As a therapist, I believe you are your own expert, and I will use each session to support your journey and provide a safe place for therapy. I have experience working with the LGBTQIA+ community with specialized training working with transgender folx and parents of transgender youth. I'm currently working toward my WPATH certification and provide gender affirming care and counseling support letters. With over 15 years’ experience working in college admissions, I also bring a deep understanding o...
As women we play so many roles and often have little time to care for our personal needs. This can become a way of being which often leads to feeling unfulfilled, overwhelmed, drained, and stressed. When we create a healthy balance that includes our needs as priority, we experience more energy, more love, more joy, and a clearer sense of purpose. As your therapist, I will explore your concerns, assist you in identifying your personal strengths, and help you to develop effective coping strategies...
I believe that embracing your true, authentic self is the product of healing the wounds and traumas of the past. Anxiety and trauma present themselves as memories that intrude while at school or work, negative thoughts towards yourself or others, nightmares that recur, stomach aches and headaches, and the feelings of guilt, shame, anger, and sadness. Anxiety and trauma symptoms can feel inescapable, and it can feel as though you are in quick sand, sinking deeper each day. As the mind ...
You have been telling yourself and others that you are completely fine. You genuinely would like for this to be true but you are struggling. You aren't sleeping well and you can't focus at home, school or work because you are consumed with worry and fear. You find yourself nervous all the time, overwhelmed, exhausted, and quick to anger. The activities you once enjoyed don’t seem appealing, and you would rather just stay home. You want to feel joy again and have a life that is not consumed by...
As your counselor, I’ll guide you through some of your toughest challenges in life with a gentle but “real” approach. Within our counselor-client relationship, I prioritize developing trust and openness, allowing you the freedom to share anything on your mind without fear of judgment or criticism. I enjoy helping others find freedom from anxiety and depression, build self-esteem and confidence, and feel great about being themselves! If it's helpful, I sometimes use hypnotherapy to help cha...
I rely on my education and training, but also my own personal narrative to help clients address the difficulties in their lives. I'm naturally a very insightful and intuitive person, which comes in handy when helping clients understand their potential for overcoming the problems keeping them from a preferred reality. I use a collaborative approach that involves curious inquiry and rich story development....
I am a licensed therapist in Virginia, Washington, DC, and New York with over 17 years of experience working as a counselor in different settings, and garnered different experiences along the way. I have a bachelor of science degree in Psychology and master of science degree in mental health counseling. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, OCD and ADHD. I also helped many people who hav...
Are you feeling stuck or struggling to make changes in your life but can’t quite figure out how to get there? I offer tools to help people learn to decode their emotions so that they no longer need a therapist guiding them, but rather they can address life's challenges with greater confidence. My treatment focuses on helping people accept the past, and make concrete changes in their lives that lead to a greater sense of peace and satisfaction. My aim is to create a warm and collaborative environ...
Life kind of sucks right now. You feel way more stressed and anxious than you ever have. Most of the time, you feel like you are just living to be whatever your friends and family expect you to be. It feels like you are living someone else’s life altogether, not your own. Sometimes, your heart starts to beat fast and you feel edgy. The voice in your head starts playing on a continuous loop predicting every worst-case scenario imaginable. It’s been like this for awhile and you are sick of it. ...
I practice from the belief that humans are complex beings with amazing capabilities. Obstacles and challenging situations can block us from using our capabilities to their full potential, changing the ways we think, the ways that we live our lives, and the ways in which we relate to others. As a clinician, I believe that therapy can be used as a resource to for living out our potential. Everyone is capable of change, and I act as a resource for individuals in need to work through the limitations...
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 am a licensed clinical psychologist & am currently accepting new patients. I enjoy working with a diverse group of individuals who have various levels of mental health challenges. One of my specialties is helping adolescents and young adults navigate the complexities of life. My approach to psychotherapy comes from an understanding that every individual is unique & that various life experiences as well as genetic makeup contribute to one's overall mental health. I take into account the particu...
Sarah Albert is a licensed professional counselor. She is licensed in Louisiana, Virginia, and Colorado, and provides therapy services virtually through a HIPAA-compliant Zoom platform. She earned her M.Ed degree in counseling from the University of New Orleans and also holds a J.D. degree from Yale University. Her therapeutic specialties include mood disorders, trauma, anxiety, life transitions, and adjustment difficulties. She uses mindfulness approaches as part of treatment, as well as i...
I treat clients with addiction related issues as well as loved ones of addicts....
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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. ...
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