts to resemble something you want to retreat from, not something you relish. It’s not surprising that you don’t feel like yourself.
Did something happen at work, life, or in your relationship that shook things up or shattered you? I'm extremely good at helping ambitious women & MEN who might otherwise NOT want to be in counseling. I specialize in treating fellow doctors, lawyers or high-net worth individuals who require a therapist that can match their intellect and caliber. If you’re here, you may feel like you are surviving instead of living life. It’s disappointing when you have gotten so far in life, and yet, your world starts to resemble something you want to retreat from, not something you relish. It’s not surprising that you don’t feel like yourself.
Accepting new clients! I believe it is essential to provide a safe and supportive space for clients to grow and feel empowered to make positive changes in life. My style is to be compassionate, honest, and humorous when appropriate. My career focus has been helping young adults, college students, and adults, to build confidence and self-esteem while navigating life's hardships. I have experience working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, mood disorders, trauma, and insomnia.
Accepting new clients! I believe it is essential to provide a safe and supportive space for clients to grow and feel empowered to make positive changes in life. My style is to be compassionate, honest, and humorous when appropriate. My career focus has been helping young adults, college students, and adults, to build confidence and self-esteem while navigating life's hardships. I have experience working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, mood disorders, trauma, and insomnia.
I believe that healing is possible and that all of us have the answers and solutions to troubling personal circumstances in our lives, but sometimes we all need a bit of guidance to find those answers. Recovery is an amazing and sacred journey that leads to self-healing, self-fulfillment, and happiness. I am a Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner, Professional Psychologist, Clinically Certified Domestic Violence Counselor, and a Human Serives-Board Certified Practitioner. I use empirically sound evidenced-based interventions to assist with your healing process. Call now for a session and see how wonderful life can be.
I believe that healing is possible and that all of us have the answers and solutions to troubling personal circumstances in our lives, but sometimes we all need a bit of guidance to find those answers. Recovery is an amazing and sacred journey that leads to self-healing, self-fulfillment, and happiness. I am a Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner, Professional Psychologist, Clinically Certified Domestic Violence Counselor, and a Human Serives-Board Certified Practitioner. I use empirically sound evidenced-based interventions to assist with your healing process. Call now for a session and see how wonderful life can be.
As a counselor, I understand that trauma occurs at any age, in many different forms. It can be overt, in the case of physical abuse and death; ambiguous, in the form of divorce, break-ups, peer pressure, bullying and the impact of social media. It can also be entirely hidden from our consciousness. Counseling is a way to approach and connect with trauma in a safe place. It is a way to help yourself heal.
As a counselor, I understand that trauma occurs at any age, in many different forms. It can be overt, in the case of physical abuse and death; ambiguous, in the form of divorce, break-ups, peer pressure, bullying and the impact of social media. It can also be entirely hidden from our consciousness. Counseling is a way to approach and connect with trauma in a safe place. It is a way to help yourself heal.
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Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.