Education & Experience
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Virginia since 1996
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Virginia since 1998
- Approved Clinical Supervisor, National Board of Certified Counselors 2004
- PhD George Mason University, Human Growth & Development, GMU Graduate School of Education
- Adjunct Faculty, George Mason University, Graduate School of Education, 1995-2000
- Courses taught: Introduction to Psychotherapy; Advanced Techniques in Psychotherapy; Human Growth and Development; Personality Disorders
- Conducted one of the first in-depth 180 practitioner surveys on the benefits and drawbacks of teletherapy.
- Collaborative working relationships with select area psychiatrists and therapists.
- Successful, highly active private practice for 28 years in Northern Virginia.
- Licenses: M.Greelis LPC, LMFT
Symptoms and Issues
Symptoms are typically what get people to therapy. For example major and persistent depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and bipolar disorder.
Issues include family conflict, career and workplace challenges, separation and divorce, parent-child estrangement, parent-adult child estrangement, anger management and other major life events.
Unresolved troubling issues may cause symptoms, and symptoms almost always make issues worse.
A vital first step in effective therapy is focusing on those symptoms and issues that will have the most impact on relieving stress and distress. That process will determine the treatment plan and techniques employed.