EMDR Therapists in Dumfries, VA
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Peggy Anna Haun
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC
Verified Verified
Dumfries, VA 22026 (Online Only)
Understanding that no single approach fits everyone, I am trained in a variety of modalities, including Internal Family Systems, Sex Therapy Informed practices, EMDR, and Person-Centered Therapy.
My great passion is to bring healing to individuals who have experienced trauma and stress. I support clients—whether they are teens, adults, or families—in finding healthy self-perceptions and strengthening their relationships, so they can experience themselves as peaceful, complete, whole, and safe.
Understanding that no single approach fits everyone, I am trained in a variety of modalities, including Internal Family Systems, Sex Therapy Informed practices, EMDR, and Person-Centered Therapy.
My great passion is to bring healing to individuals who have experienced trauma and stress. I support clients—whether they are teens, adults, or families—in finding healthy self-perceptions and strengthening their relationships, so they can experience themselves as peaceful, complete, whole, and safe.
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Got Your Six Counseling Services, PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CCTP, CSAC, MAC, CSOTP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Dumfries, VA 22026
We offer individual and group counseling, consultation, supervision, and EMDR Intensive.
Veteran-owned and operated, we seek to help Veterans, First Responders, their Families, and children impacted by traumatic events. We provide specialized individual and group therapy, and provide therapy for a wide range of children, adolescent, and adult clients. We welcome those who are struggling with life issues, depression, anxiety, trauma, coping, gender identity, mood disorders, relationship issues, sexuality, and addictions. We believe that the situations we experience impact us, but do not define us. Our clinicians are trained to help you reach your full potential and overcome difficult situations.
We offer individual and group counseling, consultation, supervision, and EMDR Intensive.
Veteran-owned and operated, we seek to help Veterans, First Responders, their Families, and children impacted by traumatic events. We provide specialized individual and group therapy, and provide therapy for a wide range of children, adolescent, and adult clients. We welcome those who are struggling with life issues, depression, anxiety, trauma, coping, gender identity, mood disorders, relationship issues, sexuality, and addictions. We believe that the situations we experience impact us, but do not define us. Our clinicians are trained to help you reach your full potential and overcome difficult situations.
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Kara is very passionate about using her experience in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) which have proven to be in particular very effective in helping clients access their own inner strengths to address a wide spectrum of issues.
Kara Sprinkle is a licensed Mental Health Counselor with 10+ years of proven experience in working with adolescents and families facing high mental, physical, and emotional issues. Additionally, her experiences as a military spouse have coincided with her career path and continue to foster not only who she is as an individual, but also as a professional, which is why she chooses to become a licensed professional counselor. Kara’s therapeutic interests continue to be working with adolescents, veterans, and military families through utilizing an integrative counseling approach tailored to the specific needs of her individual clients.
Kara is very passionate about using her experience in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) which have proven to be in particular very effective in helping clients access their own inner strengths to address a wide spectrum of issues.
Kara Sprinkle is a licensed Mental Health Counselor with 10+ years of proven experience in working with adolescents and families facing high mental, physical, and emotional issues. Additionally, her experiences as a military spouse have coincided with her career path and continue to foster not only who she is as an individual, but also as a professional, which is why she chooses to become a licensed professional counselor. Kara’s therapeutic interests continue to be working with adolescents, veterans, and military families through utilizing an integrative counseling approach tailored to the specific needs of her individual clients.
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Dr. Tammy Knoll is geared toward forming solid therapeutic alliances with clients. She is a practitioner of traditional talk therapy and EMDR. You will have someone with varied life experiences to cater to your healing needs. Whether you want to conquer a rite of passage, resolve your trauma, eradicate stress, increase your mood, or better your relationships, Dr. Tammy Knoll, LCSW, can work with you to accomplish these goals.
Dr. Tammy Knoll is geared toward forming solid therapeutic alliances with clients. She is a practitioner of traditional talk therapy and EMDR. You will have someone with varied life experiences to cater to your healing needs. Whether you want to conquer a rite of passage, resolve your trauma, eradicate stress, increase your mood, or better your relationships, Dr. Tammy Knoll, LCSW, can work with you to accomplish these goals.
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Complete Choice Counseling & Wellness Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, LSATP, ACS, CCS
Verified Verified
Dumfries, VA 22026
Your well-being, confidentiality of your information, and confidence in us as your are my top three priorities. We all need a little help working through everyday stressors that become too much for us to handle alone at times. For we were not meant to exist alone but to help build each other up, to help meet and exceed our potential. Going to a Counselor when you feel sad or overwhelmed needs to be as normal as going to the doctor when you're sick. Let's end the stigma about mental health.
Your well-being, confidentiality of your information, and confidence in us as your are my top three priorities. We all need a little help working through everyday stressors that become too much for us to handle alone at times. For we were not meant to exist alone but to help build each other up, to help meet and exceed our potential. Going to a Counselor when you feel sad or overwhelmed needs to be as normal as going to the doctor when you're sick. Let's end the stigma about mental health.
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Ariel Meaney
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CCTP, CSTIP, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Dumfries, VA 22026 (Online Only)
Hello. I am an LPC in the state of VA who works with individuals, children/adolescents, and couples. I am a Marine Corps Veteran, so my true passion is to help my fellow Veterans and Military families within their therapeutic process. Whether this be through the individual aspect, through the couples’ aspect, or the adolescent needs of coping with the struggles of the Military lifestyle. I strive to help the Military family in any way possible. From having the hands-on experience of being Active Duty as well as currently being a Military spouse, I plan to help your family through your time of distress and turmoil.
Hello. I am an LPC in the state of VA who works with individuals, children/adolescents, and couples. I am a Marine Corps Veteran, so my true passion is to help my fellow Veterans and Military families within their therapeutic process. Whether this be through the individual aspect, through the couples’ aspect, or the adolescent needs of coping with the struggles of the Military lifestyle. I strive to help the Military family in any way possible. From having the hands-on experience of being Active Duty as well as currently being a Military spouse, I plan to help your family through your time of distress and turmoil.
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I wish life were as easy as the old song, "nothing but Blue Skies from now on". However, some of life's challenges are complex and we can often find ourselves stuck under gray skies. It would be my privilege to partner with you while we figure out how to get you and your loved ones unstuck.
I wish life were as easy as the old song, "nothing but Blue Skies from now on". However, some of life's challenges are complex and we can often find ourselves stuck under gray skies. It would be my privilege to partner with you while we figure out how to get you and your loved ones unstuck.
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Melanie Wert
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Dumfries, VA 22025
Waitlist for new clients
Do you feel stuck and uncertain about the future, desiring to become the best version of yourself? I specialize in utilizing a strengths-based approach to treatment providing freedom from negative self-talk and past trauma. Anxiety, depression, life transition, and day to day stress can be hard to manage. Feelings of isolation and loneliness can become cumbersome and create a sense of hopelessness and helplessness. I utilize integrative strategies and a holistic model to develop self-acceptance and freedom from painful thoughts and feelings.
Do you feel stuck and uncertain about the future, desiring to become the best version of yourself? I specialize in utilizing a strengths-based approach to treatment providing freedom from negative self-talk and past trauma. Anxiety, depression, life transition, and day to day stress can be hard to manage. Feelings of isolation and loneliness can become cumbersome and create a sense of hopelessness and helplessness. I utilize integrative strategies and a holistic model to develop self-acceptance and freedom from painful thoughts and feelings.
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Tiffany Waters
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Dumfries, VA 22025
Counseling is my calling and passion. It’s so important to me that you feel seen, heard and understood and that you learn to understand how to care for and nurture your own heart. I will be there to help you and guide you on that journey until you are ready to do so on your own.
Counseling is my calling and passion. It’s so important to me that you feel seen, heard and understood and that you learn to understand how to care for and nurture your own heart. I will be there to help you and guide you on that journey until you are ready to do so on your own.
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Indelible Changes, LLC (Nick Williams)
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
Dumfries, VA 22025
Our mission is "To empower individuals, couples, and families to break free from the chains that bind them, in order to create present and multi-generational changes that last forever." Indelible means that which cannot be undone; permanent." Too often, individuals, couples, and families cycle through services and treatment providers, only to continue suffering and feeling as if no one understands and/or no one can help. This can be traumatic. Often, issues can run deep and last for generations. Indelible Changes was born out of the desire to help individuals, couples, and families break free from the chains that bind them.
Our mission is "To empower individuals, couples, and families to break free from the chains that bind them, in order to create present and multi-generational changes that last forever." Indelible means that which cannot be undone; permanent." Too often, individuals, couples, and families cycle through services and treatment providers, only to continue suffering and feeling as if no one understands and/or no one can help. This can be traumatic. Often, issues can run deep and last for generations. Indelible Changes was born out of the desire to help individuals, couples, and families break free from the chains that bind them.
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The Center for Connection, Healing and Change
Pre-Licensed Professional, LMFT-R, LPC-R, LMFT, LPC, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Manassas, VA 20110
We offer individual therapy, couples therapy, premarital therapy, sex therapy, child/teen & family therapy, parenting therapy, Parent-Child Interaction therapy, trauma therapy, EMDR, and group therapy.
Accepting new clients -The Center for Connection, Healing & Change focuses on the creation of secure, close, and satisfying relationships- within us and between us. We choose to specialize in relationships because we know the importance of satisfying connections for our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Services explore the relationship we have with both ourselves and others; how well we can live with emotional ease, know who we are, ask for what we need, be responsive to loved ones, set boundaries, deal with loss, heal trauma, move through stressful experiences, find our purpose, and access resilience in moments of need.
We offer individual therapy, couples therapy, premarital therapy, sex therapy, child/teen & family therapy, parenting therapy, Parent-Child Interaction therapy, trauma therapy, EMDR, and group therapy.
Accepting new clients -The Center for Connection, Healing & Change focuses on the creation of secure, close, and satisfying relationships- within us and between us. We choose to specialize in relationships because we know the importance of satisfying connections for our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Services explore the relationship we have with both ourselves and others; how well we can live with emotional ease, know who we are, ask for what we need, be responsive to loved ones, set boundaries, deal with loss, heal trauma, move through stressful experiences, find our purpose, and access resilience in moments of need.
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Olivia Sweetnam
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Gainesville, VA 20155 (Online Only)
I am also experienced in evidence-based treatment for Complicated Grief, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Accepting residents for LPC supervision. I believe that every individual has the ability to reach their full potential no matter what stressful experiences they may encounter. Everyone has their own story which is why I tailor treatment by taking a person-centered approach incorporating evidence-based therapies to create a safe and supportive therapeutic environment where clients are able to develop skills that promote positive change.
I am also experienced in evidence-based treatment for Complicated Grief, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Accepting residents for LPC supervision. I believe that every individual has the ability to reach their full potential no matter what stressful experiences they may encounter. Everyone has their own story which is why I tailor treatment by taking a person-centered approach incorporating evidence-based therapies to create a safe and supportive therapeutic environment where clients are able to develop skills that promote positive change.
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Clarity Counseling, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSSW, LCSW, CEDS-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Haymarket, VA 20169
Our therapists on staff hold certifications in therapies like DBT, RODBT, CBT, FBT, CPT, EMDR, and our founder is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist.
Clarity Counseling is an outpatient treatment center that commits to providing quality treatment to individuals, families and groups in the Northern Virginia and Richmond area. Clarity specializes in providing comprehensive and evidenced-based treatment for eating disorder recovery and specialized therapies for mental illness. Clarity offers a unique experience where therapists collaborate with the individual and treatment professionals to offer a clear path, free from distortion. Committed to offering quality care, Clarity values working together with their client toward a fuller life that has balance, hope, and a full recovery.
Our therapists on staff hold certifications in therapies like DBT, RODBT, CBT, FBT, CPT, EMDR, and our founder is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist.
Clarity Counseling is an outpatient treatment center that commits to providing quality treatment to individuals, families and groups in the Northern Virginia and Richmond area. Clarity specializes in providing comprehensive and evidenced-based treatment for eating disorder recovery and specialized therapies for mental illness. Clarity offers a unique experience where therapists collaborate with the individual and treatment professionals to offer a clear path, free from distortion. Committed to offering quality care, Clarity values working together with their client toward a fuller life that has balance, hope, and a full recovery.
Acadian Health Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Haymarket, VA 20169
We provide trauma care, play therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, child behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, substance abuse counseling, motivational interviewing, LGBTQ community support, cognitive behavioral therapy, EMDR services and more.
We are dedicated to providing excellence with the highest quality mental health professionals. Each of our providers have specialized in distinct areas of care and provide unique forms of evidenced based techniques. This offers you variety and enables us to tailor to your specific needs. We believe in a multidisciplinary approach to mental health which involves Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists, Social Workers and Acupuncturist.
We provide trauma care, play therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, child behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, substance abuse counseling, motivational interviewing, LGBTQ community support, cognitive behavioral therapy, EMDR services and more.
We are dedicated to providing excellence with the highest quality mental health professionals. Each of our providers have specialized in distinct areas of care and provide unique forms of evidenced based techniques. This offers you variety and enables us to tailor to your specific needs. We believe in a multidisciplinary approach to mental health which involves Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists, Social Workers and Acupuncturist.
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Bethany M Vanderbilt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Haymarket, VA 20169
I am certified in EMDR and Perinatal Mental Health and use ego state interventions in my practice.
I am an LCSW with extensive experience in trauma and attachment work and have a significant history working with children and their caregivers. I have taken a particular interest in working with people in the midst of life transitions and caregivers who are experiencing perinatal mental health challenges. I believe in the power of connection: connection to one's own inner sense of self, connection between caregivers and their infants/children to build healthy attachment patterns, connection between couples in the midst of parenting, and the healing connection that can occur through therapy.
I am certified in EMDR and Perinatal Mental Health and use ego state interventions in my practice.
I am an LCSW with extensive experience in trauma and attachment work and have a significant history working with children and their caregivers. I have taken a particular interest in working with people in the midst of life transitions and caregivers who are experiencing perinatal mental health challenges. I believe in the power of connection: connection to one's own inner sense of self, connection between caregivers and their infants/children to build healthy attachment patterns, connection between couples in the midst of parenting, and the healing connection that can occur through therapy.
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Heather Sauceda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Warrenton, VA 20186
I offer a range of evidence-based services including EMDR, with a strong educational beginning if this is your first time with a counselor.
When faced with questions like "Can I handle this?" or "Why do I keep making these choices?" and statements such as "I don't think I can move past this," it's important to know that you're not alone. Many clients I work with share similar feelings and thoughts. Specializing in trauma, together we will find ways to navigate hardships and build bridges to recovery. With a blend of therapy, laughter, and levity, I help clients reframe and rebuild their personal stories. Whether you're struggling with codependency, trauma, or simply looking for understanding and growth, I am here to support you.
I offer a range of evidence-based services including EMDR, with a strong educational beginning if this is your first time with a counselor.
When faced with questions like "Can I handle this?" or "Why do I keep making these choices?" and statements such as "I don't think I can move past this," it's important to know that you're not alone. Many clients I work with share similar feelings and thoughts. Specializing in trauma, together we will find ways to navigate hardships and build bridges to recovery. With a blend of therapy, laughter, and levity, I help clients reframe and rebuild their personal stories. Whether you're struggling with codependency, trauma, or simply looking for understanding and growth, I am here to support you.
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Kimberly Culpepper
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Gainesville, VA 20155 (Online Only)
I use EMDR for client's interested in truly healing the root cause of their anxiety, depression, trauma and phobias.
Since 2010, I have been in private practice helping women and adolescents work through anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, relationship issues, trauma, chronic health issues, everyday stressors and adjustments to life’s everchanging dynamics and stressors. I am trained in EMDR therapy through EMDRIA and can provide this effectively via telehealth. I love EMDR because it is a root-cause approach and can be used for the vast majority of presenting issues. Together, with the client, we work as a team to achieve their desired goals.
I use EMDR for client's interested in truly healing the root cause of their anxiety, depression, trauma and phobias.
Since 2010, I have been in private practice helping women and adolescents work through anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, relationship issues, trauma, chronic health issues, everyday stressors and adjustments to life’s everchanging dynamics and stressors. I am trained in EMDR therapy through EMDRIA and can provide this effectively via telehealth. I love EMDR because it is a root-cause approach and can be used for the vast majority of presenting issues. Together, with the client, we work as a team to achieve their desired goals.
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Ruth Ritchie Young is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who has been practicing for the past 30 years in the therapeutic profession. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Masters in Social Work. Ruth's approach to your mental wellness is individualized to include several evidenced based approaches. Her main areas of focus include CBT, DBT, Insight, family systems and EMDR. In her spare time, she is an avid reader, enjoys kayaking around NOVA waterways, and spending time with family.
Ruth Ritchie Young is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who has been practicing for the past 30 years in the therapeutic profession. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Masters in Social Work. Ruth's approach to your mental wellness is individualized to include several evidenced based approaches. Her main areas of focus include CBT, DBT, Insight, family systems and EMDR. In her spare time, she is an avid reader, enjoys kayaking around NOVA waterways, and spending time with family.
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Ceres Artico Ph. D.
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, LMFT
Verified Verified
Gainesville, VA 20155
All of us have the ability and desire to heal and lead meaningful, fulfilling, lives. However, at times we need professional help to overcome devastating feelings and life events.
Dr. Artico has over 20 years of experience helping couples, adults and teens become who they were meant to be. She is the director of Gainesville Family Counseling, has taught at George Mason University, and is the author of the book Latino Families Broken by Immigration. She is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples (EFT), clinical supervision, and sandtray therapy.
All of us have the ability and desire to heal and lead meaningful, fulfilling, lives. However, at times we need professional help to overcome devastating feelings and life events.
Dr. Artico has over 20 years of experience helping couples, adults and teens become who they were meant to be. She is the director of Gainesville Family Counseling, has taught at George Mason University, and is the author of the book Latino Families Broken by Immigration. She is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples (EFT), clinical supervision, and sandtray therapy.
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Amanda Davis-Scott
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Haymarket, VA 20169
In addition, I have training in EMDR, TIR (traumatic incident reduction), and CISM.
My primary focus is working with first responders, veterans, and their families to manage day to day stressors including issues around parenting, work-life balance, and issues including depression and anxiety. I am a perinatal mental health counselor with extensive training in working with individuals (and couples) during the pregnancy and postpartum period and navigating parenting in the early childhood years. In addition, I have a passion for supporting caregivers/parents with children with mental health disorders.
In addition, I have training in EMDR, TIR (traumatic incident reduction), and CISM.
My primary focus is working with first responders, veterans, and their families to manage day to day stressors including issues around parenting, work-life balance, and issues including depression and anxiety. I am a perinatal mental health counselor with extensive training in working with individuals (and couples) during the pregnancy and postpartum period and navigating parenting in the early childhood years. In addition, I have a passion for supporting caregivers/parents with children with mental health disorders.
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EMDR Therapists
Who is EMDR for?
EMDR was initially developed as a treatment for individuals with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for whom memories of a deeply distressing experience can be inadvertently triggered by random everyday events. The procedure has since been applied in the treatment of many other conditions. For example, it is used by some therapists to treat anxiety disorders including panic and phobias, depression, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and some personality disorders. It is suitable for adolescents and adults.
Why do people need EMDR?
People need EMDR as a way to manage distressing memories that in some way hamper the ability to function in the present. The procedure is believed to target the way memories are stored in the brain. Evidence indicates that past disturbing experiences cause ongoing distress because they were not adequately processed, and when such memories are triggered in the present, they are accompanied by all the emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations as the initial experience.
What problems does EMDR treat?
First and foremost, EMDR is intended as a treatment for PTSD, to defuse distressing memories that intrude on and impair everyday functioning. It is also often used to help those who are subject to panic attacks, phobias, and other forms of anxiety. In addition, EMDR has been used to treat individuals with depression, eating disorders, and personality disorders.
What happens in EMDR therapy?
First the therapist takes an individual’s history, and then the therapist and client decide which distressing experience(s) will be the target(s) of the exercise, delivered via a side-to-side visual stimulus requiring lateral eye movements. The client will be asked to activate thoughts, feelings, and any body sensations related to the troubling experience. The eye movements are said to reduce the emotional charge of the memory, so that the experience can then be safely discussed with the therapist and digested, minimizing its ability to trigger anxiety.