Psychoanalytic Therapists in Harrisonburg, VA
Since 2014, I’ve worked across public behavioral health systems to support individuals and families navigating complex life circumstances, serious mental health concerns, and transitions through care. My clinical experience spans residential treatment, emergency services, juvenile justice, and federally funded shelter programs, where I’ve provided individual, family, and group therapy to youth and adults facing trauma, anxiety, and depression. I believe therapy should offer space for reflection, learning, and action. My approach is grounded, supportive, and flexible, blending education, encouragement, and gentle challenge.
Since 2014, I’ve worked across public behavioral health systems to support individuals and families navigating complex life circumstances, serious mental health concerns, and transitions through care. My clinical experience spans residential treatment, emergency services, juvenile justice, and federally funded shelter programs, where I’ve provided individual, family, and group therapy to youth and adults facing trauma, anxiety, and depression. I believe therapy should offer space for reflection, learning, and action. My approach is grounded, supportive, and flexible, blending education, encouragement, and gentle challenge.
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.
~ Counseling tailored to your Personality, from a Christian Perspective, & with a Neurobiological understanding of Lasting Change ~ I understand firsthand the courage required to ask for help. You are taking an important step in pursuing counseling today. ~ I use my understanding of personality types to tailor counseling to your specific needs. We are all unique, and my desire is to help each person become more fully whomever they are meant to be. I use my knowledge of the various strengths and weaknesses of each personality type to help you build on your strengths, and to have compassion for your weaknesses.
~ Counseling tailored to your Personality, from a Christian Perspective, & with a Neurobiological understanding of Lasting Change ~ I understand firsthand the courage required to ask for help. You are taking an important step in pursuing counseling today. ~ I use my understanding of personality types to tailor counseling to your specific needs. We are all unique, and my desire is to help each person become more fully whomever they are meant to be. I use my knowledge of the various strengths and weaknesses of each personality type to help you build on your strengths, and to have compassion for your weaknesses.
Garrett Serrels
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
1 Endorsed
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Waitlist for new clients
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I support adults navigating anxiety, depression, and life transitions. My approach blends evidence-based, solution-focused therapy with Jungian insight to explore thoughts, behaviors, and personal growth. As a Certified Therapeutic Game Master and Ecotherapist, I integrate role-play and nature-based practices to foster identity, connection, and healing. I invite you to begin your journey toward clarity, resilience, and wholeness.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I support adults navigating anxiety, depression, and life transitions. My approach blends evidence-based, solution-focused therapy with Jungian insight to explore thoughts, behaviors, and personal growth. As a Certified Therapeutic Game Master and Ecotherapist, I integrate role-play and nature-based practices to foster identity, connection, and healing. I invite you to begin your journey toward clarity, resilience, and wholeness.
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 am Danielle Smith, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with years of experience in the mental health field. I am passionate about helping adolescents, adults, and couples address their unique challenges and live more fulfilled lives. I specialize in trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, relationship issues, and substance misuse.
I am Danielle Smith, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with years of experience in the mental health field. I am passionate about helping adolescents, adults, and couples address their unique challenges and live more fulfilled lives. I specialize in trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, relationship issues, and substance misuse.
Mental Wellness Now, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CHT, CAMF, CMHCS
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Atencion Hispanos: Para todos los que se encuentran procezando su estado legal en los Estados Unidos, y necesitan Evaluacion Psicologica , yo las administro. Para asistir a la comunidad Hispana, les estare dando un descuento durante el mes de abril. Para mayor informacion llamen a la licenciada Nancy Pinzon, al 540-246-8155.
Atencion Hispanos: Para todos los que se encuentran procezando su estado legal en los Estados Unidos, y necesitan Evaluacion Psicologica , yo las administro. Para asistir a la comunidad Hispana, les estare dando un descuento durante el mes de abril. Para mayor informacion llamen a la licenciada Nancy Pinzon, al 540-246-8155.
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.
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.
My approach is mainly psychoanalytic, focusing on more deeply understanding you, your experiences in the world, and the ways you relate with others.
I believe being deeply understood, in the context of a safe and collaborative therapeutic relationship, is the catalyst for healing and transformation. We will work together to understand your distress, and the deeper meaning underlying that distress. My focus in therapy is on understanding the root cause of your suffering, and to deeply listen and understand your experiences, and how they have shaped you.
Formerly located in Harrisonburg, VA for 3.5 years, I've recently relocated my practice to Richmond, VA.
My approach is mainly psychoanalytic, focusing on more deeply understanding you, your experiences in the world, and the ways you relate with others.
I believe being deeply understood, in the context of a safe and collaborative therapeutic relationship, is the catalyst for healing and transformation. We will work together to understand your distress, and the deeper meaning underlying that distress. My focus in therapy is on understanding the root cause of your suffering, and to deeply listen and understand your experiences, and how they have shaped you.
Formerly located in Harrisonburg, VA for 3.5 years, I've recently relocated my practice to Richmond, VA.
Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in combination with psychoanalytic has been proven to be very effective, which is why I like to use these together as-needed in therapy sessions.
My ideal client would be at a place in their life where his/her/they spiritual journey matters to them. Sometimes, but not always, they will keep a dream journal and a meditation practice. They pay attention to their dreams in the past couple of years, if not over most of their lifetime. They may have an interest in symbology and the meaning of the symbols that appear in their dreams. They have a meditation practice that is important to them and often will have a daily practice. Being of service to others matter to them and they have a genuine interest in figuring out and in fulfilling their Mission in this life.
Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in combination with psychoanalytic has been proven to be very effective, which is why I like to use these together as-needed in therapy sessions.
My ideal client would be at a place in their life where his/her/they spiritual journey matters to them. Sometimes, but not always, they will keep a dream journal and a meditation practice. They pay attention to their dreams in the past couple of years, if not over most of their lifetime. They may have an interest in symbology and the meaning of the symbols that appear in their dreams. They have a meditation practice that is important to them and often will have a daily practice. Being of service to others matter to them and they have a genuine interest in figuring out and in fulfilling their Mission in this life.
With empathy and understanding, I can help my clients through life's challenges. I believe in the individual having the capacity for change within themselves and we can uncover that together. Mental Health diagnosis I have worked with include depression, anxiety, bipolar, PTSD, LGBTQIA, trauma treatment, personality disorders and schizophrenia. Treatment approaches include DBT, CBT, person centered and mindfulness.
With empathy and understanding, I can help my clients through life's challenges. I believe in the individual having the capacity for change within themselves and we can uncover that together. Mental Health diagnosis I have worked with include depression, anxiety, bipolar, PTSD, LGBTQIA, trauma treatment, personality disorders and schizophrenia. Treatment approaches include DBT, CBT, person centered and mindfulness.
We all have suffering in our lives-- it's part of human experience. Too often, however, there is a layer of unnecessary psychological pain caused by unconscious defenses. We often resist painful feelings and the realities they point to. When this happens chronically we can get stuck in our resistance, becoming emotionally and physically sick. So our suffering increases. I work together with patients to build and/or embrace their capacity to honestly and compassionately face, untangle, and accept truths they can no longer resist.
We all have suffering in our lives-- it's part of human experience. Too often, however, there is a layer of unnecessary psychological pain caused by unconscious defenses. We often resist painful feelings and the realities they point to. When this happens chronically we can get stuck in our resistance, becoming emotionally and physically sick. So our suffering increases. I work together with patients to build and/or embrace their capacity to honestly and compassionately face, untangle, and accept truths they can no longer resist.
You might be dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, or just feeling stuck in a way that’s hard to name. Maybe you’re facing a major transition, grieving, or finding it difficult to connect with yourself or others. Often, what’s most helpful is having a space to think out loud, reflect, and explore your personal experiences sincerely. My approach is steady, thoughtful, and curious. I work well with people who are interested in understanding themselves more deeply to foster meaningful change and enhance their well-being even if they’re not totally sure what that means yet.
You might be dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, or just feeling stuck in a way that’s hard to name. Maybe you’re facing a major transition, grieving, or finding it difficult to connect with yourself or others. Often, what’s most helpful is having a space to think out loud, reflect, and explore your personal experiences sincerely. My approach is steady, thoughtful, and curious. I work well with people who are interested in understanding themselves more deeply to foster meaningful change and enhance their well-being even if they’re not totally sure what that means yet.
Congratulations on starting (or continuing) your counseling journey. I’m here to help. I specialize in working with individuals navigating life transitions and managing mental health challenges. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, or trying to adjust to stressful life changes, I take a client-centered, collaborative approach to therapy, focusing on your unique needs and goals. I welcome you to reach out whenever you feel ready to begin. I’m here to provide a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental environment where you can be yourself.
Congratulations on starting (or continuing) your counseling journey. I’m here to help. I specialize in working with individuals navigating life transitions and managing mental health challenges. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, or trying to adjust to stressful life changes, I take a client-centered, collaborative approach to therapy, focusing on your unique needs and goals. I welcome you to reach out whenever you feel ready to begin. I’m here to provide a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental environment where you can be yourself.
Welcome! Beginning therapy is a courageous step in the healing process. I practice counseling from a relational depth perspective. This means focusing on the relationship I build with clients as a cornerstone of treatment and working with the unconscious, which is the root of most distress. I help clients work through symptoms which are causing conflict in their lives, keeping them from achieving their goals, and preventing them from feeling a sense of overall well-being.
Welcome! Beginning therapy is a courageous step in the healing process. I practice counseling from a relational depth perspective. This means focusing on the relationship I build with clients as a cornerstone of treatment and working with the unconscious, which is the root of most distress. I help clients work through symptoms which are causing conflict in their lives, keeping them from achieving their goals, and preventing them from feeling a sense of overall well-being.
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.
If your symptoms are real but your workup keeps coming back clean, you're not imagining it — you're in health psychology territory. Chronic pain, chronic illness, unexplained physical symptoms, the anxiety that never fully switches off, the burnout no vacation erases. I work with adults, couples, and adolescents on all of it — combining somatic approaches, pain reprocessing, and evidence-based care with a real understanding of what happens to the body when it has reached its limit. Fair warning: I'm not what most people expect. Neither are most of my clients. The bigger surprise, for most of them, is that something finally works.
If your symptoms are real but your workup keeps coming back clean, you're not imagining it — you're in health psychology territory. Chronic pain, chronic illness, unexplained physical symptoms, the anxiety that never fully switches off, the burnout no vacation erases. I work with adults, couples, and adolescents on all of it — combining somatic approaches, pain reprocessing, and evidence-based care with a real understanding of what happens to the body when it has reached its limit. Fair warning: I'm not what most people expect. Neither are most of my clients. The bigger surprise, for most of them, is that something finally works.
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I specialize in trauma/abuse, anxiety/stress, parenting challenges, coping with life changes, and have extensive experience supporting individuals living with serious mental illness. My passion is helping people navigate through life transitions while building self-esteem, confidence, and resilience. I have nine years of experience in the mental health field.
When I’m not working, I love spending time with my family, relaxing at the beach, gardening, camping, and experimenting with new vegan recipes in the kitchen.
I specialize in trauma/abuse, anxiety/stress, parenting challenges, coping with life changes, and have extensive experience supporting individuals living with serious mental illness. My passion is helping people navigate through life transitions while building self-esteem, confidence, and resilience. I have nine years of experience in the mental health field.
When I’m not working, I love spending time with my family, relaxing at the beach, gardening, camping, and experimenting with new vegan recipes in the kitchen.
Hello, my name is Bevin Yowell and I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor. I have 25 years of diverse mental health experience working with professionals, students, and individuals interested in personal growth, symptom relief, and healthy systemic change.
Hello, my name is Bevin Yowell and I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor. I have 25 years of diverse mental health experience working with professionals, students, and individuals interested in personal growth, symptom relief, and healthy systemic change.
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
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.