Therapists in Charlottesville City County, VA

Hi there! I am so excited to take this journey with you towards enjoying life again. I am a counselor from Southern Virginia with experience and specialized training in trauma, mood disorders and life adjustments. Stop putting off therapy because you’re ‘used to’ the way things have been. Making Peace Counseling & Consulting helps young adults who feel trapped replaying old traumas and pains to feel grounded in the present moment. Stop blaming and shaming yourself and identify lessons and life meanings to find emotional and physical safety moving forward.

There is no one taking responsibility for your life, except for you. Probably you have tried so many times to turn things around and accept and meditate and manifest. But you still feel like there is another, a better way. And you are right. There is that way, which lies within you, and within you alone. And this way can feel daring and scary. Learn to use your embodied intuition so that you are alive in your decisions, without emotional and mental blockages. Let us return your life to one that comes from a place from deep serenity, aliveness, and love. A place that does not need years of therapy, but profound and heartfelt clarity.

For 25+ years my clinical practice has focused on helping people live healthier, happier, more contented lives. Together, we can work to give you the tools you need to create the life you want and develop a plan to maintain it. When life is overwhelming and stressful or relationships are struggling, therapy can help. My practice offers a place where you can feel heard in a supportive, comfortable and non-judgmental environment. You can feel free to openly discuss whatever issues are bothering you. I am currently accepting new clients with Anthem, Blue Cross/Blue Shield or Aetna and clients who will be paying out-of-pocket.

We believe in intentional, flexible, and collaborative services designed to meet each client's unique needs. Empowerment is "the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights." Whether you're looking for symptom reduction, healing from past experiences, increasing understanding/insight, improving relationships, gaining support during difficult times, making difficult changes, or improving/maintaining your overall wellbeing, we look forward to supporting you in reclaiming and improving your life!

My practice is dedicated to supporting women in their strength and resilience to heal from abuse and trauma, and to learn to cope with life changes and developmental stressors. Healing from trauma allows us to be more present to enjoy life, relate better with our loved ones, and move forward to achieve our full potential. In addition, in my practice I work with first and second generation immigrants. For the last 17 years I have provided bilingual services in English and Spanish. I am trained in EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, and Family Systems.

In my practice, I approach every client with kindness and respect as they struggle with difficult life situations and emotional angst whether caused by unfortunate circumstances or biosocial triggers. Clients acquire skills to balance their lives, appreciate their feelings, and to move forward with hope and courage.

Do you feel chronically disconnected or stuck in unhelpful patterns despite "knowing better"? This misalignment might be affecting your physical health, your relationships, your sense of self, and your visions for the future. While many of the strategies you relied upon in early life were both necessary and adaptive, they can also become what hold you back later in life. What if we explore some of your origin stories and update those defaults to better reflect who you are, instead of who you believed you had to be? What if we deepen your self-belonging, thereby strengthening your capacity to connect more effortlessly with others?

If you are experiencing intense anxiety, relationship issues, depression, and/or just feeling stuck, change is possible. I believe that the relationship between client and therapist opens pathways to healing and clients can discover the truth of their own inner strength and resources. I would like to help you on your journey to explore, learn, and encourage movement towards greater self-awareness, deeper peace, and achieve more meaning and joy from relationships. To achieve these goals, I believe that a customized approach in therapy is most effective in helping people make positive changes in their lives.

Greetings. I am a therapist with 18+ years of clinical practice. I have worked for the federal government for more than 16 years. I have experience working with adults, couples, families, service members, addictions, and victims of physical & emotional abuse. I have worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, US Army, and the US Navy both in the US and abroad. I had the great honor to deploy as a clinician for 8.5 months aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt in 2015. I earned my BA in Sociology from Randolph-Macon College and my Master’s Degree in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. Unfortunately I am only available from

I focus on individual Trauma, Couples, and Family. With years of family and individual work I've developed a flexible ability to meet adult and teen needs from parenting, marital, and developmental trauma and transitions of life. My work is informed by an attachment approach where I seek to create safety with you to untie negative relational patterns and move into greater awareness and courage. To assist my clients with underlying issues of trauma, my training in AEDP, EMDR and somatic approaches are well suited. I also use Ketamine Assisted Therapy in my office to break through old, unconscious patterns.

I enjoy working with clients ages 16+ who are struggling with relationship distress, trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, and a variety of other issues. My areas of special interest are couple therapy, acceptance-based therapy (ACT), and assessment. I provide psychological testing/assessment for clients ages 6 and up. This includes psychoeducational assessment for accommodations at school.

Dr. Kacey Wilson is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist based in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Wilson integrates therapeutic modalities across somatic, trauma-informed, relational, and psychodynamic approaches. She offers EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and Polyvagal techniques for individuals seeking recovery from traumatic experiences. Specialty areas include developmental trauma, interpersonal challenges, grief and loss, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, cross-cultural integration, and existential inquiries. Her approach encourages self-discovery, compassionate inquiry, growth, and integration.