Grief Therapists in Palmyra, VA

I believe the therapeutic relationship is a collaborative one in which you have the power to make lasting changes toward a more balanced, connected and resourced life. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor providing individual and family counseling to children, adolescents, families and adults. I have extensive knowledge of behavior management strategies and parenting skill support as a former provider of Therapeutic Day Treatment in the school setting and Intensive In-home Services.  My training in trauma and resilience informs my work and allows for the strengths of the individual to guide growth and healing.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who has been in the mental health private practice industry since 1998 and licensed since 2000. I provide psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families to help them achieve personal growth, balance, and wellness. I have spent much of my experience working with adolescents and adults. My approach to therapy is primarily cognitive-behavioral emphasizing solution-focused therapy. I include clients in the development of personalized treatment plans and will use a holistic approach, which means I may use different methods to help you meet your goals including reality therapy, family systems therapy and homework.

Hi! I specialize in working with pre-teens, teens, and adults who are struggling with anxiety, trauma, depression, ADHD, grief , body image, identity, sexuality and more. I have a special interest in working with members of the LGBTQ community. If you our your child is having a hard time with social pressure, adjusting to school or other transitions, sadness, managing daily stressors, and/or identity development, I would love to help.

I teach you how to help your Self by strengthening your awareness, esteem and power skills. Using a rapid insight tool, you will be able to “see” your emotional process and become an active manager of your emotions, thoughts and choices through your self-relationship. You will learn to understand and interpret your emotional pain, which actually illuminates unmet emotional needs. I will guide you in developing enough awareness and emotional competence to make intentional and informed choices, creating emotional balance and well-being. You meet your own emotional needs with healthy supply while internalizing resilience.

My name is Alexandria Schenk, you can call me Alex, my pronouns are she/her/hers. I am a licensed professional counselor licensed in Virginia. I work with individuals with a wide range of needs including depression, anxiety, overcoming life stressors, relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, sexual, physical and collective/generational traumas and abuse, emotional growth, communication needs, boundary setting, identity questions, serious mental illness, and family of origin wounds.

Your relationship is falling apart. You are heart broken. Your worst fear is that it’s over. You are smart, articulate, successful. You are experiencing symptoms in your body that you just can’t keep ignoring. You’ve always been able to keep things in control, but it’s not working any longer. You have held secrets inside you that have been suppressed for so long. You have been a fighter. And you survived. Yet now it’s taken its toll. Things are urgent. A silver lining of COVID-19 is that video-therapy has become the new norm, giving you safe access to more therapists with specialties when you need them most.

Welcome! I specialize in working with teenagers and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, adjusting to new medical diagnoses, athletic pressure, and gender and/or sexual identity development. I strive to help my clients develop a healthy sense of identity and process the many challenges and curveballs that life throws our way. My utmost focus is to create a safe and supportive therapeutic space so that the focus of therapy can be on promoting change, growth, and reflection.