Christian Therapists in Hayes, VA
My name is Christina Reed, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor providing trauma-informed care for individuals experiencing trauma- and anxiety-related concerns. My approach emphasizes safety, stabilization, and collaboration, with treatment paced to support nervous system regulation while gently addressing patterns shaped by past experiences that continue to affect the present. I strive to create a supportive and compassionate therapeutic environment and welcome initial consultations to explore goals, readiness, and overall clinical fit.
My name is Christina Reed, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor providing trauma-informed care for individuals experiencing trauma- and anxiety-related concerns. My approach emphasizes safety, stabilization, and collaboration, with treatment paced to support nervous system regulation while gently addressing patterns shaped by past experiences that continue to affect the present. I strive to create a supportive and compassionate therapeutic environment and welcome initial consultations to explore goals, readiness, and overall clinical fit.
My name is Carolyn South, I have been a counselor for over 41 years and enjoy all ages from 3 and above. I offer individual or family counseling. I have licenses in professional counseling and marriage and family therapy.
My name is Carolyn South, I have been a counselor for over 41 years and enjoy all ages from 3 and above. I offer individual or family counseling. I have licenses in professional counseling and marriage and family therapy.
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Congratulations on taking this step toward caring for your mental health. I'm Dr. April with Wellspring Psychological and Consulting Services. I have over 12 years experience helping clients work through trauma and PTSD, women’s issues, and depression using a trauma-informed, relational approach. My work centers on helping you reconnect with your authentic self by exploring your relationship with yourself, others, and the world. I strive to create a judgment-free space of safety, acceptance, and empowerment where you can build confidence, strengthen your voice, and navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity and resilience.
Congratulations on taking this step toward caring for your mental health. I'm Dr. April with Wellspring Psychological and Consulting Services. I have over 12 years experience helping clients work through trauma and PTSD, women’s issues, and depression using a trauma-informed, relational approach. My work centers on helping you reconnect with your authentic self by exploring your relationship with yourself, others, and the world. I strive to create a judgment-free space of safety, acceptance, and empowerment where you can build confidence, strengthen your voice, and navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity and resilience.
Still, I Rise Therapeutic Services, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CCTP
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Life can feel so uncertain at times and it's hard to turn to others when they are trying to get a grip on life too! Your life experiences matter and you don't have to work through the painful layers alone. Therapy is a great tool to work towards creating a life worth living. I will meet you where you are and together we can find the clarity, meaning, and peace you are seeking.
Life can feel so uncertain at times and it's hard to turn to others when they are trying to get a grip on life too! Your life experiences matter and you don't have to work through the painful layers alone. Therapy is a great tool to work towards creating a life worth living. I will meet you where you are and together we can find the clarity, meaning, and peace you are seeking.
Mindful Journey Therapeutic Services
Resident in Marriage and Family Therapy, RMFT
1 Endorsed
Newport News, VA 23606
As a therapist, I am deeply passionate about helping individuals and couples navigate the complexities of life and relationships. I understand that the journey to healing often involves confronting painful past experiences and working through difficult emotions. My ideal clients are those who feel disconnected—whether from themselves, their partners, or their sense of purpose—and are seeking a path to wholeness and connection. They come with a mix of fear, uncertainty, and hope for change. They want to move past their trauma, rebuild trust, and cultivate deeper, more meaningful relationships.
As a therapist, I am deeply passionate about helping individuals and couples navigate the complexities of life and relationships. I understand that the journey to healing often involves confronting painful past experiences and working through difficult emotions. My ideal clients are those who feel disconnected—whether from themselves, their partners, or their sense of purpose—and are seeking a path to wholeness and connection. They come with a mix of fear, uncertainty, and hope for change. They want to move past their trauma, rebuild trust, and cultivate deeper, more meaningful relationships.
Did you know that depression, anxiety and panic attacks may be the result of untreated trauma? The affects can be long term and may impact daily life and include sudden flashbacks, panic attacks and relationship issues.
Did you know that depression, anxiety and panic attacks may be the result of untreated trauma? The affects can be long term and may impact daily life and include sudden flashbacks, panic attacks and relationship issues.
Whether you’re navigating the complexities of 504 Plans or IEPs, coping with trauma or mental health
challenges, or simply seeking pastoral counseling, I’m here to help.
Welcome! My name is Dr. Sherika Hairston Scales, and I am passionate about helping individuals navigate
life’s challenges, develop resilience, and unlock their full potential. With over a decade of experience in
counseling, ministry, and coaching, I provide a holistic approach to personal and spiritual development,
drawing on my diverse professional background and extensive training.
Whether you’re navigating the complexities of 504 Plans or IEPs, coping with trauma or mental health
challenges, or simply seeking pastoral counseling, I’m here to help.
Welcome! My name is Dr. Sherika Hairston Scales, and I am passionate about helping individuals navigate
life’s challenges, develop resilience, and unlock their full potential. With over a decade of experience in
counseling, ministry, and coaching, I provide a holistic approach to personal and spiritual development,
drawing on my diverse professional background and extensive training.
It’s not uncommon to think that the challenges you carry and the problems you face are too complicated and overwhelming for anyone else to possibly understand. While your experiences are unique to you, your hearts response to them are very common to all human beings. I have the experience and passion to help you right where you are. I will help you begin to reconnect what feels disconnected. My goal is to help you experience the healing and support you are worth to restore your hope in leading the life you crave.
It’s not uncommon to think that the challenges you carry and the problems you face are too complicated and overwhelming for anyone else to possibly understand. While your experiences are unique to you, your hearts response to them are very common to all human beings. I have the experience and passion to help you right where you are. I will help you begin to reconnect what feels disconnected. My goal is to help you experience the healing and support you are worth to restore your hope in leading the life you crave.
As a licensed clinical psychologist and former school psychologist, I support my clients in understanding themselves in the context of the systems around them. I find it an honor to walk alongside you as you journey in wellness. May therapy be a well from which you can draw to fill the parts of you that need it most. Be well. Love well. Grace well with me.
As a licensed clinical psychologist and former school psychologist, I support my clients in understanding themselves in the context of the systems around them. I find it an honor to walk alongside you as you journey in wellness. May therapy be a well from which you can draw to fill the parts of you that need it most. Be well. Love well. Grace well with me.
I support healing for people from every background, especially the Hispanic community—because it is my community too. I’m a clinician, but also a mother, sister, daughter, wife, and a lifelong friend to those who have shaped my heart. Like so many of you, I came to the U.S. carrying hope in one hand and uncertainty in the other, ready to rebuild, begin again, and honor the resilience rooted in our story. I walk with men, women, children, young adults, and seniors through transitions, trauma, anxiety, and all types of loss, including grief, identity shifts, aging, and life-stage changes like menopause.
I support healing for people from every background, especially the Hispanic community—because it is my community too. I’m a clinician, but also a mother, sister, daughter, wife, and a lifelong friend to those who have shaped my heart. Like so many of you, I came to the U.S. carrying hope in one hand and uncertainty in the other, ready to rebuild, begin again, and honor the resilience rooted in our story. I walk with men, women, children, young adults, and seniors through transitions, trauma, anxiety, and all types of loss, including grief, identity shifts, aging, and life-stage changes like menopause.
Hello, my name is Jerome Ford. Marriage can be challenging, complex and difficult to navigate. It is by far one of the most difficult relationships to maintain when you consider the words “Till death do us part”, that is so often cited when couples decide to get married. Marriage is unlike any other, in that no other relationship enters into such an arrangement. Such an arrangement requires an unwavering commitment and willingness to work hard to develop and maintain a healthy marriage. If you desire a better marriage, a better relationship with your children or your parents and are tired of arguing, there is hope.
Hello, my name is Jerome Ford. Marriage can be challenging, complex and difficult to navigate. It is by far one of the most difficult relationships to maintain when you consider the words “Till death do us part”, that is so often cited when couples decide to get married. Marriage is unlike any other, in that no other relationship enters into such an arrangement. Such an arrangement requires an unwavering commitment and willingness to work hard to develop and maintain a healthy marriage. If you desire a better marriage, a better relationship with your children or your parents and are tired of arguing, there is hope.
I strongly believe that everyone has a story to tell. Sometimes, life and circumstances outside of our control muddy that story, leaving us confused and stuck in the same chapter over and over again. I work with clients from a person-centered perspective to identify their current needs and strengths. Utilizing evidenced-based practices and interventions, I aim to work alongside clients to foster resiliency and personal agency in writing their own narrative.
I strongly believe that everyone has a story to tell. Sometimes, life and circumstances outside of our control muddy that story, leaving us confused and stuck in the same chapter over and over again. I work with clients from a person-centered perspective to identify their current needs and strengths. Utilizing evidenced-based practices and interventions, I aim to work alongside clients to foster resiliency and personal agency in writing their own narrative.
Dimensional Wellness is an eclectic group of wellness providers and services with a mission to create happier, healthier, and more productive societies. We focus on core dimensions of wellness - emotional, occupational, physical, spiritual, social, intellectual, environmental and financial - for optimal health and performance. We believe that health is your greatest wealth!
Dimensional Wellness is an eclectic group of wellness providers and services with a mission to create happier, healthier, and more productive societies. We focus on core dimensions of wellness - emotional, occupational, physical, spiritual, social, intellectual, environmental and financial - for optimal health and performance. We believe that health is your greatest wealth!
Gift of Therapy and Consulting,
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S
1 Endorsed
Portsmouth, VA 23703
Making the decision to engage in therapy is not always easy, but it is always productive. Fear, anxiety, stress, depression, and grief are just some of the emotional challenges we face in life. As a person-centered, eclectic clinician, my goal is to help you use different lenses to look at the issues you are dealing with while also helping you understand how to pay attention to your whole self.
Making the decision to engage in therapy is not always easy, but it is always productive. Fear, anxiety, stress, depression, and grief are just some of the emotional challenges we face in life. As a person-centered, eclectic clinician, my goal is to help you use different lenses to look at the issues you are dealing with while also helping you understand how to pay attention to your whole self.
Together we practice strategies to reduce the issues that have been making your life harder and build skills to grow healthier through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment Theory, Emotional Freedom Technique, trauma-informed therapy, nutritional psychology, and Biblical-based approaches integrated.
Hey! I'm Ashley Wroton Lawrence, Ed.S., LPC, and my goal is to help you feel comfortable and confident and support your growth to your healthiest goals! I have over 10 years of experience working with teens and adults (15+) who experience anxiety, depression, attachment and relational struggles, ADHD, and spiritual concerns. If you have been feeling overwhelmed by life stressors, are weighed down by negative or scary thoughts, find it hard to get or stay motivated, keep repeating the same issues and have difficulty breaking out of old patterns, we can work together to give you the new skills and ways of thinking to break free!
Together we practice strategies to reduce the issues that have been making your life harder and build skills to grow healthier through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment Theory, Emotional Freedom Technique, trauma-informed therapy, nutritional psychology, and Biblical-based approaches integrated.
Hey! I'm Ashley Wroton Lawrence, Ed.S., LPC, and my goal is to help you feel comfortable and confident and support your growth to your healthiest goals! I have over 10 years of experience working with teens and adults (15+) who experience anxiety, depression, attachment and relational struggles, ADHD, and spiritual concerns. If you have been feeling overwhelmed by life stressors, are weighed down by negative or scary thoughts, find it hard to get or stay motivated, keep repeating the same issues and have difficulty breaking out of old patterns, we can work together to give you the new skills and ways of thinking to break free!
Dr. Noelle Lowry, Ph.D., LCP, LPC, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and provides psychological services for a variety of different reasons to include clinical clarification, mental health diagnosing, cognitive assessment, and educational testing.
Dr. Noelle Lowry, Ph.D., LCP, LPC, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and provides psychological services for a variety of different reasons to include clinical clarification, mental health diagnosing, cognitive assessment, and educational testing.
In life, we all encounter challenges, and sometimes experiences can leave us feeling depressed, anxious, traumatized, and/or stressed. I am solution-focused and want you to feel safe, validated, and empowered to explore and face your challenges within the therapeutic relationship; to heal, and grow by building on your strengths to accomplish your goals. I am available for in-person and/or telehealth (Telehealth Adults ONLY) counseling in English and/or Spanish.
In life, we all encounter challenges, and sometimes experiences can leave us feeling depressed, anxious, traumatized, and/or stressed. I am solution-focused and want you to feel safe, validated, and empowered to explore and face your challenges within the therapeutic relationship; to heal, and grow by building on your strengths to accomplish your goals. I am available for in-person and/or telehealth (Telehealth Adults ONLY) counseling in English and/or Spanish.
As faith is central in my own life personally, I am happy to incorporate a Biblical worldview into session upon request.
I enjoy working with adolescents, young adults, and moms to overcome anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship challenges. I hope to help you uncover the root of your fears and to take steps toward courage and vulnerability. I work with clients who are seeking to intentionally create rhythms that lead to greater peace, purpose, and joy in life.
As faith is central in my own life personally, I am happy to incorporate a Biblical worldview into session upon request.
I enjoy working with adolescents, young adults, and moms to overcome anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship challenges. I hope to help you uncover the root of your fears and to take steps toward courage and vulnerability. I work with clients who are seeking to intentionally create rhythms that lead to greater peace, purpose, and joy in life.
My ideal client is self-aware, emotionally insightful, and ready for real growth, not surface-level conversations. They often feel stuck in patterns around relationships, boundaries, or emotional overwhelm and want clarity and lasting change. I provide structured support and psychological insight to help you understand how you function and move forward with intention. I work best with clients who value depth, accountability, and honesty. This is for those ready to do deep, truthful work, not passive support or quick fixes.
My ideal client is self-aware, emotionally insightful, and ready for real growth, not surface-level conversations. They often feel stuck in patterns around relationships, boundaries, or emotional overwhelm and want clarity and lasting change. I provide structured support and psychological insight to help you understand how you function and move forward with intention. I work best with clients who value depth, accountability, and honesty. This is for those ready to do deep, truthful work, not passive support or quick fixes.
Life is a marathon and I believe that it is all about endurance. Sometimes we have to get a little help along the way whether it be a change of shoes, re-uptake of protein or a water break. There is this idea that we are weak when we seek others to help us out, but I also know that in life we cannot always persevere without a helping hand. I look forward to being an option of that new running shoe or Gatorade as we stride through the finish line together.
Life is a marathon and I believe that it is all about endurance. Sometimes we have to get a little help along the way whether it be a change of shoes, re-uptake of protein or a water break. There is this idea that we are weak when we seek others to help us out, but I also know that in life we cannot always persevere without a helping hand. I look forward to being an option of that new running shoe or Gatorade as we stride through the finish line together.
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Christian Therapists
Why is it important for a therapist to be culturally sensitive?
Therapists and clients don’t need to share the same belief system or background to be able to work effectively together, but a therapist whose training includes a focus on cultural competence may be better able to form a therapeutic bond with individuals from a range of backgrounds, as they will have experience in tailoring their approach to each client—and will be prepared to acknowledge and consider the effects of culture, religion, and other factors on each individual.
Why is it important to find a therapist sensitive to Christian values?
Each person brings a unique history and background to therapy, making it important to find a licensed therapist who is trained in a broad range of treatment modalities. In addition, for people who grow up in a faith tradition that strongly influences the way they conduct their everyday life, finding a therapist who understands or shares that background can ease the disclosure of sensitive information and facilitate the therapeutic process. For some clients, a Christian therapist is likely to incorporate faith-based principles into emotional healing techniques.
How do I recognize an effective Christian therapist?
Christian therapists are licensed mental health professionals—holding a master’s or doctoral degree in medicine, nursing, psychology, counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy—who are also familiar with Christian beliefs and values. They have an understanding of the importance that Christian principles play in the lives of individuals and families, which allows them to be especially sensitive to the kinds of struggles that can affect daily functioning. Like all effective therapists, a Christian therapist will have undergone training and certification in a variety of treatment modalities that help people through crises and enable them to master the challenges of life.
Why might someone feel comfortable with a Christian therapist?
While training, qualifications, and experience are always important, research has long established that a strong alliance between client and therapist is a major contributor to therapeutic success. An alliance is likely to be strengthened with a therapist who not only is responsive to questions and concerns but also shares a client’s faith and values. Sensitivity to spiritual matters as well as to everyday struggles can provide a welcome sense of safety and contribute to the bond between client and therapist, both of which support the therapeutic process.
Who is included in Psychology Today’s directory of Christian therapists?
The directory of Christian therapists includes professionals who have shared their background in their profiles. However, not all therapists choose to disclose this information, and they may not appear in search results for this reason. The directory also shows therapists who indicate that they have extensive experience working with Christian clients, regardless of their own background or religious affiliation.