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Posts by category
- Category: Addiction
- Category: Adolescents
- 5 Ways Teens Can Benefit from Therapy
- 5 Surprising Misconceptions about School Counselors
- 6 Signs Your Teen May Be Depressed
- How To Help Your Child Who Is Being Bullied
- What Is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Is It Good for My Teen?
- The Physical Side of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents
- Cyberbullying: Four Ways to Intervene
- Category: Anxiety
- Category: Ashburn Office
- Category: Awareness
- Mental Health Awareness Isn’t Just for May
- The Power of Vulnerability
- Infertility’s Impact on Women’s Mental Health
- Four Things To Never Say to Someone Who Has Been Sexually Assaulted
- 5 Ways to Support Sexual Assault Survivors
- How Parents Can Support Their Transgender Child
- Social Work for Social Good: Celebrating National Social Worker Month
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Shines a Light on Mental Health
- Category: Bringing Baby Home
- Category: Careers
- Category: Children
- Category: Counseling at Sunstone
- Why Take a Mental Health Day?
- 4 Reasons to Start Therapy in 2022
- Give Yourself the Gift of Counseling
- 7 Ways Sunstone Counseling Can Help the Richmond Community’s Mental Health
- Sunstone Counseling Expands Its Mental Health Services with New Richmond Location
- Our COVID-19 Response
- How trained is your counselor? The answer: Very.
- The Initial Counseling Session [video]
- 3 R’s in Counseling: Radical Acceptance, Resonance, Resource Building
- 7 Reasons to See a Sunstone Graduate Intern
- Category: Couples
- Category: Depression
- Category: Divorce
- Category: Eating Disorders
- Category: Family
- Category: Gratitude
- Category: Grief
- Category: Group Counseling
- Category: Homepage
- Category: LGBTQIA+
- Category: Men's Issues
- Category: Military
- Category: Mindfulness
- Category: Modalities
- Category: Multicultural
- Category: Parenting
- Category: Perinatal Mental Health
- Category: Play Therapy
- Category: Racial Stress
- Category: Richmond Office
- Category: Suicide Ideation
- Category: Trauma
- Category: Uncategorized
- Category: Wellness Tips
- Advice on Staying True to New Year’s Resolutions
- A New Year Planning Guide For You
- Labor Day Brings New Beginnings
- Managing Social Media During COVID-19
- Defining Amidst Darkness
- Why You Should Consider Starting Your Day with Your Counselor
- 3 Important Mental Health Benefits of Physical Exercise
- A Guide to National Screen Free Week
- How to Plant Seeds of Growth
- 3 Basic Steps to Self Care
- New Year, New (The)me
- Why You Should Give the Gift of Therapy
- Category: Women's Issues
- Category: Workshops
services
- Specialized Support
- Workshops & Retreats
- Virtual Counseling
- Group Counseling
- Family Counseling
- Couples & Marriage Counseling
- Individual Counseling
Counselors
- Grace Chen, MSW
- Tala Halik
- Kate Schneider, M.Ed., NCC
- JaNae Messick
- Scott Moshen
- Rachel Stewart
- Lana Milligan
- Lauren McCall, M.Ed.
- Briana Sinden, M.Ed.
- Kelsey Kibler
- Hannah Moore
- Sarah Sarsfield
- Madison Tincha, MA
- Vanessa Cheshier, LCSW
- Tiffany George
- Anna Blevins, M.Ed.
- Patricia Cisnero, MA
- Betty Luo, MSW
- Liz Rae, MA, NCC
- Gabrielle Lipson, M.S.Ed, M.Phil. Ed
- Lauren Stuart, MS.Ed. MPhil.Ed.
- Janine Patel, MS, NCC
- Sean Maloney, MSW
- Jonathon Carrington, MA
- Steffanie Kelshaw, LPC, CSAC
- Emily Louisos, LCSW
- Kiera Guralnik, MA, NCC
- Jennifer Miller, MA
- Mathew Carl, MA
- Georgie Whatmore, MA
- Katherine Robinson, MA, NCC
- Dana Lougheed, MA
- Shelley Shadron, MA
- Lauren Schlenger, MA, ATR
- Elizabeth Moyer, LPC, NCC
- Natalie Jensen, MSW
- Callie Dyer, LPC
- Crystal Davis, MSW
- Sara Boothe, MA
- Jenny Stevens, MA, NCC
- Laken Thomas, MA
- Melonye Cleveland
- Patricia Pascoe, LCSW
- Caroline Crilley, LPC
- Elise Brown, LPC, NCC
- Emily Goff Trkula, LPC
- Jennifer Munroe, LPC, NCC
- Erika Davis, LPC
- Caroline Cook, Ed.D., LPC, ATR-BC
- Katie Clark, LPC, RPT, NCC
- Vanessa Cushing, MS, NCC
- Jami Hill-Smith, MS, NCC
- Elizabeth Autrey, MA, NCC
- Julia Ward, MA, NCC
- Hugh Pinnock, LMFT
- Meghan McNabb, LCSW, LICSW
- Dan McDonald, MS
- Melissa Johnson, MA
- Ashley S. Davis, LPC
- Jordi Izzard, LPC, NCC
- Maya Georgieva, LPC(VA), LCPC(MD), NCC, ACS, CHST, Ed.D
- Aileen Elsaesser, LPC
- Anna Bailey, LPC, CSAC
- Charlie Clark, LPC, NCC
- Amy Clay, LPC
- George Coyne, LCSW
- Jacqueline Anderson, LPC
- Colleen McCarron, LPC, CEDS
Populations
- Adolescent (14-17)
- Adult (25+)
- Child (7-10)
- Couple
- Family
- Tween (11-13)
- Young Adult (18-25)
- Young Child (3-6)
Credentials
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Art Therapy
- Attachment Based
- Christian Counseling
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral (DBT)
- Existential
- Expressive Arts
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Family Systems
- Feminist Theory
- Gestalt
- Gottman Method
- Humanistic
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Marital/Premarital Counseling
- Mindbody
- Mindfulness Based
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person Centered
- Play Therapy
- Polyvagal Theory
- Psychodynamic
- Relational-Cultural
- Sex Therapy
- Solution Focused
- Strengths Based
- The Daring Way™
- Trauma Focused
Specialites
- Anger Management
- Anxiety / Panic
- Attention Disorders (ADHD)
- Autism / Neurodivergence
- Bipolar/Mood Disorders
- Body Image
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Conduct and Impulse Control
- Depression
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Regulation
- Family Dynamics
- Gender/Sexual Identity (LGBTQIA+)
- Grief and Loss
- Infidelity
- Life Transitions and Adjustment
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors
- Parenting
- Perinatal / Postpartum
- Racial/Cultural Identity
- Relationship Conflict
- Religion and Spirituality
- Self-esteem / Personal Growth
- Self-harm / Suicidal Ideation
- Separation and Divorce
- Sex and Intimacy
- Social Skills
- Stress and Overwhelm
- Substance Misuse
- Trauma and PTSD