LGBTQ+ Therapists in Montclair, VA
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Sabrina Adkinson
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MFT-R
Verified
Verified
Thank you for making the decision to seek out help. This is not an easy choice and I am thrilled that you are willing to take this journey to being better and I hope that I am able to help. Work can be stressful, school can be hard, raising children is challenging and relationships are ever changing. All of these challenges can have an intense impact on your mood, thoughts, behaviors and motivation; I would be happy to help you maneuver through it. I want 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.
Aspen Valley Counseling Services
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CCTP-II, MS
Verified
Verified
Aspen Valley Counseling Services is a private counseling practice serving Virginia, Colorado, Washington DC, and Florida. My mission is to provide hope and healing to those who need extra support to maintain their mental health in a secure, comfortable, and caring setting. I want to help you to live the life you want by providing you with the tools to help you make changes today so tomorrow becomes easier.
D. Kristin Weyrick
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, MA, LPC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 15 years of experience working in the helping field. I primarily work with Adults, with a focus on strength based, person centered techniques that emphasize self-esteem, positive thinking, and personal resilience. I enjoy utilizing mindfulness exercises in my counseling combined with CBT. I am interested in working with older teens 16 and up as well as adults. Clients that respond well to an honest and straight-forward positive approach would find my services most helpful.
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Waitlist for new clients
Amy Griffo
Resident in Counseling, MAED, NCC
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I currently have a waitlist for new clients (updated on 4/11/23). Managing and coping with anxiety, depression, trauma, and emotion regulation. Self-worth/self-esteem, identity, family of origin issues, grief and loss, shame, guilt, life transitions, religious trauma,
LGBTQ
+, women’s issues.
Steven Milgrim
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LSATP
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
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 couples 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.
Waitlist for new clients
Melanie Wert
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
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.
Holly S. Morash
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Holly is a licensed mental health clinician/therapist in the state of Virginia (LCSW). She received her Master of Social Work degree from The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota and a Social Sciences Major/Sociology Minor degree from the University of Maryland. Holly has previously worked with individuals, families, and groups in situations surrounding communication problems, anxiety, depression, self-harm, advocacy, outreach, domestic violence/sexual assault, court appointed programs, incarceration, mental health crisis safety, substance abuse, grief processing, the military, and high school special education.
Online Therapists
Danyale Little
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
Verified
Educated and trained at Wake Forest University, I am a community based mental health / mental wellness professional. My work targets issues including Marriage and Family, substance addiction, depression, anxiety,
LGBTQ
(plus) concerns, and challenging life transitions. I have expertise in working with clients of all ages with most of my client being families and adults (ages 18 and up).
Eric Teeters
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Verified
I am a health psychologist who is dedicated to supporting individuals to get and stay healthy, to recover from or adjust to injury or illness, manage stress, move through trauma, and/or cope with acute and chronic health and medical conditions. I specialize in working with and treating individuals with gastrointestinal disorders (e.g., IBS, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis) and providing
LGBTQIA
+ affirming care. I also have extensive experience in treating anxiety, depression, OCD, and trauma. I also provide compassionate and affirmative therapy with the kink, poly, and pro-sex communities.
Shannon Graves
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
My expertise is in working with the
LGBTQ
+ community, adults who live with addiction, anxiety, trauma, and family-of-origin and boundary-setting exploration.
Do you often feel anxious or negative toward yourself? Do you want to create better relationships or feel more confident? Are there parts of yourself that you haven't explored and you're nervous about diving in? If any of these experiences resonate with you, I am here to support you. We all need validation and a space to be completely authentic and unedited, but also to be challenged to dig deeper and grow. I can offer you that space to create a stronger, healthier relationship with yourself. My experience has allowed me to work with a wide variety of therapeutic issues and I enjoy guiding individuals toward healing.
Steve Szopa
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW
Verified
Verified
Thanks for looking at my profile. Times of transition, difficulty and pain are challenging but can help us grow. I enjoy working with people who are in transitions and are interested in discovering how their untapped internal strengths can help them. I work with teenagers, adults and seniors in individual therapy. I also work with couples. I see families and have an interest in working with families in which all members are gown up and want to work on family relationships. I have expertise and enjoy working with people in the
LGBTQ
+ community.
MySpectrum Counseling & Coaching
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified
6 Endorsed
Verified
6 Endorsed
The specialty areas of the Therapists at MySpectrum include (but are not limited to): children, adolescents, adults (any age); substance use and addiction,
LGBTQ
(including coming out, identity, etc.
MySpectrum is an outpatient therapy practice located at 707 North Courthouse Road in North Chesterfield, Virginia. We offer outpatient counseling and coaching to any person, on any spectrum. We focus on the Autism Spectrum, Mental Health Spectrum, Substance Use Spectrum, and the Whole Life Spectrum. Our philosophy is that any person, regardless of situation, should have access to skilled Therapists who will truly meet you where you are at in your journey. To that end, each Therapist specializes in certain areas so that we can capture the needs of any person.
Philip W Meilman
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
I like to work with adults, young adults, and late adolescents dealing with depression, anxiety, interpersonal concerns,
LGBTQ
+ issues, and/or substance abuse difficulties, often using an action-oriented and cognitive-behavioral (CBT) approach. Of necessity, the approach will vary somewhat depending on the need. A licensed clinical psychologist, I have been in practice for 46 years, and previously served as director for the Counseling and Psychiatric Service (CAPS) at Georgetown University for 15 years. Currently I am providing services virtually, by teletherapy, using a secure video platform.
Kimberly Brooks Mazella
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified
Verified
Has your spouse come out as
LGBT
? Or are you married and living a closeted
LGBT
life? Either way, it's an extremely painful & challenging situation for everyone involved. Here's the good news -- I can help. I work with people every day who find themselves in mixed sexual orientation marriages and are navigating their new reality, both for themselves and their families. Having experienced this myself many years ago gives me a unique understanding of the issue, with compassion for both partners who find themselves in this difficult space. Whether you decide to make it work or go your separate ways, I can help you traverse the journey.
Lauren Brown
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified
Verified
I am passionate about helping
LGBTQIA
+ adolescents, adults and their loved ones navigate through life transitions. The majority of my practice focuses on topics related to life adjustments, coming out, trauma recovery, religious abuse/spiritual trauma,
queer
families trying to conceive, donor conceived people (parents of DCP and DCP), grief/loss, shame and family support. My approach is client-centered, attachment-oriented, culturally sensitive and collaborative as I partner with individuals in the creation of their narratives.
M&K Counseling Associates Inc
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-DC, LPC-VA, LCPC-MD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
We specialize in the use of evidence-based practices within a phase model of trauma-informed treatment for people with adverse childhood experiences; systemic trauma;
LGBTQIA
+ social issues and challenges; and distress and functional problems associated with anxiety disorders, mood disorders, depressive disorders, and bipolar disorders.
Hello everyone! I’m Carolyn a junior partner at M&K Counseling Associates inc. We are a group private practice offering office and video psychotherapy sessions. Our staff are highly trained professionals who operate from a holistic, trauma-informed, and systemically aware perspective. We partner with our clients by providing a safe comfortable space so they can explore their life challenges, and collectively establish goals that foster self-empowerment and self-betterment.
Emily Loeb
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
I enjoy working with
LGBT
+ identities and concerns.
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who enjoys working with children, adolescents, and some adults struggling with anxiety, depression, panic, OCD, trauma, and relationship concerns.
Jeffrey Patrick Gasparini
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Much of the work I do is helping with life transitioning, dealing with mental health issues ranging from depression to schizophrenia, and
LGBTQIA
+ issues.
An ideal patient has committed to work on their issues and is willing to work with me on improving their life to the best of both our abilities. They want to improve their mental and psychosocial wellbeing. Their goals surround processing emotions, gaining effective coping skills, and getting in touch with their best self.
Karl Fua
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
Life often has its ups and downs. I provide a safe, affirming, compassionate, and non-judgmental space, where we can fully honor your experiences and personhood, and where you can take the steps toward self-exploration, discovery, self-compassion, and growth. I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, grief, interpersonal concerns, relationship challenges in couples, and depression. I frequently work with individuals on issues relating to multi-cultural diversity,
LGBTQIA
+ identities and experiences, and life transitions.
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
& Online
Jessica MacNair
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
Verified
16 Endorsed
Verified
16 Endorsed
I am an LPC, with 20 years of clinical experience, as well as the founder & owner of Falls Church Wellness Center (more about FCWC below). With empathy and compassion, I will help you grow into a healthier, balanced person. My therapy sessions may focus on self-esteem improvement, trauma, anxiety, depression (including postpartum depression/anxiety and perinatal mood disorders), eating disorders, anger, ADHD, infertility, parenting and addictions. I also work with grief and loss (including pregnancy & child loss), sexuality & gender/NB (
LGBTQ
+). I specialize in handling relationship crises, sexual intimacy concerns, and infidelity.
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LGBTQ+ Therapists
Do LGBTQ-affirmative therapists receive special training?
Yes. Many therapists who practice LGBTQ-affirmative therapy have completed specialized training, either during their degree program or as continuing education, to learn the core principles of affirmative therapy and how to best support their LGBTQ clients; some have received certifications in LGBTQ-affirmative therapy. Prospective clients should inquire as to a clinician’s background and training to ensure a good fit.
Why might I want to see an LGBTQ-affirming or LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
Queer and gender-non-conforming individuals frequently experience bias and marginalization in day-to-day life. Working with a therapist who understands these unique challenges, as well as accepts and affirms their identity, can help LGBTQ clients feel safe and supported during therapy—allowing them to better navigate their relationships, mental health, and anything else that they wish to explore during therapy. It is important to note that many therapists can be effective in their work with LGBTQ+ individuals, even in the absence of specific training or background knowledge. The most important component in therapy is the alliance between therapist and client, and this alliance can exist between individuals with very different backgrounds.
How can I find an LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
You may wish to inquire about a therapist’s expertise with your specific challenges or concerns—depression, for example, or relationship strife—as well as their past experiences treating LGBTQ+ clients. Prospective clients may also ask whether a therapist has obtained additional training and/or certification in LGBTQ-affirmative techniques.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience with LGBTQ issues?
Prospective clients should feel empowered to directly ask therapists whether they have received training or been certified in LGBTQ-affirming therapy; competent therapists will be happy to explain their educational background and preferred approach(es) to help a client find the best match for them. Clients may also wish to ask how a therapist has treated clients with their particular challenges in the past and what they expect treatment to look like.
Are all the therapists listed in the LGBTQ directory themselves members of the LGBTQ community?
While therapists may choose to disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity in their profiles, the LGBTQ directory features not only those who have shared this information but also those who assert specialized training or experience in providing support to queer individuals, couples or families.