Steven W. Noles is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Sports Psychologist. He obtained his Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) degree from the Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology in 1983 after completing his undergraduate work at the University of Richmond. After 5 years as a US Navy staff psychologist working with the submarine and aviation communities, Dr. Noles established a private practice in Richmond, Virginia in 1988. In addition to maintaining an active private practice, Dr....
I established Refuge Counseling Services August 9th, 2019. Currently services are only being provided via Telehealth. Where my goal as a provider is to care for all people despite race, gender identity, sex, religious and all things that make us wonderfully different....
I think about patients from a psychodynamic perspective, and I make liberal use of both psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral techniques. In plain English? In all therapeutic endeavors, I try to maintain a balance between exploring early contributors to current troubles on the one hand -- and, on the other, focusing on present-day patterns that maintain or exacerbate them. I work from the premise that our choices and behavior often have unconscious motivations and unarticulated assumptions. ...