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Posts by category
- Category: Addiction
- Category: Adolescents
- Signs Your Child Is Being Bullied – And How You Can Help
- 5 Ways to Help Teens Cope with Anxiety
- Screen Time Affects Your Mental Health. Here’s How to Cope
- 5 Surprising Misconceptions about School Counselors
- 6 Signs Your Teen May Be Depressed
- 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
- Shining a Light on LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
- Highlighting Mental Health Awareness Year-Round
- What NOT to Say to Sexual Assault Victims
- Supporting Your Transgender or Nonbinary Child
- Social Work for Social Good: Celebrating National Social Work Month
- Is It Time to Get Help for OCD?
- Why It’s Important to Talk About Suicide
- Recognizing Women’s Equality Day
- Sunstone Applauds Launch of 988 Hotline for Mental Health Emergencies
- Juneteenth: A Time for Reflection and Healing
- The Power of Vulnerability
- Infertility’s Impact on Women’s Mental Health
- 5 Ways to Support Sexual Assault Survivors
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Shines a Light on Mental Health
- Category: BIPOC Mental Health
- Category: Bringing Baby Home
- Category: Careers
- Category: Children
- Empowering Your Child’s Journey: The Transformative Power of Therapy Outside of School
- Children and Play: Four Reasons to Encourage It
- 3 Therapy Approaches for Childhood Trauma
- The Therapeutic Power of Play in Child Counseling
- Providing Virtual Play Therapy via Online Counseling Sessions
- Attachment: Exploring 5 Ways to Connect with Your Child Through Love
- Category: Counseling at Sunstone
- 4 Reasons to Start Therapy in 2023
- 7 Reasons to See a Sunstone Graduate Intern
- Why Take a Mental Health Day?
- 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
- Category: Couples
- Category: Depression
- Category: Divorce
- Category: Eating Disorders
- Category: Family
- Category: Gratitude
- Category: Grief
- Category: Group Counseling
- Category: Holiday
- Category: Homepage
- Category: Individual Counseling
- 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: Self-compassion
- Category: Stress
- Category: Suicide Ideation
- Category: Trauma
- Category: Uncategorized
- Category: Wellness Tips
- 101 Screen-free Activities to Boost Your Mental Health
- 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
- The Transformative Power of Therapy – It’s Not Just for Crises
- Category: Women's Issues
- Category: Workshops
Counselors
- Katherine Kelly
- Matthew Blomme
- Allison Pond
- Jill Munyan
- Mary Stout Hess
- Nicole Cowans
- Rebekah Rexrode
- Lisa Huang
- Andrea Devooght
- Melissa Johnson, MS, NCC
- Laura Moon, MA, NCC, CTP
- Callie Sapen, LPC, NCC
- Rachel Costlow, MA
- Margaret Lefbom, LCSW
- Tara Amor, MSW
- Morgan Canner, MA
- Courtney Beyer, MSW
- Yasmeen Richards, MS, MA, NCC
- Sara Bond, MA, NCC
- Carol S. Miller, LCSW (VA, MD, DC, AZ)
- Deniz Inanici, M.S.Ed., M.Phil.Ed.
- Leah McNeil, MA
- Morgan Moore
- Maxine Wylde, MSW
- Ema Simpson, M.Ed.
- Kelsey Meltzer, MS
- Dee Hagan, MA
- Katie Doppelheuer, MA
- Ashley Fischer, MS
- Grace Chen, LCSW
- Tala Halik, MA
- Kate Schneider, M.Ed., NCC
- JaNae Messick, MA, NCC
- Scott Moshen, MS
- Rachel Stewart, MA, NCC
- Lana Milligan, MA
- Lauren McCall, LPC
- Briana Sinden, M.Ed.
- Hannah Moore, MA, NCC
- Madison Tincha, MA, NCC
- Vanessa Cheshier, LCSW
- Anna Blevins, M.Ed., NCC
- Patricia Cisnero, LPC
- Betty Luo, LCSW
- Liz Rae, LPC
- Gabrielle Lipson, LPC
- Lauren Stuart, LPC
- Sean Maloney, MSW
- Steffanie Kelshaw, LPC, CSAC
- Emily Louisos, LCSW
- Kiera Guralnik, MA, NCC
- Mathew Carl, MA
- Katherine Robinson, MA, NCC
- Dana Lougheed, MA
- Shelley Shadron, LPC
- Lauren Schlenger, MA, ATR-BC
- Elizabeth Moyer, LPC(VA), LCMHC(NC), NCC
- Natalie Jensen, LCSW
- Callie Dyer, LPC
- Crystal Davis, MSW
- Sara Boothe, LPC
- Jenny Stevens, LPC, CFRC, NCC
- Laken Thomas, MA
- Melonye Cleveland, MA
- Patricia Pascoe, LCSW
- Gina Hafez, LPC, NCC, GCDF
- 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
- Elizabeth Autrey, LPC, NCC
- Julia Ward, LPC, NCC
- Hugh Pinnock, LMFT
- Dan McDonald, LPC
- Melissa Johnson, LPC
- 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
- Charlie Clark, LPC, NCC
- Amy Clay, LPC
- George Coyne, LCSW
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Adlerian
- 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
- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
- Relational-Cultural
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Sex Therapy
- Solution Focused
- Strengths Based
- The Daring Way™
- Trauma Focused
Specialites
- Anger Management
- Anxiety / Panic
- Attention Disorders (ADHD)
- Autism / Neurodivergence
- BDSM/Kink
- Bipolar/Mood Disorders
- Body Image
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Conduct and Impulse Control
- Consensual Polyamory/Non-Monogamy
- 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