Licensed to practice in Virginia and accepts 26 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Coping Skills, Life Transitions and 7 more.
(she/her)
I have over 18 years of experience in counseling adolescents and adults of all ages, and although I know that starting therapy may seem difficult, I am hoping that through my practice you can feel at ease to express yourself in a safe, nonjudgmental, and supportive environment. I hope you give therapy with me a chance! Throughout my career in counseling I have worked in private practice, in community mental health settings, and supervised counseling interns at George Washington University. As a bilingual therapist fully fluent in English and Spanish, I can hold sessions in either language. Having studied at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, at Virginia Tech and at George Mason University, I have always tried to be inclusive in my work with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds, ethnicity, religion, or sexual identity and orientation. Through our working relationship I am hoping to address your counseling goals whether they are to discover yourself, to feel better, to adjust to life's transitions, to improve your relationships, to grieve the loss of a loved one, or to find balance in your life at a time of need. I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, as well as Brief-Solution Oriented, Strength-Based and Structural/Strategic Couple's Therapy strategies. Through any of those approaches, I am here to work with you on meeting the goals that bring you to therapy.
During our first session we will spend some time reviewing Intake forms and procedures. I might ask you questions about your life, so that I get a good picture as to what brings you to therapy. I will try to get to know you during our first session, to include listening to your history, your strengths, what strategies have worked for you before, and what solutions you have tried to the problems you bring to therapy. During our first session we might discuss interventions you could try on your own until I see you again.
As a therapist I have experience working with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, coping skills, trauma, loss and grief, relocation, mid-life crisis, immigration, and career exploration and changes. As a Marriage and Family Therapist I specialize in issues related to relationships, family reunification, blended families, and couples counseling. I enjoy counseling in English or Spanish. I embrace cultural diversity and work with clients from all different backgrounds.
I work best with adult clients who are going through life transitions, relationship problems, who are experiencing difficulty managing their emotions or adjusting to life changing circumstances such graduations, relocations, job moves, marriage, separation, divorce, or changing family dynamics, to name a few. I specialize in late adolescents and adults of all ages seeking to improve their coping and mood regulation skills, to include incorporating better conflict resolution and communication tools in their relationships, while changing focus on the present and on what emotions and behaviors can be managed or controlled. Ultimately, the clients bring their own identified goals to therapy and the sessions focus on achieving these goals through therapeutic strategies and interventions.
Cash - $170 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Anthem
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
When working with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy I use cognitive restructuring to enable clients to look into their own lives, fostering alternative insights that result in new behavioral outcomes. Through guided discovery, as the clients process the events of their lives, they develop new perspectives that lead to emotional balance and new patterns of behaviors, creating change and overall life satisfaction as they see themselves in control of their actions.
During the process of therapy clients are encouraged to search for their own personal goals, establish strategies for how to achieve them, discover their strengths to empower their behavioral choices, recall what has worked for them before that they can recreate in the future, and establish habits for refocusing on the solutions to the concerns that bring them to therapy.
We will be tapping on your skills and on how you have been able to tackle personal problems before with the use of your strengths, to move you forward.
3 ratings with written reviews
July 1, 2026
She is a wonderful therapist, and I’m so grateful for the support she provides. She has a warm, welcoming presence that makes it easy to open up and feel truly heard. She is bright, engaging, compassionate, and very solution oriented, which makes each session feel both comforting and helpful. I always leave feeling supported, encouraged, and better equipped to move forward. I highly recommend her.
February 25, 2025
Thank you sooo much for today’s session Analia! ❤️
February 11, 2025
She is the best!