Christian Counseling Therapists in Forest, VA
If and when someone is in search of and requesting Christian counseling, Ed us able to provide this service based on 20 years of experience with a nationally known Christian Counseling organization.
Ed has been a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia since 1991 and has over 40 years experience in the mental health field. He believes in the intrinsic worth and value of every individual and that treatment should be approached from the perspective of addressing the whole person (i.e. mind, body, and spirit) in an effective and non-judgmental manner. Ed earned his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Southwestern University and his Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M at
If and when someone is in search of and requesting Christian counseling, Ed us able to provide this service based on 20 years of experience with a nationally known Christian Counseling organization.
Ed has been a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia since 1991 and has over 40 years experience in the mental health field. He believes in the intrinsic worth and value of every individual and that treatment should be approached from the perspective of addressing the whole person (i.e. mind, body, and spirit) in an effective and non-judgmental manner. Ed earned his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Southwestern University and his Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M at
Carson Halufska
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, ITC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Forest, VA 24551
Carson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Virginia & is a Certified Integrative Trauma Coach. To date, her clinical experience includes work in an array of sectors including an in-patient psychiatric hospital, community mental health, schools, & private practice. Carson has over 9 years of experience working with a variety of topics including anxiety, depression, women's sexual addictions, anger management, trauma, parenting issues, attachment issues, ADHD & more. Upon request, Carson also offers faith-based counseling that places Biblical truths at the center of your counseling journey.
Carson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Virginia & is a Certified Integrative Trauma Coach. To date, her clinical experience includes work in an array of sectors including an in-patient psychiatric hospital, community mental health, schools, & private practice. Carson has over 9 years of experience working with a variety of topics including anxiety, depression, women's sexual addictions, anger management, trauma, parenting issues, attachment issues, ADHD & more. Upon request, Carson also offers faith-based counseling that places Biblical truths at the center of your counseling journey.
Heather J Aldridge
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Forest, VA 24551 (Online Only)
I enjoy working collaboratively with women who feel stuck in a particular place. Often these times are during a transition phase of life coupled with some grieving for a particular phase of life being left behind. I have a natural curiosity for why people do the things they do and this helps me to be inquisitive yet not judgemental regarding a person's behavior. I have a strong faith based background and will seek to use whatever spiritual strengths a person has to move them further along in the process of healing and adjusting to their new reality.
I enjoy working collaboratively with women who feel stuck in a particular place. Often these times are during a transition phase of life coupled with some grieving for a particular phase of life being left behind. I have a natural curiosity for why people do the things they do and this helps me to be inquisitive yet not judgemental regarding a person's behavior. I have a strong faith based background and will seek to use whatever spiritual strengths a person has to move them further along in the process of healing and adjusting to their new reality.
Emily Wingfield
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Forest, VA 24551
Imagine a space where you feel heard, seen, and safe. A place to unload all of your anxiety, stress, and fears. Therapy is meant to be a place to be wholly yourself and to explore the most difficult aspects of your life. My goal is to help you find solutions and to empower you to live life to the fullest. I seek to empower clients to take charge of their own stories in an environment that is confidential and comfortable.
Imagine a space where you feel heard, seen, and safe. A place to unload all of your anxiety, stress, and fears. Therapy is meant to be a place to be wholly yourself and to explore the most difficult aspects of your life. My goal is to help you find solutions and to empower you to live life to the fullest. I seek to empower clients to take charge of their own stories in an environment that is confidential and comfortable.
I am passionate about helping clients engage their stories in a way that leads to a better understanding of who they are. As a Christian Counselor, I seek to create a compassionate space for you to express your fears, hurts or stressors while combating the shame that often compels us to hide. My role is to guide, encourage, and challenge you as you move towards growth. I also believe not all counseling is about change. Sometimes, circumstances outside of your control lead to a hard season of life. In these instances, I seek to empathize, listen and identify the truths and values that help us feel a sense of calm in a chaotic world.
I am passionate about helping clients engage their stories in a way that leads to a better understanding of who they are. As a Christian Counselor, I seek to create a compassionate space for you to express your fears, hurts or stressors while combating the shame that often compels us to hide. My role is to guide, encourage, and challenge you as you move towards growth. I also believe not all counseling is about change. Sometimes, circumstances outside of your control lead to a hard season of life. In these instances, I seek to empathize, listen and identify the truths and values that help us feel a sense of calm in a chaotic world.
My goal is to strive to build relationships with clients and join them on their unique journey to wellness.
My goal is to strive to build relationships with clients and join them on their unique journey to wellness.
I consider it a privilege and am passionate about helping others uncover their own hope, receive healing, and grow to their full potential. I enjoy working alongside individuals, couples, and families collaboratively to help them reach their goals. I believe the foundation of effective counseling is taking in the uniqueness of each individual or family and building a strong therapeutic environment where it is a safe place to be authentic and honest about struggles. I've worked with individuals and families of all ages going through personal and relational conflict.
I consider it a privilege and am passionate about helping others uncover their own hope, receive healing, and grow to their full potential. I enjoy working alongside individuals, couples, and families collaboratively to help them reach their goals. I believe the foundation of effective counseling is taking in the uniqueness of each individual or family and building a strong therapeutic environment where it is a safe place to be authentic and honest about struggles. I've worked with individuals and families of all ages going through personal and relational conflict.
Lisa Michelle Fox
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Forest, VA 24551
Just relax, they said - and you want to, but don't even remember what that feels like! What if something goes wrong? It did that one time. You are not alone: many people spend their time dealing with thoughts and feelings that feel intrusive and time-consuming. If you are tired of feeling trapped inside your own head, there is hope. My passion is helping people get unstuck from thoughts and feelings related to past and present experiences including child and adult complex traumas, OCD (Obsessive-compulsive Disorder), scrupulosity, and other anxiety and depression issues and back into living life.
Just relax, they said - and you want to, but don't even remember what that feels like! What if something goes wrong? It did that one time. You are not alone: many people spend their time dealing with thoughts and feelings that feel intrusive and time-consuming. If you are tired of feeling trapped inside your own head, there is hope. My passion is helping people get unstuck from thoughts and feelings related to past and present experiences including child and adult complex traumas, OCD (Obsessive-compulsive Disorder), scrupulosity, and other anxiety and depression issues and back into living life.
I am a passionate Mental Health Life Coach committed to encouraging men and women of any age through difficulties they may face. Sometimes people need redirection and help in finding their best selves. I have been there and look forward to helping walk you through and help you achieve the next level, whether in your career or anxiety and depression, or if you need help with difficult people in your life. My work focuses on targeting irrational thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs that keep us discouraged and feeling stuck in life. At the end of our work together, I believe you will feel more empowered to take the next step.
I am a passionate Mental Health Life Coach committed to encouraging men and women of any age through difficulties they may face. Sometimes people need redirection and help in finding their best selves. I have been there and look forward to helping walk you through and help you achieve the next level, whether in your career or anxiety and depression, or if you need help with difficult people in your life. My work focuses on targeting irrational thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs that keep us discouraged and feeling stuck in life. At the end of our work together, I believe you will feel more empowered to take the next step.
Keith D Huffman
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S
Verified Verified
Forest, VA 24551 (Online Only)
My succesful client are the ones who tried therapy in the past, felt like they didn't "click" with their therapist didn't work as well as they had wanted and are hesitant to try again but hold out hope that they can have the life they always wanted. One of the greatest feelings I have as a therapist is watching a client is seeing a client go from lack of confidence and hope to to a place of confidence, peace and happiness.
My succesful client are the ones who tried therapy in the past, felt like they didn't "click" with their therapist didn't work as well as they had wanted and are hesitant to try again but hold out hope that they can have the life they always wanted. One of the greatest feelings I have as a therapist is watching a client is seeing a client go from lack of confidence and hope to to a place of confidence, peace and happiness.
Gregory Scott Mears
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Verified Verified
Forest, VA 24551 (Online Only)
It is not uncommon for people to struggle as they go about their everyday lives. Often these struggles are easily overcome, such as running late for an appointment or getting a flat tire, but at other times these struggles are more serious, affecting individuals at a deeper level. For example, depression can make it difficult to get out of bed in the morning or anxiety can paralyze decision making, while both can lead to isolation from friends, family, and other support systems that are the best resources in such moments. Likewise trauma can lead to self-doubt and feelings of worthlessness. Most people want something better.
It is not uncommon for people to struggle as they go about their everyday lives. Often these struggles are easily overcome, such as running late for an appointment or getting a flat tire, but at other times these struggles are more serious, affecting individuals at a deeper level. For example, depression can make it difficult to get out of bed in the morning or anxiety can paralyze decision making, while both can lead to isolation from friends, family, and other support systems that are the best resources in such moments. Likewise trauma can lead to self-doubt and feelings of worthlessness. Most people want something better.
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Sometimes we as people just get stuck. When you're a child or adolescent, that may look like anxiety, overwhelm, aggression, isolation, and more. However, we also have the hope and possibility to be unstuck, we just may need some new tools to get there - that's where counseling comes in. Healing and growth and wellness are all possible and worth working for, and asking for help is sometimes the first step.
Sometimes we as people just get stuck. When you're a child or adolescent, that may look like anxiety, overwhelm, aggression, isolation, and more. However, we also have the hope and possibility to be unstuck, we just may need some new tools to get there - that's where counseling comes in. Healing and growth and wellness are all possible and worth working for, and asking for help is sometimes the first step.
My career background before pursuing a Master of Arts in counseling was as an RN and then as executive director of a nonprofit women's ministry focused on eating disorders and other co-existing conditions. When assessing a client I try to take in the whole person: body, mind, and spirit, considering how each of these components is impacting the others. If a client chooses, I am willing to incorporate Christian faith-based counseling, in addition to a mix of therapeutic approaches. I also provide couples and family counseling. I have been married for 37 years and we have three grown children, 4 grandchildren, and 2 doodle-pups.
My career background before pursuing a Master of Arts in counseling was as an RN and then as executive director of a nonprofit women's ministry focused on eating disorders and other co-existing conditions. When assessing a client I try to take in the whole person: body, mind, and spirit, considering how each of these components is impacting the others. If a client chooses, I am willing to incorporate Christian faith-based counseling, in addition to a mix of therapeutic approaches. I also provide couples and family counseling. I have been married for 37 years and we have three grown children, 4 grandchildren, and 2 doodle-pups.
Are you or your teen suffering to overcome past hurt, trauma, or depression? Does your marriage or relationship seem to be falling apart? Do you find yourself feeling anxious, having trouble making decisions, and wishing for peace in your life? With evening and weekend hours available, we offer individual, couple, family, and group counseling to assist people like you with these and many other issues.
Are you or your teen suffering to overcome past hurt, trauma, or depression? Does your marriage or relationship seem to be falling apart? Do you find yourself feeling anxious, having trouble making decisions, and wishing for peace in your life? With evening and weekend hours available, we offer individual, couple, family, and group counseling to assist people like you with these and many other issues.
As a Christian therapist, I have provided faith-integrated marriage and family therapy to individuals, couples, and families for nearly 30 years, but my current clinical focus is treating the impact of trauma using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). You may be in a place of pain or emotional reactivity because of deep childhood injuries, exposure to combat, or the impact of secondary trauma from your work as a medical provider, a first responder, a pastor, or a missionary. I would be honored to hear your story and help you process through your experiences to a place of peacefulness and renewed hope.
As a Christian therapist, I have provided faith-integrated marriage and family therapy to individuals, couples, and families for nearly 30 years, but my current clinical focus is treating the impact of trauma using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). You may be in a place of pain or emotional reactivity because of deep childhood injuries, exposure to combat, or the impact of secondary trauma from your work as a medical provider, a first responder, a pastor, or a missionary. I would be honored to hear your story and help you process through your experiences to a place of peacefulness and renewed hope.
I want you to know that my heart is to walk with you. No matter what you are bringing into counseling, I desire to provide you with a safe space where you can be confident in knowing that you are seen, heard, and known. Areas of specialty include trauma, anxiety, depression, emotion dysregulation, burnout, culture shock, and spiritual integration. I am willing to follow your lead and personal choice in integrating the Christian faith and biblical principles into our sessions.
I want you to know that my heart is to walk with you. No matter what you are bringing into counseling, I desire to provide you with a safe space where you can be confident in knowing that you are seen, heard, and known. Areas of specialty include trauma, anxiety, depression, emotion dysregulation, burnout, culture shock, and spiritual integration. I am willing to follow your lead and personal choice in integrating the Christian faith and biblical principles into our sessions.
Nicole M Taylor
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Forest, VA 24551
Waitlist for new clients
I have over twelve years of experience in the mental health field, working with a variety of individuals across many backgrounds and treatment needs. I enjoy working with teens and young adults with anxiety who are transitioning between phases of life, as well as mothers who are trying to find balance in life. I have been certified in the treatment of trauma and am honored when someone trusts me enough to allow me into some of the darkest moments of their lives. My primary strategy is to provide a warm and safe environment based on kindness and empathic understanding.
I have over twelve years of experience in the mental health field, working with a variety of individuals across many backgrounds and treatment needs. I enjoy working with teens and young adults with anxiety who are transitioning between phases of life, as well as mothers who are trying to find balance in life. I have been certified in the treatment of trauma and am honored when someone trusts me enough to allow me into some of the darkest moments of their lives. My primary strategy is to provide a warm and safe environment based on kindness and empathic understanding.
If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, grief or relationship issues I'd love to be a part of your journey.
If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, grief or relationship issues I'd love to be a part of your journey.
Life can be challenging in general, but during these times of COVID we are finding that life is throwing us more curveballs than usual. In counseling, my objective is to provide support, encouragement and guidance to address life's challenges. Overall, the ultimate goal is for you to be energized and mobilized to experience a happier and more fulfilling life. In 2003, I graduated with a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University with a multi-disciplinary subspecialty in Developmental Disabilities through the VA-LEND program. I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2009.
Life can be challenging in general, but during these times of COVID we are finding that life is throwing us more curveballs than usual. In counseling, my objective is to provide support, encouragement and guidance to address life's challenges. Overall, the ultimate goal is for you to be energized and mobilized to experience a happier and more fulfilling life. In 2003, I graduated with a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University with a multi-disciplinary subspecialty in Developmental Disabilities through the VA-LEND program. I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2009.
Stephanie's 10 years in the mental health field has given her the opportunity to serve and counsel individuals, couples, and families working through depression, anxiety, marital stress, trauma, family strain, self harm, and suicidal ideation. She has worked on hospital psychiatric units and outpatient offices. She is trained as a facilitator in the premarital/marital assessment tools and education from SYMBIS, PREPARE/ENRICH, and Level I Gottman Training. She is trained in EMDR and uses it with clients working through trauma. Stephanie is also an AAMFT supervisor candidate who supervises students and residents.
Stephanie's 10 years in the mental health field has given her the opportunity to serve and counsel individuals, couples, and families working through depression, anxiety, marital stress, trauma, family strain, self harm, and suicidal ideation. She has worked on hospital psychiatric units and outpatient offices. She is trained as a facilitator in the premarital/marital assessment tools and education from SYMBIS, PREPARE/ENRICH, and Level I Gottman Training. She is trained in EMDR and uses it with clients working through trauma. Stephanie is also an AAMFT supervisor candidate who supervises students and residents.
