Online Trauma and PTSD therapists in Forest, Virginia VA
Find experienced online trauma and PTSD therapists in Forest who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
PTSD/Trauma
Jennifer Whaley
Psychologist, PsyD
I specialize in trauma therapy. I create a place to slowly though steadily work through the pains that develop after a trauma. Common traumas I treat include childhood abuse and neglect, sexual trauma, combat/military, and relational trauma.
10 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Maria Jose Rendon
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I work with adults navigating trauma and PTSD, including the kind that doesn't always fit a single dramatic event, ongoing racialized stress, immigration-related trauma, or the accumulated weight of navigating institutions and environments not built with you in mind. My approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, trained through the Beck Institute, to help process what happened and rebuild a sense of safety and stability. Many of my clients are first-generation professionals or Latinx adults for whom trauma is layered with cultural and immigration history. I offer sessions in English or Spanish.
9 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Jim McKinley-Oakes
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
We cannot think or talk our way out of posttraumatic stress. However, in a safe therapeutic relationship that addresses how trauma lives in our body, we can heal.
32 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
New Leaf Counseling and Wellness
Psychologist
Treating trauma and PTSD requires a comprehensive and compassionate approach that prioritizes safety, trust, and empowerment. Drawing from evidence-based therapies such as cognitive processing therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and somatic experiencing, I work with clients to process and integrate traumatic memories in a supportive therapeutic environment. Through psychoeducation, skill-building, and experiential techniques, I help clients regain a sense of control over their lives while addressing symptoms such as hypervigilance, flashbacks, and avoidance. My specialized expertise enables me to tailor treatment to each individual's unique needs, fostering healing, resilience, and a renewed sense of hope for the future.
25 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Nancy Burns
Counselor/Therapist, JD, LMHC, LPC, MA, EMDR Certified
Childhood trauma is a series of experiences that are accumulated over time, and untangling them can feel overwhelming. It doesn’t have to involve physical abuse or be one big recognizable event; repeated instances of emotional neglect and not recieving appropriate support from your caregivers when going through a difficult time can be just as harmful. In fact, complex, developmental trauma (CPTSD) often has emotional neglect at its core. Neglect is what you should have had but didn’t get as a child; what didn’t happen that should have happened. Emotional neglect occurs when parents don’t respond to, acknowledge, or validate their child’s feelings often enough. Repeatedly not being listened to by your parents, being teased for expressing your emotions, or being told “if you don’t stop crying, I will give you something to cry about” all can take a toll. A child growing up in this environment, even if their parents "mean well" and provide for their physical needs, has no room for emotions. This child might have a hard time identifying, understanding and expressing their feelings. These difficulties can last into adulthood. Our childhood traumatic experiences continue to affect how we feel about ourselves when we become adults. Adults who experienced childhood emotional neglect often have life-long negative beliefs about themselves. They often feel lonely, empty, unimportant, different, and unfulfilled in life. This affects how we build relationships with other people, and how we handle conflict and stressful situations. Together, we will work to understand how your past experiences are impacting your current reality. We will chart a path forward, using EMDR, Somatic approaches and others, towards something healthier, more balanced and whole, so that you will feel more comfortable setting necessary boundaries with difficult people and living authentically. - - - “Healing is not about fixing what is broken, but about removing the barriers to what is already whole.” Faisal Ali Sarohi
6 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. Cassidy Blair, PSY.D.
Psychologist, B.A., M.A., Psy.D.
PTSD represents a unique set of causative circumstances which are accounted for in the creation of a treatment plan directed at the specific needs of the client through such approaches as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychodynamic therapy.
18 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Shoreline Psychological
Psychologist, Psy.D.
If you are suffering from trauma symptoms, including PTSD, our therapists are trained in evidence-based treatment for trauma, utilizing approaches from DBT or CBT.
21 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Heather Clifft
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Trauma is an emotional response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event that overwhelms one's ability to cope, causes feeling of helplessness, and diminishes one's sens of self and the ability to feel a full range of emotions and experiences. The effects of trauma are deeply personal and overwhelming. As a therapist, it is a privilege to hold space for your story and pain. I am certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy and will partner with you to carve a path to recovery that is focused on your individual and unique needs.
16 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Dionysica Stewart
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCPC
I specialize in supporting individuals healing from trauma and PTSD by providing a safe and understanding environment. Using evidence-based approaches, I help clients process their experiences, manage symptoms, and rebuild a sense of safety and control. Together, we work to restore hope, resilience, and empowerment on the path toward lasting healing.
10 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
SONYA L ALLEN
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CCTP
Symptoms of Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can stem from ordinary life stressors such as divorce, illness, accidents, and bereavement to extreme experiences of war, torture, rape, and genocide. The experiences can cause ongoing devastation emotionally for individuals in the form of depression, anxiety and relationship problems. Through education and coping skills, individuals can learn to experience more emotional stability and empowerment.
7 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Dorothy Brown
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I believe that most people who come to therapy, have some form of trauma in their life. Often people don't recognize the " little t traumas". I also work with people who have been through traumas such as sexual abuse and assault. I am able to use EFT with clients to help to clear the trauma from their body.
36 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Kevin Childs
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Traumas large and small have the potential to live in our minds and bodies for a lifetime. We want to free ourselves from the burden of those experiences. Therapy is a key factor in addressing the issue of trauma. We approach it from a variety of angles and help our people live free from fears of the past.
23 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Sarah Jacques
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSWC-C
Trauma can leave deep marks—flashbacks, anxiety, or feeling “on edge” long after the event has passed. PTSD may make it hard to trust, relax, or feel safe in your own body. In therapy, I provide a calm and supportive space where you can process what happened at your own pace. Together, we’ll work on reducing triggers, rebuilding a sense of safety, and creating tools that help you move forward with strength and resilience.
4 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Be BOLD Psychology and Consulting
Psychologist, Ph.D
Trauma isn’t just “big events” — it’s also the slow drip of not being safe, seen, or supported. We offer trauma-informed therapy (including EMDR) for folks carrying heavy stuff — whether from childhood, past relationships, or recent experiences. We help you safely explore, process, and release what’s been weighing you down — at your pace, and on your terms.
8 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Alabaster Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Trauma has a way of living in the body and the mind long after the event itself has passed, and for many girls and women, it can quietly shape the way they see themselves, their relationships, and the world around them without them even realizing it. At Alabaster Counseling, we provide compassionate, evidence-based therapy for girls and women who are carrying the weight of trauma and PTSD, whether it stems from childhood experiences, abuse, loss, assault, or any other painful chapter of your story. We understand that talking about trauma takes tremendous courage, and we will always move at your pace, honoring your boundaries and your process every step of the way. Our goal is to help you feel safe, understood, and empowered as you work through what you have experienced and begin to reclaim the sense of peace, wholeness, and freedom that is rightfully yours.
15 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Kaylie Groenhout
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, EMDRIA Certified Therapist
Because trauma and PTSD live in the body and nervous system, talk therapy alone is often not enough to find relief. I utilize EMDR and IFS-informed parts work to help you process stuck memories so they no longer trigger a survival response in the present. This specialized approach allows you to finally feel safe in your own skin and move forward without the constant weight of the past.
4 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Shay Malone
Pre-Licensed Professional, Ed.S., Resident in Counseling
I specialize in working with clients who are experiencing the ongoing effects of childhood abuse and neglect. This includes emotional neglect as well, which is often a surprise for clients who remember their home as a happy place. Chronic childhood stress is one of the most common causes of anxiety and depression, as well as autoimmune disorders. Adults who had chronic childhood stress are also far more likely to end up in emotionally unsafe relationships.
1 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Richard Scott, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Trauma can leave a lasting imprint — disrupting your sense of safety, triggering unwanted memories, and making it hard to feel present or connected. You may find yourself constantly on edge, emotionally numb, or stuck in patterns you don’t fully understand. Therapy offers a safe, supportive space to process what you’ve been through, reduce symptoms of PTSD, and begin to reclaim your life. Healing is possible, and you don’t have to face it alone. If you're ready to take that step, I’m here to help.
20 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Michelle Peacock
Psychologist, PhD
Trauma and PTSD involve emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms that interfere with functioning. CBT and biofeedback are effective interventions to trauma and PTSD.
21 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA
PTSD/Trauma
Tara Murphy
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Trauma leaves lasting imprints on the body, mind, and relationships, and no two experiences of healing look the same. I have extensive experience working with military members, children in the foster care system facing complex trauma, and adults recovering from childhood neglect or abuse. My approach is trauma-informed and highly individualized, integrating IFS, attachment-focused therapy, mindfulness, somatic awareness, family systems, and psychodynamic work. I draw on a range of evidence-based and relational approaches to fit each client’s needs. I also collaborate closely with prescribers when helpful and provide careful diagnostic clarity to distinguish trauma from dissociative disorders, depression, or personality patterns.
29 Years Experience
Online in Forest, VA (Online Only)
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Forest, Virginia Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Forest, Virginia average 16 years of experience and charge around $198 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Trauma and PTSD (100%), Anxiety or Fears (86%), and Depression (71%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$198
Gender ID
| 67% |
Female |
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| 28% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 60% |
In Person and Online |
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| 40% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 86% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 71% | Depression |
| 59% | Stress |
| 51% | Self Esteem |
| 49% | Loss or Grief |
| 41% | Social Anxiety |