Therapists Beginning With V in Virginia

Congratulations on taking the first step in getting help! Life can be difficult to manage if you are feeling depressed, anxious, overly stressed, experiencing grief or trauma, going through a difficult life transition, feeling overwhelmed or just stuck. When you feel this way it can impair your ability to see yourself and others in a positive light, to share your life with others, to experience joy, and meet your goals. Reach out to help you move forward in your life and experience joy again. I provide a safe and confidential space to discuss your struggles without judgment. I look forward to joining you on your journey.

You deserve to live a life you are excited about! I want to help you on your journey of self-discovery, mental empowerment, and personal growth. As a licensed psychotherapist, I strive to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where my clients can begin to heal and learn to live healthier, happier, and balanced lives.

I strive to create a safe, supportive, non-judgmental space for clients who feel burdened with hard feelings. You may be navigating a period of anxiety or depression, struggling with a difficult phase of life, or are unsure how to move beyond past experiences. We will create a collaborative partnership where we can work through these questions together, empowering you to find a path back to joy and calm in your life. I specialize in working with college students through established adults, and have particular expertise with clients experiencing infertility, adjusting to parenthood or navigating the joys and challenges of older kids.

I'm glad you are here. Life is hard enough with out beating yourself up and telling yourself you suck as a person, friend, partner, parent, child, employee, and on, and on. It's important to find space to give your mind a break from the negative chatter you use to push yourself forward but only holds you back. You have worth. All those to do lists can wait. Start finding moments of peace and connection to others. Take some time to be in the moment and enjoy the right now.

I have extensive experience providing clinical experience as required of a Resident in Counseling. I understand the diagnostic nuances and ethical dilemmas that counselors face in the field every day. Whether you are working in private practice or with agency-based consumers, I will conduct weekly supervision with you in a flexible manner to help you get your LPC license.

I believe that therapy is a place to explore who we are and how we want to move forward with our lives. It is a space to look at what is holding us back and impeding our own personal growth. My approach is to work together with individuals to unearth current and past dysfunctions that are no longer working for them and to help navigate a new way for clients to see themselves and the world around them. I help clients examine their patterns of thought, feelings and behaviors and explore the impact of their past and current relationships on their present life.

I believe that everyone comes into therapy with their own innate strength and wisdom, and in my sessions, I strive to help teens, children, families, and individuals with eating disorders tap into these qualities that are already present within. I incorporate empathy and a non-judgemental approach into my sessions to foster a safe, therapeutic relationship. It is through this relationship we can explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviors and, in time, we will examine whether they are helping you live your most fulfilling life.

I am Licensed in These 12 States (California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Florida, Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Indiana, and South Carolina). I've had the privilege of working with countless children/adolescents, young adults, adults, and families from various backgrounds. I work with mental health, behavioral, relationship, and stress-related issues such as anxiety, depression, oppositional/defiant, life transitions, family conflict, relationship issues, sexuality, life stressors, loss/grief, and more. I offer a 15 minute consultation before our first session.

We will always start our work together with focusing on what you are experiencing right now. I can help you find peace and balance as you learn to cope and adjust to the various stresses of life. We can also begin to explore how your past experiences may be influencing you today. Often times we know that our upbringing was not maybe the "best" and as a result we can feel less than fully appreciated and un-validated. This can have longterm effects on our self-esteem and wellbeing. Therapy allows us to fully explore any repeating patterns in your life, and offer freedom from anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and suffering.

I specialize in relationships, sex therapy, recovery from dysfunctional and abusive families, healing the inner child, loss and grief, stress, life transitions, women's issues, and personal empowerment. I also help people with anxiety, panic attacks, and depression issues. I have taught many college psychology courses, including: Basic Interviewing and Counseling Skills, Psychotherapy Principles and Practices, Women's Issues, and Human Sexuality. I have also written a helpful book on relationships and sexuality. My compassion and genuine desire to help my clients find their authentic connection with their Higher Selves serves to enrich the process of therapy. Trust Your Inner Wisdom!

Therapy can often be initially awkward or even bring out a vulnerability in the client. I believe it is important to develop trust and rapport very early to make the client feel comfortable, safe, and heard. Once trust is established, we work together to set goals and establish coping skills to handle struggles you might be faced with. Every client’s situation is unique and that would determine my therapeutic approach. I often draw from an eclectic treatment approach such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Person-Centered Therapy and incorporate Mindfulness and elements of Play Therapy.

Are you looking for a Christian Counselor who provides biblically sound, compassionate and professional counseling in a safe and honest environment? I am here to help.

We are convinced we have a problem. We're focused on it, worried about it, and it often feels like it defines us. These problems tend to show up or worsen during life and relationship transitions. Attending to what isn't working, as well as being intentional about addressing these problems, is necessary for change. Easily overlooked though, are the jewels - the opportunities hiding behind those problems. Psychotherapy provides a safe space for growth opportunities - offering compassion to those parts of ourselves we don't like or shame us, while allowing for the fluidity, flexibility and movement required for transformations.

I specialize in therapy for college students, young adults and women struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, stress management, motherhood/parenting, relationship issues, and interpersonal life skills. I also specialize in couples/marital counseling, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, and trauma training with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). I develop strong relationships with my clients and, together, we work towards finding their roadmaps in life, improving self-worth, identifying goals/objectives, reducing hard feelings and behaviors, and overall feeling better at managing daily life

I enjoy working with adolescents, adults, and the LGBTQIA+ community, and treat a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, women’s issues, men’s issues, family conflict, parenting, career support, and life transitions. Some additional areas of focus that I work with are neurodivergence, highly sensitive people (HSP), faith-based trauma, sexual assault, and ethical non-monogamy. I am a PCI certified parent coach. My certification training, along with my experience raising teenagers, has given me the ability to support all parents, with a special interest in parents of children with autism.

I think of psychotherapy as a creative partnership between client and therapist, accepting the client, just as they are, while also working with them towards lasting change. I strive to create a warm, safe environment, using culturally relevant, evidence-based approaches that foster collaboration and trust. We'll work to improve self-efficacy, develop healthier relationships with self and others, and practice skills to regulate emotions that have interfered with your quality of life. My orientation is trauma-informed and theoretically integrative, using cognitive-behavioral, biosocial, interpersonal process and attachment theories.

I am a licensed clinical social worker with nearly 10 years of direct clinical expertise treating children/adolescents, adults and couples. I am licensed to treat clients in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, New York and Pennsylvania. I have a particular passion for helping clients overcome anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, and stress. During our sessions, I am person-centered and solution-focused. In order to help you achieve your therapeutic goals, I use a variety of treatment approaches and offer a non-judgmental setting where you are a willing participant in obtaining the life you want to live.