Transgender Therapists in Broadway, VA

Ms. Angel Bryant LPC — strength, base, positive psychology, person center, resolution focus in order to reach sustainable mental health wellness. I believe and Affirm I am truly a representation of the clients I support/advocate with daily. This resilient population consists of LGBTQIA+ individuals with diverse disabilities, women of color, business professionals, and military/veterans. Based on some recent reviews, the therapeutic room I create offers an experience of comfort, support, congruency, and unconditional regard, in a safe and humble atmosphere…

I am NOT currently accepting new clients. Having worked in adult community mental health for 20 years, I've had the privilege to counsel clients with a range of diagnoses, including dual diagnosis/co-occurring disorders, substance use disorders, PTSD/trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, and serious mental illness. I am bilingual in both English and Spanish and work solely with adults. As part of the LGBTQ+/queer community, I am passionate about working with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist whose services include psychotherapy, psychological assessment, and consultation. I work to help clients with a wide range of difficulties including depression, anxiety, bereavement, relationship problems, and coping with trauma, as well as with transgender and/or sexual orientation issues. I particularly specialize in helping gay and lesbian individuals coping with childhood sexual abuse. I do individual therapy, providing practical ways to approach life's most difficult challenges. I work with clients in a collaborative relationship, with both of us working together to help you understand yourself and your problems more clearly.

Together we will develop insights and skills to help you unravel feelings and thoughts about yourself and life. We start where you want to start, collaborate to enhance your abilities and promote your life goals. Anxiety and depression can improve with attention and cognitive approaches. I have experience working with the queer community including: Gay, lesbian, transgender clients, gender dysphoria and non-binary identity. All adults age 20-100 welcome.

As your therapist, I aim to affirm and honor the identities you hold while simultaneously challenging the narratives that hinder your growth and perpetuate harm. My focus is to support, explore, and navigate the intricacies of systems that impact your mental well-being. As you are the expert on you, I will seek collaboration to best support your needs and goals. In our sessions, I utilize a trauma-informed, strength based, and a relational lens to foster safety and security. I strive to cultivate a space to feel empowered, affirmed, heard, and respected.

In practice, I rely heavily on the notion that learning and growth cannot occur without safety and connection. I focus on building honest relationships with clients and have worked with children and adolescents as an educator and childcare provider for over fifteen years. I have extensive international experience with youth advocacy and support programs and have worked closely LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC adolescents and their caregivers and families. I aim to continue to understand the unique challenges faced by these communities and have a passion for multicultural counseling.

I provide online, telehealth counseling for individuals in Virginia. I work with individuals, families, groups, and couples’ of all ages. I work with clients with a wide range of issues, including (but not limited to): Depression, Anxiety, Gender Dysphoria, Racial Identity, Transgender (any age), Self-Esteem, PTSD, and other mental health concerns. I use a variety of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Play Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Motivational Interviewing.

With every day changing so rapidly and the increase in uncertainty, life presents us with new obstacles and challenges that we might not expect. It takes great strength and courage to ask for help when you need it. I help clients with improving body image, increasing self-esteem, mood disorders, eating disorders, and identity challenges. As a minority myself, I have experience helping clients work through processing cultural barriers and unfair treatment. I am also passionate about working with BIPOC and the South Asian population. I also provide letters for gender affirming care.

Are you struggling with an eating disorder, low self-esteem, relationship issues, or self harming behaviors? Have you suffered from trauma and abuse, or have lost touch of your own needs and feelings? I use an integrative approach that emphasizes emotional and physical healing and addresses the underlying core issues that continue to sabotage the recovery process. My treatment approach helps you let go of negative beliefs, self destructive patterns, and learn to develop positive relationships and healthy coping skills. We build on your strengths and focus is on recovery and self care to find your true inner self.

Lighthouse Counseling of Fredericksburg, PLC is a group practice committed to working with those who are suffering, marginalized, and feeling like no one understands. So many times, we all struggle to verbalize and contend with emotional difficulties and finding someone to walk that path with you, can be healing and hopeful. We strive to make our practice “A Place to find Hope” using evidence-based therapeutic interventions provided in a compassionate and validating environment.

I love working with adolescents and adults in a private practice setting. I view therapy as a partnership and requires a person's active involvement to help change their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. I enjoy adolescents the most because of their complex issues while trying to navigate the world with all the environmental stressors that arise.

Current openings available. I believe being deeply understood, in the context of a safe and collaborative therapeutic relationship, is the catalyst for healing and transformation. We will work together to understand your distress, and the deeper meaning underlying that distress. My focus in therapy is on understanding the root cause of your suffering, and to deeply listen and understand your experiences, and how they have shaped you.

I work with individuals, families, and couples. I have worked with clients with a wide range of issues, including (but not limited to): depression, anxiety, gender dysphoria, interpersonal relationships, and other mental health and developmental concerns. I utilize a Person-Centered theoretical base, allowing the client to be the expert as I accompany him/her on the therapeutic journey. Employing techniques including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Wellness, my goal with every client is to take a holistic approach to aid in improving overall quality of life.

Do you feel anxious, stressed, confused, sad, worried or irritable, or just are not feeling your best. Are you having problems in a relationship or with parenting? We help people find solutions to troubling problems. Give me a call and we can talk about how we might help you to feel good and enjoy life again and answer your questions. Our therapists offer many different specialties and we tailor our approach to each client's individual needs. I am Anne Ross, clinical director and I will help find the best fit for you . I can be reached at Director@AcrossCounseling.com or 703-389-1913

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 of the needs of high school and college students. I work with adults and adolescents in individual settings.

I am an EMDRIA-certified therapist with 15+ years of experience serving individuals and families in Virginia. I operate from a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach and incorporate interventions from the following therapeutic modalities, depending on the client's goals for therapy and presenting issues: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, expressive arts therapies.