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Specializing in life transitions, sports performance, and personal identity; I enjoy working with adolescents and adults. My passion is helping individuals challenge negative thoughts and create new, positive, self-loving thoughts and behaviors. Coping with life’s struggles can be difficult. Together we will intentionally navigate those tough situations and collaborate to help you develop the skills that you will find effective in creating new solutions and overcoming obstacles. Communicating can often feel like trying to have a conversation on a noisy beach; a lot being said but nothing being heard. Feeling unheard can lead to feeling hurt, isolated or unloved and eventually angry or resentful. Counseling can help you identify what the problem is, where the miscommunications are, and how to communicate your needs more effectively. My goal as a therapist is to provide you with a place to feel accepted, supported and heard. Together we will explore difficult feelings and learn new ways for you to experience freedom from your own negative thoughts. Evening Availability. [Read More]

ONLINE SCHEDULING AVAILABLE (www.coastallightcounseling.com). My principal specialties include patient management of anxiety, depression, women’s issues and life transitions. Our lives can be like standing on a shoreline looking at the ocean water. The waves could look beautiful and serene or seem rough and scary. At first glance, one might think that the conditions are solely dependent on what we can see, i.e. weather, much like our lives can look smooth or choppy, seemingly dependent on what’s going on around us. The reality is that the conditions of the water, and our lives, are also impacted by what’s going on below the surface. As your therapist, we won’t just focus on what’s on the surface, we’ll explore deeper to determine what’s impacting you in ways of which you are likely unaware. This will increase your ability to effectively manage symptoms and resolve underlying issues to become the healthiest version of yourself and recognize your full potential. Together, we can do this! If you think that we may work well together, please take a look at the “New Patient Information” page on my website, www.coastallightcounseling.com. You’ll find details from scheduling your first session to arriving for your session. [Read More]

Have you experienced a life changing event? Do you having trouble making a life transition and feel like no one understands you? Life can be difficult especially when tragedy occurs. No worries! There is hope! I work with individuals and families who have overcome extreme trauma such as physical abuse, sexual molestation, attempted murder, domestic violence, surviving war, etc. I work with all ages, backgrounds, and cultures. I am certified in Trauma Focused-CBT and a CSOTP Resident. I use modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma Focused CBT, Gestalt Therapy, and other trauma focused interventions that produce life changing results. I’m here to listen and ask you the right questions so that you develop your own conclusions. I believe in people and their inner power. It’s my job to help you find that power to conquer life’s greatest challenges. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”- from Our Deepest Fear- by Marianne Williamson. The world deserves the power you possess! Let me help you unleash it! [Read More]

Rachel is a LPC who has experience working with adults, children, adolescents, and families. She earned her Master of Arts degree from South University in Virginia Beach where she graduated with high honors and a member of the counseling honor society Chi Sigma Iota. She is also a member of American Counseling Association and is a National Certified Counselor and a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor granted by the National Board of Certified Counselors. She began her experience in mental health working with adults providing mental health skill-building services. From there she transitioned to intensive in-home counseling as a mental health clinician where she works with children who are at risk for out-of-home placement due to severe behavioral concerns and provides family sessions in the home. Rachel also has experience conducting assessments for children and adults as a clinical supervisor for mental health skill-building and intensive in-home counseling services. She has experience leading groups for children and adolescents. She began and led a group at a local homeless shelter for adolescents and is currently a group leader for anger management working with children who exhibit severe anger. [Read More]

Navarro is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia Beach with a passion in assisting and guiding individuals that struggle with feelings of uncertainty or indecisiveness. Navarro enjoys working with individuals and assisting them with making healthier life decisions. Navarro has an extensive history and passion for working with individuals that struggle with a variety of issues. Some of which include depression, anxiety, marital issues with both same-sex and heterosexual couples, and mood disorders. Navarro believes that the therapeutic process is a collaborative effort with the patient and therapist. Navarro utilizes a compassion and insight-oriented approach to helping clients build self-awareness of how past experiences influence present thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. sional Counseling. Cristina is bilingual, offering services in Spanish when needed. She has experience working with clients diagnosed with schizophrenia, she has worked in day treatment programs, and specializes in working with children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. [Read More]