Divorce Therapists in Dumfries, VA
Our mission is "To empower individuals, couples, and families to break free from the chains that bind them, in order to create present and multi-generational changes that last forever. Indelible means that which cannot be undone; permanent." Everyone needs some extra support in their lives, at times, to work through difficult situations and complex feelings. Working collaboratively with my clients, we create action plans to get their lives back on track, while enabling them to embrace the strength to find their way forward to a meaningful future they are excited about.
Our mission is "To empower individuals, couples, and families to break free from the chains that bind them, in order to create present and multi-generational changes that last forever. Indelible means that which cannot be undone; permanent." Everyone needs some extra support in their lives, at times, to work through difficult situations and complex feelings. Working collaboratively with my clients, we create action plans to get their lives back on track, while enabling them to embrace the strength to find their way forward to a meaningful future they are excited about.
You’ve carried a lot — for your family, your partner, your community — but lately, it might feel like there’s little energy left for yourself. Whether you’re navigating military life, relationship strain, or personal challenges, you don’t have to face it alone.
I’m a Resident in Counseling approved by the Virginia Board of Counseling, and I specialize in working with individuals, couples, and families to restore trust, connection, and resilience. With a specialization in Military Culture, I have 10+ years of experience supporting service members and their families and have gained experience working with a diverse population.
You’ve carried a lot — for your family, your partner, your community — but lately, it might feel like there’s little energy left for yourself. Whether you’re navigating military life, relationship strain, or personal challenges, you don’t have to face it alone.
I’m a Resident in Counseling approved by the Virginia Board of Counseling, and I specialize in working with individuals, couples, and families to restore trust, connection, and resilience. With a specialization in Military Culture, I have 10+ years of experience supporting service members and their families and have gained experience working with a diverse population.
I work with couples and individuals who feel stuck in painful cycles of disconnection, even when there's love underneath. You may be having the same arguments on repeat, feeling more like roommates than partners, or struggling with mismatched desire and unmet emotional needs. Often, one partner asks for more while the other feels overwhelmed or shuts down—not because they don't care, but because they feel lost about how to fix it.
Whether you're coming in together or on your own, we work to understand the deeper patterns driving your relationship dynamics. My approach helps you slow down, make sense of what’s happening beneath.
I work with couples and individuals who feel stuck in painful cycles of disconnection, even when there's love underneath. You may be having the same arguments on repeat, feeling more like roommates than partners, or struggling with mismatched desire and unmet emotional needs. Often, one partner asks for more while the other feels overwhelmed or shuts down—not because they don't care, but because they feel lost about how to fix it.
Whether you're coming in together or on your own, we work to understand the deeper patterns driving your relationship dynamics. My approach helps you slow down, make sense of what’s happening beneath.
Events such as marriage, births, death, change in health, and divorce can bring up unexpected emotions that may be difficult to navigate.
I aim to create a safe space where you won't feel judged, feel obligated to "fix it" or have the answers. It is okay to not be okay. Compassionate, empathetic expertise with realness is what you can expect when we work together. I use trauma informed care and effective treatments to include EMDR, systems approach and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Events such as marriage, births, death, change in health, and divorce can bring up unexpected emotions that may be difficult to navigate.
I aim to create a safe space where you won't feel judged, feel obligated to "fix it" or have the answers. It is okay to not be okay. Compassionate, empathetic expertise with realness is what you can expect when we work together. I use trauma informed care and effective treatments to include EMDR, systems approach and cognitive behavioral therapy.
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Supervisor in Virginia, with experience supporting adults, adolescents, couples, and military personnel. My approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and focused on real-life application. I use CBT, REBT, and reality-based therapies to help clients manage stress, shift unhelpful patterns, and develop practical strategies for lasting change. Whether you may be experiencing a transition in your life or processing a specific event that has had an impact (big or small), my goal is to help you identify and build upon your own strengths while developing new coping skills.
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Supervisor in Virginia, with experience supporting adults, adolescents, couples, and military personnel. My approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and focused on real-life application. I use CBT, REBT, and reality-based therapies to help clients manage stress, shift unhelpful patterns, and develop practical strategies for lasting change. Whether you may be experiencing a transition in your life or processing a specific event that has had an impact (big or small), my goal is to help you identify and build upon your own strengths while developing new coping skills.
Many of the clients I work with are thoughtful, capable individuals who often carry significant responsibilities in their personal or professional lives. From the outside, they may appear to have things together, yet internally they may feel overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally exhausted, disconnected, or stuck in patterns they can’t quite shift. Some are navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, past trauma, or chronic stress, while others simply recognize that the ways they have been coping are no longer serving them. They want greater clarity, balance, emotional relief, and a stronger sense of themselves.
Many of the clients I work with are thoughtful, capable individuals who often carry significant responsibilities in their personal or professional lives. From the outside, they may appear to have things together, yet internally they may feel overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally exhausted, disconnected, or stuck in patterns they can’t quite shift. Some are navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, past trauma, or chronic stress, while others simply recognize that the ways they have been coping are no longer serving them. They want greater clarity, balance, emotional relief, and a stronger sense of themselves.
I counsel individual adults (including young adults) who are embarking on new adventures or life transitions, including divorce or job and career changes.
You’re sick of feeling stuck, sad and stressed, not getting enough sleep because you stay awake worrying. At the expense of your own needs, you give so much to others and feel pulled into different directions at once. You're not even sure if you know who you are anymore. Your adventurous spirit is calling you to take some bold leaps and make some giant changes, but the thought of doing so causes anxiety, and this holds you back. There’s no award for going it alone. Let’s do it together! I’m here to help you stay true to yourself, pursue your passions, and leap into the unknown with the knowing that it will be 100% worth it.
I counsel individual adults (including young adults) who are embarking on new adventures or life transitions, including divorce or job and career changes.
You’re sick of feeling stuck, sad and stressed, not getting enough sleep because you stay awake worrying. At the expense of your own needs, you give so much to others and feel pulled into different directions at once. You're not even sure if you know who you are anymore. Your adventurous spirit is calling you to take some bold leaps and make some giant changes, but the thought of doing so causes anxiety, and this holds you back. There’s no award for going it alone. Let’s do it together! I’m here to help you stay true to yourself, pursue your passions, and leap into the unknown with the knowing that it will be 100% worth it.
Rick W Hicks
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, CAADC, NCC, CACII
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Usually, my clients seek therapy and counseling after struggling with challenges for months and sometimes years. Over time, these same challenges create new concerns. Albert Einstein wrote that " we can't solve today's problems with the mentality that created them" With this in mind, it is better to seek professional services and resources: Recognizing you're not alone in this healing process.
Usually, my clients seek therapy and counseling after struggling with challenges for months and sometimes years. Over time, these same challenges create new concerns. Albert Einstein wrote that " we can't solve today's problems with the mentality that created them" With this in mind, it is better to seek professional services and resources: Recognizing you're not alone in this healing process.
Marriage and Family Therapy Solutions, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPC, LSATP
1 Endorsed
Dumfries, VA 22026
Providing supervision to LPC and LMFT Clinical Residents. As the spouse of a retired military service member, my passion is working with people whose work is serving others; military service members, health care professionals, government employees and teachers. I am a systems therapist and look at how each person is impacted by their entire system i.e. family, friends, work and school. My goal is to help people learn more about themselves, the choices they make, how they communicate with others and how they cope with the stresses of life. Together we will work towards meeting your specific and unique treatment goals.
Providing supervision to LPC and LMFT Clinical Residents. As the spouse of a retired military service member, my passion is working with people whose work is serving others; military service members, health care professionals, government employees and teachers. I am a systems therapist and look at how each person is impacted by their entire system i.e. family, friends, work and school. My goal is to help people learn more about themselves, the choices they make, how they communicate with others and how they cope with the stresses of life. Together we will work towards meeting your specific and unique treatment goals.
Are you experiencing stress or life transitions including job burnout, retirement, empty nest, caregiver stress, grief and loss, chronic illness, or college transitions? Are you looking for a clinician who understands that clients need empathy, safe space, & coping tools? My clients' goals include adapting to new situations, growing emotionally, and finding balance. They want peace in their lives, tools to manage stress, and to increase self-understanding. They want to feel more in control, healthy, and fulfilled. They want to seek strategies to navigate change and live meaningfully with the help of an experienced clinician.
Are you experiencing stress or life transitions including job burnout, retirement, empty nest, caregiver stress, grief and loss, chronic illness, or college transitions? Are you looking for a clinician who understands that clients need empathy, safe space, & coping tools? My clients' goals include adapting to new situations, growing emotionally, and finding balance. They want peace in their lives, tools to manage stress, and to increase self-understanding. They want to feel more in control, healthy, and fulfilled. They want to seek strategies to navigate change and live meaningfully with the help of an experienced clinician.
We provide behavioral health services with professional excellence, Christian integrity, professional insight, and genuine compassion. Our staff is comprised of therapists with various credentials, backgrounds, trainings, and specialties, so we are able to offer a wide variety of treatment, including play therapy, individual/family therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-informed care, and behavioral intervention. Our staff includes psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinicians, therapists, & nurses.
We provide behavioral health services with professional excellence, Christian integrity, professional insight, and genuine compassion. Our staff is comprised of therapists with various credentials, backgrounds, trainings, and specialties, so we are able to offer a wide variety of treatment, including play therapy, individual/family therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-informed care, and behavioral intervention. Our staff includes psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinicians, therapists, & nurses.
M'mere Dane Counseling GA ( Sabrina Adkinson)
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CPCS, LMFT
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Making the decision to seek help is the first step to realizing that you have the power and choice to create the life you desire. Work can be stressful, school can be hard, raising children is challenging and relationships change. All these challenges can have an intense impact on your mood, thoughts and motivation to participate in daily activities. It is the passion of M'mere Dane Counseling to meet you where you are and help you get to where you want to be, to find resolution regardless to what that may look like.
Making the decision to seek help is the first step to realizing that you have the power and choice to create the life you desire. Work can be stressful, school can be hard, raising children is challenging and relationships change. All these challenges can have an intense impact on your mood, thoughts and motivation to participate in daily activities. It is the passion of M'mere Dane Counseling to meet you where you are and help you get to where you want to be, to find resolution regardless to what that may look like.
Do you feel stuck and uncertain about the future, desiring to become the best version of yourself? I specialize in utilizing a strengths-based approach to treatment providing freedom from negative self-talk and past trauma. Anxiety, depression, life transition, and day to day stress can be hard to manage. Feelings of isolation and loneliness can become cumbersome and create a sense of hopelessness and helplessness. I utilize integrative strategies and a holistic model to develop self-acceptance and freedom from painful thoughts and feelings.
Do you feel stuck and uncertain about the future, desiring to become the best version of yourself? I specialize in utilizing a strengths-based approach to treatment providing freedom from negative self-talk and past trauma. Anxiety, depression, life transition, and day to day stress can be hard to manage. Feelings of isolation and loneliness can become cumbersome and create a sense of hopelessness and helplessness. I utilize integrative strategies and a holistic model to develop self-acceptance and freedom from painful thoughts and feelings.
My experience includes combat veterans, LGBTQ clients, couples, adoptees and their families, foster care children and youth, clients in transition (life stage, separation/ divorce/marriage, career changes, etc.), clients with substance abuse issues, and clients in spiritual crises.
I am Dr. Cynthia Agbayani, a licensed professional counselor, and Air Force veteran. My doctoral studies focus was attachment and trauma. I have 25-plus years of experience working with at-risk youth, families, couples, and individuals covering various issues. I specialize in attachment, trauma, anxiety, and family issues. I work with people who range in age from toddler to old age in varying settings, such as home-based, outpatient, residential, and telehealth.
My experience includes combat veterans, LGBTQ clients, couples, adoptees and their families, foster care children and youth, clients in transition (life stage, separation/ divorce/marriage, career changes, etc.), clients with substance abuse issues, and clients in spiritual crises.
I am Dr. Cynthia Agbayani, a licensed professional counselor, and Air Force veteran. My doctoral studies focus was attachment and trauma. I have 25-plus years of experience working with at-risk youth, families, couples, and individuals covering various issues. I specialize in attachment, trauma, anxiety, and family issues. I work with people who range in age from toddler to old age in varying settings, such as home-based, outpatient, residential, and telehealth.
We enjoy working with clients who are motivated to grow, change, and seek overall emotional wellness through the counseling process. We will create a safe and supportive environment so that our clients are able to set and meet their goals without feeling judged or criticized. Our clients "drive" the counseling process, while we support them on their roads to personal growth.
We enjoy working with clients who are motivated to grow, change, and seek overall emotional wellness through the counseling process. We will create a safe and supportive environment so that our clients are able to set and meet their goals without feeling judged or criticized. Our clients "drive" the counseling process, while we support them on their roads to personal growth.
Are you an individual that struggles with self doubt and worth and feel that you have not recognized your full potential? Or have you struggled with overcoming negative self talk moments while navigating through life's obstacles? Maybe your goals would be to explore the origin of those negative thoughts and how to change that to a positive coping strategy to address these concerns. You're drained from feeling stuck and want to move to a better position to achieve your full potential.
Are you an individual that struggles with self doubt and worth and feel that you have not recognized your full potential? Or have you struggled with overcoming negative self talk moments while navigating through life's obstacles? Maybe your goals would be to explore the origin of those negative thoughts and how to change that to a positive coping strategy to address these concerns. You're drained from feeling stuck and want to move to a better position to achieve your full potential.
You may find yourself people-pleasing, withdrawing, overfunctioning, or longing for closeness, unsure how to truly let someone in. You may be experiencing anxiety that never settles, pain that lingers, or relationship patterns that keep repeating, no matter how hard you try to change them. These struggles aren't failures, but ways you learned to survive when connection felt uncertain, needs went unmet, or emotions felt too big to experience alone. The strategies that once protected you, or got you the crumbs of what you needed, may now leave you feeling stuck, exhausted, and far from the closeness, compassion, and calm you long for.
You may find yourself people-pleasing, withdrawing, overfunctioning, or longing for closeness, unsure how to truly let someone in. You may be experiencing anxiety that never settles, pain that lingers, or relationship patterns that keep repeating, no matter how hard you try to change them. These struggles aren't failures, but ways you learned to survive when connection felt uncertain, needs went unmet, or emotions felt too big to experience alone. The strategies that once protected you, or got you the crumbs of what you needed, may now leave you feeling stuck, exhausted, and far from the closeness, compassion, and calm you long for.
Indelible Changes, LLC (Nick Williams)
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Our mission is "To empower individuals, couples, and families to break free from the chains that bind them, in order to create present and multi-generational changes that last forever." Indelible means that which cannot be undone; permanent." Too often, individuals, couples, and families cycle through services and treatment providers, only to continue suffering and feeling as if no one understands and/or no one can help. This can be traumatic. Often, issues can run deep and last for generations. Indelible Changes was born out of the desire to help individuals, couples, and families break free from the chains that bind them.
Our mission is "To empower individuals, couples, and families to break free from the chains that bind them, in order to create present and multi-generational changes that last forever." Indelible means that which cannot be undone; permanent." Too often, individuals, couples, and families cycle through services and treatment providers, only to continue suffering and feeling as if no one understands and/or no one can help. This can be traumatic. Often, issues can run deep and last for generations. Indelible Changes was born out of the desire to help individuals, couples, and families break free from the chains that bind them.
Life can feel very heavy sometimes and, no matter what you do, you may feel stuck carrying more than you can handle. Maybe the challenge is stress, relationship issues, past pain, or just feeling off and unsure where to turn next. I’m here to walk alongside you, offering support and tools to help lighten that load and help you move forward.
I work with individuals, couples, and families who are ready for things to feel different and better. I also work with Spanish speakers.
To schedule, please call or click the website tab in my profile which takes you to our scheduling tool... all my openings will show up there!
Life can feel very heavy sometimes and, no matter what you do, you may feel stuck carrying more than you can handle. Maybe the challenge is stress, relationship issues, past pain, or just feeling off and unsure where to turn next. I’m here to walk alongside you, offering support and tools to help lighten that load and help you move forward.
I work with individuals, couples, and families who are ready for things to feel different and better. I also work with Spanish speakers.
To schedule, please call or click the website tab in my profile which takes you to our scheduling tool... all my openings will show up there!
In mental health since 1987, I have been in private practice since 2000. I offer competence and caring in a supportive, safe, inclusive and confidential environment. My varied experience offers me insight into a wide range of areas. I custom craft a growth and learning experience for each individual, family and intimate relationship. Special training in the areas of substance abuse and relationship counseling allows me to work with challenging and difficult issues with skill and caring. I promise to provide each client with the maximum potential for growth and healing. Please call me at (703) 499-9889 to speak to me directly.
In mental health since 1987, I have been in private practice since 2000. I offer competence and caring in a supportive, safe, inclusive and confidential environment. My varied experience offers me insight into a wide range of areas. I custom craft a growth and learning experience for each individual, family and intimate relationship. Special training in the areas of substance abuse and relationship counseling allows me to work with challenging and difficult issues with skill and caring. I promise to provide each client with the maximum potential for growth and healing. Please call me at (703) 499-9889 to speak to me directly.
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Divorce Therapists
How does therapy for people affected by a divorce work?
Individuals may feel a number of emotions following a divorce, such as shock, guilt, grief, anger, and fear. Therapists offer a non-judgmental space for individuals to talk about what they’ve experienced and process their emotions. Therapists will help clients develop coping strategies. They can also help a client rebuild their sense of self and self-worth and talk about what a happier future might look like.
What’s the most common type of therapy following a divorce?
There are several types of therapy that may be useful for divorce, including cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, solution-focused brief, and mindfulness-based therapies. Many therapy types are talk-therapy based, which is typically the most popular option for individuals dealing with divorce. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a widely-used talk therapy, however, there’s no specific therapy type that’s designed to help people with divorce, and different types will work depending on the person.
When should an individual seek help due to a divorce?
When the feelings of a divorced individual, or an individual going through the process of divorce, begin to disrupt healthy daily functioning, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If a person finds that they are not performing at work due to problems with anxiety or motivation, if they’re no longer seeing friends due to feelings of shame, or if they’re not properly taking care of themselves as a result of depression, speaking to a professional could help.
How do you encourage someone to go to therapy due to a divorce?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the individual while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Sharing how the individual appears to be suffering, and what effects it has on them or on their children, should be done with compassion and empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.