Wendy Pickenpaugh, the Center Director for Brain Balance in Midlothian Virginia, offers a holistic and integrated approach to child development through physical exercises, academic skills training, and healthy nutrition, providing comprehensive support for children with ADHD, anxiety, learning disorders, and behavioral issues.
Read MoreDr. Antoinette Stewart is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist offering comprehensive psychiatric services, including medication management and telehealth evaluations, with a specialization in depression, anxiety, mood disorders, ADHD, OCD, PTSD, general mental health concerns and eating disorders.
Read MoreStarting January 1, 2024, Medicare will cover mental health care services provided by marriage & family therapists and mental health counselors for the first time.
Read MorePetitecha Wimbush is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She believes mental wellness can be achieved through medication management, therapy, and complementary/alternative treatment to improve the health of the mind-body connection. Petitecha is an Army veteran of 20 years and currently serves in the Army Reserve Nurse Corps. During her active duty nursing career, Petitecha worked in various areas of nursing, but her passion was mental health. She worked as a sexual assault medical forensic examiner. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the illustrious HBCU and Mecca, Howard University in 2012 and her Masters in Nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University. Petitecha completed her clinical training at a Counseling practice providing medication management to the pediatric, adolescent, and adult population with multiple disorders. She also completed her training at a Community Service Board to patients across the lifespan. These services were also provided to individuals at the regional jail, group homes, and a crisis center providing medication management. Her areas of treatment for medication management are PTSD (including veterans), depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, child and adult ADHD, personality disorders and other mood disorders.
Read MoreWe are proud to welcome several talented clinicians to our team!
-Kirsten Wachsmann, MS, Resident In Counseling (Midlothian)
-Elizabeth Audritsh, MSW, Supervisee In Social Work (Midlothian)
-Sheri Milbourne, LPC (Fredericksburg)
-Miosha Lamar, MA, Resident In Counseling (Stafford)
-Ashley Dalton, LCSW (Midlothian)
-Hannah Simmons, MSW, Supervisee In Social Work (Fredericksburg)
-Chanel Hudson, MSW, Supervisee In Social Work (Midlothian)
-Laura Cook, MA, Resident In Counseling (Midlothian)
-Edin Pajalic, MSW, Supervisee In Social Work (Midlothian)
-Carrie Sheehan, MSW, Supervisee In Social Work (Midlothian)
-Brittney Coleman, MS, Resident In Counseling (Fredericksburg)
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Read MoreSamantha Moussari, PMHNP-BC offers psychiatry services at our Glen Allen, Virginia office.
Read MoreOur second episode of our podcast features Katelyn Kiley, LPC. Katelyn discusses her journey to becoming a counselor and also gives a great discussion on EMDR.
Read MoreWhy are conversations important? How can I enhance my professional communication skills? How can I communicate more effectively with friends and family? How come developing my communication skills is important and why does it matter?
Read MoreLast week I had the opportunity to discuss some ideas about the relationship between the counseling and coaching professions with Brandon Baker of Life Coach Path.
We discuss the similarities and differences between coaching and counseling, where they may intersect and how counselor’s and other mental health professionals might utilize coach’s as part of an interdisciplinary approach to supporting our clients.
Read MoreSuccessful therapy cannot claim its definition within just a single concept; it is founded on a wonderful complexity, and is subjectively defined to the elements the client and therapist decide success to be.
Breaking addiction, overcoming grief/loss, championing confidence, deciding to trust again, and managing trauma make up just a few aspects needed to claim that success was achieved. In my practice, the initial mission is for us to quickly discover the swirl of goals waiting for you along the way of your therapy journey.
Read MoreAre you a Starbucks Employee? As of April 1st, 2020 your mental health benefits are covered by Lyra. Our Practice participates with Lyra so you now have access to one of our clinicians at no cost to you.
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