Couples Counseling Therapists in Woodbridge, VA
Melissa Walker
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Woodbridge, VA 22192 (Online Only)
I am an African American woman, with Caribbean roots, dedicated to guiding individuals, adult families, and couples through complex emotions and challenges.
Finding a therapist can be daunting, but finding the right one makes this journey worthwhile. You're probably here because you're tired of the way things are in your life right now. You've tried almost everything, but your situation hasn't changed or has even gotten worse. You want to see a change in how you navigate relationships (including the one with yourself), but you don't know how to achieve it. My expertise includes working with clients who have had experiences with anxiety, communication issues, depression, rebuilding trust after betrayal, self-esteem, infidelity, a mid-life crisis, or divorce/separation.
I am an African American woman, with Caribbean roots, dedicated to guiding individuals, adult families, and couples through complex emotions and challenges.
Finding a therapist can be daunting, but finding the right one makes this journey worthwhile. You're probably here because you're tired of the way things are in your life right now. You've tried almost everything, but your situation hasn't changed or has even gotten worse. You want to see a change in how you navigate relationships (including the one with yourself), but you don't know how to achieve it. My expertise includes working with clients who have had experiences with anxiety, communication issues, depression, rebuilding trust after betrayal, self-esteem, infidelity, a mid-life crisis, or divorce/separation.
Grace VanDerMeid
Pre-Licensed Professional, LMFT-R
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Woodbridge, VA 22192
I help couples make sense of their different conflict/emotion management styles and explore the unmet needs and emotions that underpin their cycles.
In an ideal world, our relationship experiences are secure, safe, accessible, and responsive and we learn we can trust and are loveable, worthy, and deserving of our needs being met. When this is not our experience, we find ways to adapt and survive moments of disconnection, invalidation, hurt, or overwhelm. This plays out as self-limiting beliefs, hiding parts of who we are, denying or being flooded with emotions, shutting down, people pleasing, perfectionism, hustling for our worth, and/or building up our protections. I work with adults, children (2-18), parents, and families to connect, heal, and be each other's greatest resource
I help couples make sense of their different conflict/emotion management styles and explore the unmet needs and emotions that underpin their cycles.
In an ideal world, our relationship experiences are secure, safe, accessible, and responsive and we learn we can trust and are loveable, worthy, and deserving of our needs being met. When this is not our experience, we find ways to adapt and survive moments of disconnection, invalidation, hurt, or overwhelm. This plays out as self-limiting beliefs, hiding parts of who we are, denying or being flooded with emotions, shutting down, people pleasing, perfectionism, hustling for our worth, and/or building up our protections. I work with adults, children (2-18), parents, and families to connect, heal, and be each other's greatest resource
We offer individual counseling, psychiatry/medication management (virtual only), family counseling, couples therapy/marriage counseling, and child & teen therapy.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
We offer individual counseling, psychiatry/medication management (virtual only), family counseling, couples therapy/marriage counseling, and child & teen therapy.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
I specialize in helping families and couples strengthen their bonds, recognizing the vital role of healthy relationships in overall well-being.
Are you tired of carrying the heavy weight of life that never seems to lighten up? Whether it's the daily grind, unexpected setbacks, or feeling stuck, I'm here to help you lighten the load. I am dedicated to supporting individuals, couples, and families toward identifying, confronting, and overcoming the challenges blocking the path toward a better life.
I specialize in helping families and couples strengthen their bonds, recognizing the vital role of healthy relationships in overall well-being.
Are you tired of carrying the heavy weight of life that never seems to lighten up? Whether it's the daily grind, unexpected setbacks, or feeling stuck, I'm here to help you lighten the load. I am dedicated to supporting individuals, couples, and families toward identifying, confronting, and overcoming the challenges blocking the path toward a better life.
Autumn McCain
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Woodbridge, VA 22192
We work with couples, families, and individuals looking to create or restore connection, healing, and hope.
You are always enough regardless. Just show up as you are; it is okay and welcomed. This is a place of gentleness, empathy, compassion, and authenticity. We are here to both figuratively and literally walk alongside you in your therapy journey either as an individual, couple, or family. Here it is not about what is wrong with you; it is about what has happened to you OR about the negative cycle that you have been stuck in. We make sense of it together. Mutually, we make sense of the brokenness, the pain, the relational distress. All behavior has context and fractures in relationships can be healed.
We work with couples, families, and individuals looking to create or restore connection, healing, and hope.
You are always enough regardless. Just show up as you are; it is okay and welcomed. This is a place of gentleness, empathy, compassion, and authenticity. We are here to both figuratively and literally walk alongside you in your therapy journey either as an individual, couple, or family. Here it is not about what is wrong with you; it is about what has happened to you OR about the negative cycle that you have been stuck in. We make sense of it together. Mutually, we make sense of the brokenness, the pain, the relational distress. All behavior has context and fractures in relationships can be healed.
Catherine Olczak
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
Woodbridge, VA 22193 (Online Only)
I obtained my MSW from the State University of New York at Buffalo and my experience includes working with adults in primarily outpatient settings, using a variety of therapeutic strategies to assist clients with coping with uncomfortable mental health symptoms and life transitions. The human connection is what brings people to therapy and the therapeutic relationship has the potential to be one of trust, safety, and acceptance. In over 21 years of experience as a psychotherapist, I believe it is also just as important to offer results-oriented therapeutic strategies to assist my clients with reaching their goals.
I obtained my MSW from the State University of New York at Buffalo and my experience includes working with adults in primarily outpatient settings, using a variety of therapeutic strategies to assist clients with coping with uncomfortable mental health symptoms and life transitions. The human connection is what brings people to therapy and the therapeutic relationship has the potential to be one of trust, safety, and acceptance. In over 21 years of experience as a psychotherapist, I believe it is also just as important to offer results-oriented therapeutic strategies to assist my clients with reaching their goals.
Indelible Changes, LLC (Nick Williams)
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
Woodbridge, VA 22192
If you are willing to partner with us, and trust us, then together we can help you and/or your family to heal.
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.
If you are willing to partner with us, and trust us, then together we can help you and/or your family to heal.
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.
The Center for Connection, Healing and Change
Pre-Licensed Professional, LMFT-R, LPC-R, LMFT, LPC, LCSW
Verified Verified
Woodbridge, VA 22192
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.
I work with adolescents and adults; individuals, and couples.
Throughout our lives we find ourselves in times of uncertainty or times when much is asked of us. How we respond to such moments will define how we think of ourselves in the time ahead. While there may be a natural inclination to turn away from the moment and think only, "This too shall pass", just how it will pass has a great deal to do with the thinking one does and the actions one takes. Therapy should provide a better understanding of who we are and why we act as we do. Therapy works best when it is to the point, clear, and practical.
I work with adolescents and adults; individuals, and couples.
Throughout our lives we find ourselves in times of uncertainty or times when much is asked of us. How we respond to such moments will define how we think of ourselves in the time ahead. While there may be a natural inclination to turn away from the moment and think only, "This too shall pass", just how it will pass has a great deal to do with the thinking one does and the actions one takes. Therapy should provide a better understanding of who we are and why we act as we do. Therapy works best when it is to the point, clear, and practical.
Couples Therapy at The Center for Connection
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPC, LCSW, LMFT-R, LPC-R
Verified Verified
10 Endorsed
Woodbridge, VA 22192
We specialize in the process of building connection, deepening emotional intimacy, repairing broken trust, and building a felt sense of security for both partners.
We help couples build person-to-person, heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul connections. We all long to be seen, heard, understood, held, and cherished by our precious person. Being in secure connection often conflicts with how life has shaped us. For many of us, relationship experiences have included bumps in the road, needs have been missed, wounds have developed, protections have grown, trust has been broken, limited beliefs have emerged, and parts of us have been hidden away. We help couples explore how life has influenced their interactions and then find lasting ways to heal, connect, repair, meet unmet needs, and build security.
We specialize in the process of building connection, deepening emotional intimacy, repairing broken trust, and building a felt sense of security for both partners.
We help couples build person-to-person, heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul connections. We all long to be seen, heard, understood, held, and cherished by our precious person. Being in secure connection often conflicts with how life has shaped us. For many of us, relationship experiences have included bumps in the road, needs have been missed, wounds have developed, protections have grown, trust has been broken, limited beliefs have emerged, and parts of us have been hidden away. We help couples explore how life has influenced their interactions and then find lasting ways to heal, connect, repair, meet unmet needs, and build security.
Kara M Fluker
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Woodbridge, VA 22192 (Online Only)
I provide individual counseling to children, adolescents and adults as well as marriage, couples and family therapy.
It is my desire to offer hope and solutions to individuals, couples and families who are seeking help. My therapeutic style is caring, encouraging and individualized in order to help each person problem solve, overcome personal issues, and work toward positive life experiences. I create a close, supportive relationship in the counseling setting to assist each person in moving forward through open discussion, developing personal insight, and offering workable suggestions. My specialties include the treatment of mood disorders, life transitions, and those looking to improve their marriages, parenting, as well as coping skills.
I provide individual counseling to children, adolescents and adults as well as marriage, couples and family therapy.
It is my desire to offer hope and solutions to individuals, couples and families who are seeking help. My therapeutic style is caring, encouraging and individualized in order to help each person problem solve, overcome personal issues, and work toward positive life experiences. I create a close, supportive relationship in the counseling setting to assist each person in moving forward through open discussion, developing personal insight, and offering workable suggestions. My specialties include the treatment of mood disorders, life transitions, and those looking to improve their marriages, parenting, as well as coping skills.
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Woodbridge, VA 22192 (Online Only)
My focus is to be a supportive and encouraging therapist for individuals, couples, and families.
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Do you feel that no one understands you? Who or what are you missing? Do you know the reasons you behave the way you do? Are you crippled by fear or lacking social skills? Has relationship issues? Well, you are not alone; I am here to help you through this!
My focus is to be a supportive and encouraging therapist for individuals, couples, and families.
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Do you feel that no one understands you? Who or what are you missing? Do you know the reasons you behave the way you do? Are you crippled by fear or lacking social skills? Has relationship issues? Well, you are not alone; I am here to help you through this!
Angel Bartlett
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, CPLC, LCSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Woodbridge, VA 22191
I offer individual therapy, couples counseling, co-parenting counseling, Christian based counseling, play therapy, and life coaching .
I am extremely passionate about helping women, adolescents and couples forgive and let go of past hurts, failures, trauma, and self-defeating behaviors. I have a passion for helping women heal and deal with some of the toughest realities of life. While my innermost passion is women, I am fully equipped to offer solution-based therapy to individuals from all walks of life. I believe we must normalize mental health and learn to work through trauma, stress, anxiety, unforgiveness, peer pressure, divorce, co-parenting, anger, self-esteem, identity, and any other struggles that we cannot face on our own.
I offer individual therapy, couples counseling, co-parenting counseling, Christian based counseling, play therapy, and life coaching .
I am extremely passionate about helping women, adolescents and couples forgive and let go of past hurts, failures, trauma, and self-defeating behaviors. I have a passion for helping women heal and deal with some of the toughest realities of life. While my innermost passion is women, I am fully equipped to offer solution-based therapy to individuals from all walks of life. I believe we must normalize mental health and learn to work through trauma, stress, anxiety, unforgiveness, peer pressure, divorce, co-parenting, anger, self-esteem, identity, and any other struggles that we cannot face on our own.
Nicole Ronayne
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, CCMHC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Woodbridge, VA 22192
I have experience working with adult individuals, couples, and families at the outpatient treatment level.
I am a dedicated/passionate/skilled and caring licensed professional counselor who believes in the healing power of connection, change, and individual empowerment. My approach is based on evidence-based theories that encourage personal exploration of ourselves, our experiences, and how we relate to others in order to gain valuable insight, awareness, and understanding. Clients working with me can expect a safe, validating, compassionate, empathic, confidential, genuine, and collaborative space where clients are encouraged to take the time for themselves and explore what matters most in their lives.
I have experience working with adult individuals, couples, and families at the outpatient treatment level.
I am a dedicated/passionate/skilled and caring licensed professional counselor who believes in the healing power of connection, change, and individual empowerment. My approach is based on evidence-based theories that encourage personal exploration of ourselves, our experiences, and how we relate to others in order to gain valuable insight, awareness, and understanding. Clients working with me can expect a safe, validating, compassionate, empathic, confidential, genuine, and collaborative space where clients are encouraged to take the time for themselves and explore what matters most in their lives.
Dr. Stephanie A Hardenburg
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT, CSOTP, LPC, LSATP
Verified Verified
Woodbridge, VA 22192
Please consider talking to me about couples, family, older age clients, anger management, sex offenses, domestic violence, BIP, substance abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, any relationship issue, PTSD, addictions to electronics, food, love, gambling, sex, pornography, stages of life, affairs, divorce, parenting.
If you are looking over these therapist sites, you are in the market to find some help. It can be daunting to call a therapist you have never met and try to find someone to understand you. You should take your time, interview therapists and find a good fit. It is okay to shop and to decide not to make an appointment. Or, if you choose to call and come in, please get to know me in the first session. Ask questions. I will outline the way I work, explain my philosophy and help you voice your goals for treatment. I will listen but will also tell you what I think. If directness is for you, I am your therapist.
Please consider talking to me about couples, family, older age clients, anger management, sex offenses, domestic violence, BIP, substance abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, any relationship issue, PTSD, addictions to electronics, food, love, gambling, sex, pornography, stages of life, affairs, divorce, parenting.
If you are looking over these therapist sites, you are in the market to find some help. It can be daunting to call a therapist you have never met and try to find someone to understand you. You should take your time, interview therapists and find a good fit. It is okay to shop and to decide not to make an appointment. Or, if you choose to call and come in, please get to know me in the first session. Ask questions. I will outline the way I work, explain my philosophy and help you voice your goals for treatment. I will listen but will also tell you what I think. If directness is for you, I am your therapist.
I particularly enjoy working with couples to help them to work towards more peaceful, satisfying and intimate relationships.
I have a healthy respect for the difficulties and complexities of life and will provide a non-judgemental environment for individuals or couples to explore solutions to the problems they face. The most common issues I work with are depression, anxiety, trauma and relationship problems. I like to look at what is working in a person's life and to promote wellness, as opposed to focusing on pathology or sickness. I find that once an individual focuses on specific goals, it does not take a long time to make significant movement in a positive direction.
I particularly enjoy working with couples to help them to work towards more peaceful, satisfying and intimate relationships.
I have a healthy respect for the difficulties and complexities of life and will provide a non-judgemental environment for individuals or couples to explore solutions to the problems they face. The most common issues I work with are depression, anxiety, trauma and relationship problems. I like to look at what is working in a person's life and to promote wellness, as opposed to focusing on pathology or sickness. I find that once an individual focuses on specific goals, it does not take a long time to make significant movement in a positive direction.
I look forward to our partnership.
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 look forward to our partnership.
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.
Jessica Jemmott | The Lamp Counseling Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC , NCC, CCMHC
Verified Verified
Woodbridge, VA 22193 (Online Only)
I offer individual (adolescents/adult), group, family, and couples counseling.
At The Lamp Counseling Center, our goal is to provide an authentic, holistic, and individualized approach to the therapeutic relationship. Your experiences are your own and your treatment will reflect that, as we collaboratively engage in a variety of traditional and non-traditional approaches including culturally affirming Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Expressive Therapies, and Trauma-Informed Mindfulness. I strive to create a positive, caring environment where you feel safe, seen, and heard during your journey of healing and personal growth.
I offer individual (adolescents/adult), group, family, and couples counseling.
At The Lamp Counseling Center, our goal is to provide an authentic, holistic, and individualized approach to the therapeutic relationship. Your experiences are your own and your treatment will reflect that, as we collaboratively engage in a variety of traditional and non-traditional approaches including culturally affirming Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Expressive Therapies, and Trauma-Informed Mindfulness. I strive to create a positive, caring environment where you feel safe, seen, and heard during your journey of healing and personal growth.
Life and relationships sometimes offer inaccurate messages about who we are, what we deserve, and what is available to us. Where you have felt invalidated, shamed, limited, or unsafe, I want to help you rewrite your story. I am passionate about connection, communication, mind-body-soul healing, and guiding others into their light. I support individuals and couples in identifying patterns such as over-functioning, perfectionism, people-pleasing, shutting down, withdrawing, or focusing on tasks. As we explore the roots of these strategies, we can find new ways to relate, meet needs, build self-worth, and heal old hurts.
Life and relationships sometimes offer inaccurate messages about who we are, what we deserve, and what is available to us. Where you have felt invalidated, shamed, limited, or unsafe, I want to help you rewrite your story. I am passionate about connection, communication, mind-body-soul healing, and guiding others into their light. I support individuals and couples in identifying patterns such as over-functioning, perfectionism, people-pleasing, shutting down, withdrawing, or focusing on tasks. As we explore the roots of these strategies, we can find new ways to relate, meet needs, build self-worth, and heal old hurts.
I have some training in Synergetic Play therapy, and couples counseling, however I have worked with many individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and childhood trauma.
Hello! Hola! Finding the right therapist can be challenging. Take your time. It should feel right. After all, this is the person you will be telling your life story to. I understand the importance of this decision and the courage it takes to seek therapy. I am extremely dedicated and passionate about helping others. I firmly believe everyone, regardless of their past, could benefit from therapy and gain valuable self-awareness.
I have some training in Synergetic Play therapy, and couples counseling, however I have worked with many individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and childhood trauma.
Hello! Hola! Finding the right therapist can be challenging. Take your time. It should feel right. After all, this is the person you will be telling your life story to. I understand the importance of this decision and the courage it takes to seek therapy. I am extremely dedicated and passionate about helping others. I firmly believe everyone, regardless of their past, could benefit from therapy and gain valuable self-awareness.
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Couples Counseling Therapists
Does couples counseling work?
Research shows that couples counseling is effective; it can reduce relationship distress and improve emotional awareness, communication, empathy, intimacy, and overall relationship satisfaction. For example, emotionally focused therapy was found to be effective for about 75 percent of couples, and those benefits lasted at least two years.
When should a couple seek counseling?
Couples can benefit from counseling if they consistently struggle in their relationship. They may have lost the ability to communicate effectively, become entrenched in harmful patterns, begun to fight more than usual, broken the other’s trust, suffered from a mental or physical illness, or faced any number of other challenges. Many therapists offer free consultations, so if a couple isn’t sure whether therapy is necessary, asking directly can provide clarity.
How can I get my partner to go to couples therapy?
The decision to seek couples therapy is often driven by one partner, who then convinces the other to participate. When discussing the idea, the initiator should be direct and assertive. They can state the problems they see and explain how the relationship would benefit from therapy. In more serious cases, they can also explain how their relationship may suffer without making any changes or seeking professional help.
How does a couple prepare for couples counseling?
The anticipation of beginning couples counseling can be difficult—sometimes more difficult than the first session itself. Taking a few moments to reflect can allay those concerns: What are the current challenges? When and how did they begin? What do they want the relationship to look like in the future? Reflecting on these questions can help individuals or couples articulate their goals. Of course, the therapist will also ask questions and guide couples through the process.