Adults seeking help for depression, mood regulation, anger problems, and anxiety often benefit by addressing and managing their symptoms and issues.  

Adults also benefit greatly from identifying the source and structure of challenges that occur over-and-over in their lives. Why do work and personal relationships come undone in similar ways so frequently?  

Individual counseling offers an eye-opening and exciting path that provides a major upgrade in your quality of life.

The goals are proper identification of symptoms and issues and action to address those issues.  The odds on success increase greatly when you and I have strong working alliance. 

Being a teenager in Northern Virginia can be challenging in the extreme. Teen are exposed to the dangers of drugs and alcohol, sexual violence, or bullying.  Their lives can be complicated  by grinding perfectionism or they may simply give up because they are  just average.  Divorce is a major source of turmoil.  And loss of a parent, grandparent,  or very close friend is often devastating.

Counseling can help teens cope with these challenges, put their problems in perspective, and identify developing life skills to chart a recovery and positive direction.

In addition to issues, the major behavioral disorders start in the teen years.  These include major depression, persistent depression (dysthymia), mood regulation disorders, and various anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety, panic disorder, and PTSD.  Early identification of at-risk teens and help for their families has immediate and lifelong benefits.

Family therapy insures parental involvement that can reduce conflict and maximize family cohesion.