3 therapists in Virginia matching your needs

My hopes are to be a soft place to fall when discussing life's challenges, difficult topics, painful thoughts & dashed hopes. As a 'young at heart' woman in my 50's, I'm a survivor of many of life's unexpected difficult high & low roads filled with detours, switchbacks & gotten lost trying to get myself over life's mountains. As a daughter, sister, friend, girlfriend, wife, mother, homemaker, older student, divorcee & ultimately becoming a compassionate solution-focused strength's based therapist after learning how powerful talk-therapy is. I'm familiar with life's sudden wake-up calls w/missed signs, getting comfortable & days/weeks become months/years w/o noticing how I'd drifted into patterns that didn't take into consideration my own wants, wishes & needs. I've been there. We all have histories where we made good, bad, convenient & self-defeating decisions based on what we knew. We've also been alongside others who may have done the same & negatively impacted you on your journey. Experience & wisdom can be incredible teachers. Understanding our truths of 'how-when-what-how-why' of it all can be the glue that sets us free from repeating/role-modeling what hurt/deterred us most. My innate curiosity, successes & failures has led me to find the honest answers I needed most and why I became a therapist. I earned my License as Clinical Social Worker with a focus on Adult Mental Health & Addiction. I've honed my passion, purpose & skills to help shorten the learning curve & needless suffering of those facing the slippery slopes when life's difficult moments/transitions were around corners we couldn't see.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 15 years of experience providing mental health services to Children, Adults and couples. I have a Master’s degree in Education Mental Health and Substance Abuse Certifications. My experiences are in Substance Use Disorders, Anger, Grief, Low Self-Esteem, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma (PTSD), children, adults, couples and other disorders of anxiety, etc. I am currently virtual and plan to have in person in the near future.

I am a board certified Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Virginia. I am not a native of Virginia and was born abroad which allows me to be multiculturally aware. I specialize in Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT). I received my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (2015) at South University and Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (2018) from South University. In the spirit of community service I have volunteered my talents as a Family-2-Family facilitator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). I am a member and have served on the Virginia Counselors Association (VCA) Professional Development Committee and the Newsletter Committee. I am a professional member of the American Counseling Association and a board certified member of the National Board of Certified Counselors. I continue to educate myself by attending national and local conferences, keeping up with current therapy and research. If you ever have a question, please ask. I do not have all the answers, but I will help you find them.