Transpersonal Therapists in Fairfax, VA

If you’ve been struggling, it's time to make some changes. You strive to do great work and care for your loved ones, but right now you’re drowning in anxiety and overwhelm so it’s time to refocus on your own healing and growth too. You’ve been feeling unfulfilled, stressed out, and tired. You're losing sight of the deeper purpose for your life and there’s a spiritual or creative drive that's going unfulfilled. When you're joyful and healthy, you can serve the world more effectively. Self-care and emotional resilience are essential to good health. This is a call for you to help yourself through this difficult time. Reach out today.

Every single one of us experiences anxiety, depression, sadness, loss, life transitions, attachments, emotions, and overwhelm at some point in our lives. It is this push from life that encourages us to expand, experience, and grow. Sometimes, however, these symptoms can pick up momentum in our lives after we've been through a particularly challenging situation or trauma. In order for us to halt that momentum and regain balance in our lives, we must learn to disrupt the patterns of thinking and behaving that are contributing to that dysfunctional cycle. My job is to teach you how to effectively break that cycle so you can get relief.

At The Center for Connection, Healing & Change we specialize in working with teens and their families. Our therapists are skilled and trained in working with adolescents and the wide range of challenges they grapple with: relationships, attachment, anxiety, depression, emotion regulation, behavioral concerns, academics, trauma, life transitions, somatic issues, identity, self-worth, boundaries, separation/divorce, substance use, adoption, and loss. As each family is different, we help you find solutions that fit you and your unique family needs. A full description of the areas we work with can be found at www.thecenterforconnection

I believe in the value of therapy and am passionate about helping individuals overcome their challenges and achieve their full potential. Through a combination of empathy, active listening, and evidence-based techniques, I strive to create a safe and supportive environment to empower clients to explore their feelings and work toward lasting change. I am dedicated to helping people lead fulfilling and joyful lives.

If you take the courageous step of starting counseling, for yourself or your relationship, it is important your therapist feels like a good fit. To help you in your search - my style is curious, empathic, collaborative, and warm with a touch of humor. I specialize in relationship issues between couples and teen families, in addition to general issues like anxiety, depression, self-worth, and healing from past pain or trauma. Using your inherent strengths, I'll guide you in unearthing buried pain to facilitate healing. Together, we create a path towards more satisfying relationships, effective communication, and emotional connection.

Sandhya Sharma is a South Asian Indian LPC and certified addictions specialist who works with: Adults, Teens, LGBTQ community, and International Communities. Sandhya will help create a safe and supportive therapy environment and work with you collaboratively to both accurately assess your strengths as well as areas of struggle. She will develop a treatment plan with you to help you facilitate behavioral changes that more successfully meet your goals. Sandhya will help you look at the ways you have been currently coping with life’s problems and help you to develop new strategies from a strengths-based perspective. 

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and have been working in the mental health field for over 20 years. I view therapy as a collaborative process that enables clients to gain perspective on their emotions, beliefs, relationships and behaviors. My approach is empathic, authentic and warm. I work from a strengths based perspective and assist clients in facing life challenges in realistic ways through a combination of cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic therapies. I provide a confidential, safe environment for exploration and change.

Life is complex and unpredictable, and we all have struggles within ourselves, relationships, and directions in life. As a result, we may experience anxiety, depression, lack of motivation, or simply feeling lost. I work from a person-centered approach and believe that our own unique experiences make us the experts in our own lives.

As a therapist I support client’s growth and unfolding, connection to self, and empowerment. I work with clients dealing with a history of complex trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and I have an interest in facilitating a more loving relationship within self and between people in relationship.

**Accepting new clients via teletherapy. Immediate availability.** Life can be so overwhelming and we can feel so alone. At Thrive have devoted ourselves to helping people navigate their lives to feel happier and more fulfilled. We help individuals gain insight and live fuller & more authentic lives. We provide compassionate, supportive and confidential care to children, adolescents, college-aged, adults and couples. We specialize in providing relief from anxiety, depression, loss & grief and trauma. We also help with issues related to life transitions and acculturation issues.

Accepting new clients - The Center for Connection, Healing & Change focuses on the creation of secure, close, and satisfying relationships- within us and between us. We choose to specialize in relationships because we know the importance of satisfying connections for our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Services explore the relationship we have with both ourselves and others; how well we can live with emotional ease, know who we are, ask for what we need, be responsive to loved ones, set boundaries, deal with loss, move through stressful experiences, find our purpose, and access resilience in moments of need.

As a resident in counseling, I’m committed to helping people who have experienced something traumatizing in their life, people who are looking for someone to help them make sense of what has happened to them, or people who feel like they have no one to turn to for support. I have experience working with adults and adolescents who have experienced interpersonal trauma, childhood trauma, domestic violence, sexual trauma, and relationship concerns.

I believe life begins at the edge of our comfort zones with self exploration and insight to changing our maladaptive mindsets and behaviors. I am interested in motivating and aiding clients in mindfulness techniques, thought processing, and gaining insight to any negative thought and behavior patterns. I am passionate about seeing clients discover their true selves throughout their treatment.

Reaching out for help takes so much courage! You or your child may be experiencing a crisis, difficult life transition, or just haven't been feeling like yourself lately. Whether it is depression, anxiety, addiction or behavioral problems, it can often feel exhausting and hopeless. However, I believe wholeheartedly that change is always possible, no matter how hard life gets. I create a warm, compassionate environment in which you feel heard and respected. You are the expert on your life, not me. Together we can develop insight and practical solutions that move you closer to the great life you deserve!

Are you anxious that you might not be able to handle this big life challenge with your physical & emotional wellbeing, authenticity & integrity, and values & serenity still intact? Are you hopeful that maybe, just maybe, you can come out on the other side of it with new growth & wisdom? Are you struggling to navigate life and find fulfillment, love, & belonging as someone who's “different”, even from some of the people & communities you love most? Are you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, unseen, unheard, or unfulfilled in your relationships? Do you wrestle with inner whispers of shame, and wonder “Am I enough? Am I good enough?"

***Now offering In-Person treatment and Telemedicine*** This is an accelerated solution-focused type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy used to create long lasting results as fast as possible. Modern Psychological Services only uses medically validated treatment to reduce symptoms usually within 8 to 10 sessions. During cognitive training, you will develop your own toolbox of mental and emotional techniques making future stress easier to deal with. In the end, you will gain independence from therapy as your psychology becomes self-sufficient and your emotions self-regulate.

If you are facing a crisis or difficult time, are tired of being in pain, not find what you want or need, don't know what to do with your partner, child, boss...situation, or simply want to improve your life, contact me. I will help you change your life! I work with depression & anxiety, trauma, relationships therapy (dating, marriage & couples counseling, intimacy problems), eating disorders & body image and healthy eating, maternity and postpartum, parenting and attachment, and grief due to break-ups, perinatal loss, and divorce. I am also devoted to the field of positive psychology and support people during common life transitions.