I work to foster an environment of open communication, where clients feel safe to express knowing they won't be judged or their concerns disregarded.

I provide a safe, non-biased, and non-judgmental environment. My work is client-centered so that the therapeutic relationship is productive and developmental.

I am a Licensed Associate Counselor with a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Rowan University. My bachelor’s degree in Psychology is from Penn State University. My experience in the mental health field includes crisis intervention and suicide prevention among a diverse population, including the LGBTQPIA+ community. I have worked with people with a variety of different struggles including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, relationship difficulties, job stress, self-harm, and grief. I work with clients who are ready to explore connections between their past and present and gain relief from symptoms of anxiety and depression. Additionally, I help to equip my clients with tools to help them better manage life's everyday stressors. Anxiety, depression, and general life stressors can make us feel like we are walking around with a heavy weight on our shoulders. I would welcome the opportunity to connect with you and help you to achieve a greater sense of peace.

" Real transformation sometimes requires real honesty" - I would love to assist you with finding the path to your true self. Are you trying to find the right therapist? Not knowing what, who or what you need can make a situation worse when you want relief. Let me help you! I enjoy working with individuals who are trying to make meaning of their lives. Whether it involves issues concerning anxiety, depression, stress, anger, life transitions, academic/work performance, or other personal challenges, I will provide you with a supportive and safe space to assist you in gaining insight into your life. My aim is to help you optimize you.

I am the Founder and Director of Ashburn Psychological and Psychiatric Services, which is a multidisciplinary practice comprised of MD, PhD, and Master's level clinicians. The clinicians at Ashburn Psychological and Psychiatric Services provide psychiatry (medication management), testing (e.g., for neuropsychological, developmental, educational, behavioral, or emotional concerns), and various therapies (e.g., child, adolescent, adult, family, and couples).

I am a licensed professional counselor with a passion for helping individuals explore and resolve their own problems. I have over 17 years of experience in the field of mental health, working with a diverse population. I am an innovative and effective professional with outstanding therapeutic and interpersonal skills. I have a talent for motivating, teaching, supporting, and effectively collaborating with individuals to help them achieve their treatment goals. I am highly motivated and conscientious. I can offer a wealth of knowledge, experience, and transferable skills in therapeutic sessions. My main therapeutic foundations are cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy, and individual and group dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). I have had great success with individuals experiencing severe mental health conditions and co-occurring challenges, including, but not limited to, major depressive issues, mood conditions, anxiety, eating issues, behavioral conduct challenges, personality conditions, and substance or alcohol use challenges etc.

I offer bilingual therapy in English and Spanish for children ages 8 and older, teens, adults, and couples. My specialties include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), attachment-based (ABFT), motivational interviewing, and ecosystemic therapy. I consider both what you are experiencing personally and how your relationships, culture, and environment affect your well-being. Together, we can explore patterns, build coping skills, and work toward meaningful change. If you are wondering whether we would be a good fit, I invite you to reach out for a 15-minute phone consultation. You do not need to have everything figured out before you call. We can start with a conversation.

Working from a trauma-informed, non-pathologizing, strengths-based, systems model of care, I work to help you better understand the impact of trauma on mental health and relationships. I specialize in the treatment of trauma across a full spectrum of conditions, including the use of dissociation, addictions, self-harm, and eating disorder behaviors, as well as challenged family systems, mood disorders, and maternalparental mental health issues. I have many years of advanced trainings and experience to help clients in therapy make and maintain positive changes, find needed resources, and work from personal strengths. You can learn much more about my style of care by reading the articles on our website blog - I have been writing those for 5+ years.

Brandon Gommer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over 8 years of experience in the mental health field. He has worked in outpatient and inpatient mental health settings with adults, with a focus on trauma and addiction treatment. Brandon has also led intensive outpatient program (IOP) and partial hospitalization program (PHP) groups for adolescents. He has a specific passion for working with adults struggling with unresolved childhood trauma, complex trauma, posttraumatic stress (PTSD), substance abuse, and addictions of all kinds.

I help individuals with issues such as depression, anxiety, relationships challenges, childhood trauma, stress, and families navigating behavioral issues. I teach my clients communication skills that improve their relationships. Those skills boost my clients' power and voice, as well as their intimacy with their significant others. I rely on a number of approaches, including Gestalt, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, somatic experiencing, and experiential dynamic psychotherapy. I help clients dealing with traumatic stress reduce panic, pain, numbness and hyper-arousal in response to life and relationships difficulties. I combine calming and relationship skills to help children, adolescents, and young adults reduce family discord and ADHD, and increase self-efficacy. I help my clients navigate their behaviors, emotions, cognition, and physiology. I help couples and individuals explore the ways that small changes in attitudes and stances can nurture new ways of feeling, thinking, and being in the world. I help my clients find new solutions so they can connect with a sense of joy and competence.

We love what we do! We get to help you live a happier, more balanced life. Insight Into Action Therapy is a group of experts in their fields. If you are struggling with an addictive behaviors, substance use, relationships, mood disorders, or the areas listed, we can help. Therapy is more than just talking. You will get support, perspective, guidance, and tools on your unique situation. Insight offers individual, group, play, family, play, and couples therapy as well as psychological and psychiatric evaluations, medication management, on-site drug and alcohol testing, and court ordered evaluation and treatment. Insight knows substance use occurs on a spectrum and that not everyone who struggles has an addiction. We specialize in harm reduction psychotherapy and alcohol moderation, lead by three time author and nationally recognized trainer, Cyndi Turner. We also offer MATMOUD, including Suboxone and the Vivitrol shot. Please visit our website, check out our bios, and call one of us. If we are not the right fit, we will connect you to someone who is.

I work with clients experiencing a broad range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, trauma related difficulties, and substance use issues. First and foremost, I believe that you are the most expert person about you. My role is to help you create a plan to reach your goals. I am integrative in my approach, drawing from several evidence-based modalities depending on individual needs and goals. I also believe that there can be therapeutic value in humor during the hard work of therapy. You can visit my website to learn more by clicking on the link.