Therapists in Fairfax County, VA
Saghi Tehran, PMHNP, NP
PMHNP, NP
Verified Verified
Reston, VA 20191
Saghi Tehran is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who is an expert in eating disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders. She is personal, and professional and takes the time to know and build rapport with her patients. Managing diverse patient populations at various clinic sites: Rady Children’s Hosp. Psychiatric Emergency Department, Rady Behavioral Health Urgent Care, San Ysidro, and UCSD Eating Disorder Center. Saghi Tehran is the Medical Director at Prosperity Eating Disorders and Wellness and treats patients in their partial hospitalization program and intensive outpatient program.
Saghi Tehran is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who is an expert in eating disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders. She is personal, and professional and takes the time to know and build rapport with her patients. Managing diverse patient populations at various clinic sites: Rady Children’s Hosp. Psychiatric Emergency Department, Rady Behavioral Health Urgent Care, San Ysidro, and UCSD Eating Disorder Center. Saghi Tehran is the Medical Director at Prosperity Eating Disorders and Wellness and treats patients in their partial hospitalization program and intensive outpatient program.
Andrea Lankford
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Vienna, VA 22182 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I have extensive experience working with individuals with perinatal/postpartum issues, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, ADHD, relationship/family issues, self-esteem/self-image issues, and trauma.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been working in the mental health field for over a decade. I have worked in a variety of settings and I have experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Having lived in a number of different countries growing up, I am passionate about providing culturally competent, client-centered, and holistic care to those with a variety of mental health needs and backgrounds.
I have extensive experience working with individuals with perinatal/postpartum issues, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, ADHD, relationship/family issues, self-esteem/self-image issues, and trauma.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been working in the mental health field for over a decade. I have worked in a variety of settings and I have experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Having lived in a number of different countries growing up, I am passionate about providing culturally competent, client-centered, and holistic care to those with a variety of mental health needs and backgrounds.
Paige Townley
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Herndon, VA 20170
I enjoy working with clients that are ten years and older and adults that are suffering from eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and relationship problems, I utilize different treatment modalities that best suit my client's needs but rely on evidence-based practices such as CBT.
Paige Townley is a Resident in Counseling and a Nationally Certified Counselor under the supervision of Heidi Murphy, LPC-S. Paige's expertise is in treating eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety and depression has worked in various treatment settings, including Acute Hospital, Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs. Paige utilizes a trauma-informed and humanistic approach to therapy while incorporating aspects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
I enjoy working with clients that are ten years and older and adults that are suffering from eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and relationship problems, I utilize different treatment modalities that best suit my client's needs but rely on evidence-based practices such as CBT.
Paige Townley is a Resident in Counseling and a Nationally Certified Counselor under the supervision of Heidi Murphy, LPC-S. Paige's expertise is in treating eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety and depression has worked in various treatment settings, including Acute Hospital, Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs. Paige utilizes a trauma-informed and humanistic approach to therapy while incorporating aspects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
A Mindful Connection Telemental Health, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CTMH, CCATP
Verified Verified
Fairfax, VA 20151 (Online Only)
I am an experienced clinical social worker who is passionate about helping people improve their overall functioning by learning how to manage symptoms of anxiety, depression and cope with the transitions in life. I have valuable insight into treating individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, end of life or life transitions, grief or loss, disordered eating and eating disorders, and current or previous trauma. I am a Certified Clinical Telemental Health Provider, and I am also a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional.
I am an experienced clinical social worker who is passionate about helping people improve their overall functioning by learning how to manage symptoms of anxiety, depression and cope with the transitions in life. I have valuable insight into treating individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, end of life or life transitions, grief or loss, disordered eating and eating disorders, and current or previous trauma. I am a Certified Clinical Telemental Health Provider, and I am also a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional.
Jessica MacNair
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
15 Endorsed
Falls Church, VA 22046
As an LPC with 20+ yrs of experience, I feel honored to be able to work with many different clients during what is often a vulnerable time. I bring empathy and compassion to therapy sessions, which may focus on trauma, anxiety, depression, postpartum/perinatal mood disorders, eating disorders, infertility, parenting and addictions. I also work with grief and loss, including pregnancy and child loss. I specialize in navigating relationship crises, infidelity and narcissistic abuse. Many clients are LGBTQ+, and come in for gender affirming care. I am the founder of Falls Church Wellness Center, a mental & physical health facility.
As an LPC with 20+ yrs of experience, I feel honored to be able to work with many different clients during what is often a vulnerable time. I bring empathy and compassion to therapy sessions, which may focus on trauma, anxiety, depression, postpartum/perinatal mood disorders, eating disorders, infertility, parenting and addictions. I also work with grief and loss, including pregnancy and child loss. I specialize in navigating relationship crises, infidelity and narcissistic abuse. Many clients are LGBTQ+, and come in for gender affirming care. I am the founder of Falls Church Wellness Center, a mental & physical health facility.
Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
McLean, VA 22101
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Community, VA 22306
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Vienna, VA 22182
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
McLean, VA 22067
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Annandale, VA 22003
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Herndon, VA 20170
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
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Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Vienna, VA 22180
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Fairfax, VA 22037
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Falls Church, VA 22041
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Fairfax, VA 22033
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Elizabeth Hussey, LPC, Clinical Supervisor
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, MS, MA
Verified Verified
Fairfax, VA 20151 (Online Only)
I work with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, trauma/PTSD, and eating disorders.
The decision to start therapy is a huge, brave step in seeking to improve your life and make positive changes. As a compassionate and supportive therapist, I work to support your goals by learning your unique story and exploring your concerns and presenting issues in order to guide you to meaningful, beneficial outcomes. I primarily work with adolescent and young adult women and focus on helping individuals with a wide range of goals, such as improving family dynamics, building healthy romantic and peer relationships, learning positive coping strategies, improving self-esteem, and increasing self-confidence and resilience.
I work with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, trauma/PTSD, and eating disorders.
The decision to start therapy is a huge, brave step in seeking to improve your life and make positive changes. As a compassionate and supportive therapist, I work to support your goals by learning your unique story and exploring your concerns and presenting issues in order to guide you to meaningful, beneficial outcomes. I primarily work with adolescent and young adult women and focus on helping individuals with a wide range of goals, such as improving family dynamics, building healthy romantic and peer relationships, learning positive coping strategies, improving self-esteem, and increasing self-confidence and resilience.
Dani Fein
LPC Intern, JD
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Falls Church, VA 22046
Deciding it's time to come to therapy can feel overwhelming & finding the "right fit" can feel like decision overload. I offer warmth, compassion, and non-judgmental kindness from the first consultation call to the moment you decide you're ready for our time together to end. My practice is focused on supporting teens & adults in cultivating resilience, peace, joy, & connection in a busy world. I offer a space to get curious about understanding & addressing anxiety, depression, and trauma. Interrupting cycles of using perfectionism, overwork, disordered eating or substances to hide, numb or cope is not something you need to do alone.
Deciding it's time to come to therapy can feel overwhelming & finding the "right fit" can feel like decision overload. I offer warmth, compassion, and non-judgmental kindness from the first consultation call to the moment you decide you're ready for our time together to end. My practice is focused on supporting teens & adults in cultivating resilience, peace, joy, & connection in a busy world. I offer a space to get curious about understanding & addressing anxiety, depression, and trauma. Interrupting cycles of using perfectionism, overwork, disordered eating or substances to hide, numb or cope is not something you need to do alone.
Abbie King
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Reston, VA 20191
Abbie King, LCSW Abbie King is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia who has been practicing since 2016. Abbie believes is in a holistic approach utilizing a variety of evidence-based modalities to enhance overall wellbeing. In her spare time, Abbie enjoys hiking, trail running, yoga, cooking, traveling, reading, and exploring.
Abbie King, LCSW Abbie King is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia who has been practicing since 2016. Abbie believes is in a holistic approach utilizing a variety of evidence-based modalities to enhance overall wellbeing. In her spare time, Abbie enjoys hiking, trail running, yoga, cooking, traveling, reading, and exploring.
Center for Clinical Health Solutions
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdD, LMHP, LPC
Verified Verified
Falls Church, VA 22043
We are experienced mental health and behavioral health professionals working closely with the families, individuals and couples in processing the undesirable situations and maladaptive behaviors, identifying the dysfunctional coping strategies and substituting it with appropriate skills in a therapeutic setting. We work together to advocate for self and thrive. We open a new horizon for individuals diagnosed under autism spectrum, learning disabilities and Serious Mental Illnesses to fulfill and achieve life long goals. We provide support as it fits your life style and preferences to have successful stand in life.
We are experienced mental health and behavioral health professionals working closely with the families, individuals and couples in processing the undesirable situations and maladaptive behaviors, identifying the dysfunctional coping strategies and substituting it with appropriate skills in a therapeutic setting. We work together to advocate for self and thrive. We open a new horizon for individuals diagnosed under autism spectrum, learning disabilities and Serious Mental Illnesses to fulfill and achieve life long goals. We provide support as it fits your life style and preferences to have successful stand in life.
Jane Leo
Pre-Licensed Professional, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Springfield, VA 22152 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Do you have to force yourself to get through the day? Do you feel disconnected from your life, as if just going through the motions? Familial and cultural conditioning often cast us in limiting roles. Whether we know it or not, we find ourselves falling into these same familiar patterns even when they undermine our best efforts towards a happy life. I help clients build an awareness to the relationship they have with themselves starting by identifying the character traits they've strengthened in order to survive. This ultimately allows them to move towards more self-compassion, freedom, and purpose in their lives.
Do you have to force yourself to get through the day? Do you feel disconnected from your life, as if just going through the motions? Familial and cultural conditioning often cast us in limiting roles. Whether we know it or not, we find ourselves falling into these same familiar patterns even when they undermine our best efforts towards a happy life. I help clients build an awareness to the relationship they have with themselves starting by identifying the character traits they've strengthened in order to survive. This ultimately allows them to move towards more self-compassion, freedom, and purpose in their lives.
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Eating Disorders Therapists
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.