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Military life comes with unique struggles that can have lasting effects on veterans and their families. The stress of service, war-related trauma, and adjustment coming back to civilian life can all take their toll. Members of the military and their loved ones may develop mental health concerns like PTSD, depression, and anxiety, making life more difficult than it could be.

This is where therapy can help. Whether you are located in downtown Alexandria, the suburbs of Alexandria, other nearby places such as Gaithersburg, Washington DC, or anywhere else in Virginia, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Common Issues Military Veterans and Families Face

Here are some of the most prevalent issues facing veterans and military families:

  • Veterans: Combat injuries, addictions to narcotics, alcoholism, difficulties getting reacclimated to the civilian world, mental issues like anxiety and PTSD.
  • Military families: worry and sadness during deployment, concern for the well-being of the military member, financial struggles, a fear of being uprooted, lack of control, mental conditions like depression and anxiety, vicarious trauma.

It’s normal to have difficulty during military service or after exiting the military, and that’s why veteran and military family counseling exists. If you or your family are struggling, we recommend you explore your therapy options.

Seek Veteran/Military Family Counseling Now!

A licensed counselor will work with you and your family to explore and resolve the mental and emotional issues holding you back from enjoying life to its fullest. And Mental Health Match can help you find an experienced therapist in your area. Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

Alexandria, VA Veteran and Military Family Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Nicole Brzozowski
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Through compassionate reflection on relationships with self, family, friends, and society, we will work together to heal patterns and self-talk that can live in our minds and bodies; patterns that can make us feel stuck and overwhelmed.


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Through compassionate reflection on relationships with self, family, friends, and society, we will work together to heal patterns and self-talk that can live in our minds and bodies; patterns that can make us feel stuck and overwhelmed.

Something to know about my approach is:

My north stars are self-compassion and mindfulness. My work is Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed and if you’ve ever felt like you can’t think your way out of something, I have experience incorporating body- and nervous-based system approaches.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Career Change
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Depression
  • East Asian Cultural Issues
  • Family of Origin
  • Feeling Stuck
  • Identity
  • Life Transitions
  • Mindfulness
  • Moving and Relocation
  • Multicultural Identity
  • Relationships
  • Self-Compassion
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Leslie Healy
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Explore struggles with sadness, hopelessness, excessive worries, low motivation, among other things. We can also explore how your past might be preventing you from living in the present and focusing on the future.


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Explore struggles with sadness, hopelessness, excessive worries, low motivation, among other things. We can also explore how your past might be preventing you from living in the present and focusing on the future.

Something to know about my approach is:

My therapeutic approach integrates multiple modalities including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), trauma incident reduction (TIR), solution-focus, talk therapy, among others.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Illness
  • Complicated Grief
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Self-Esteem
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
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Building a genuine therapeutic alliance with mutual trust and respect in the client-therapist relationship. The client feeling supportive with actively participation and collaboration in the treatment process.


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Building a genuine therapeutic alliance with mutual trust and respect in the client-therapist relationship. The client feeling supportive with actively participation and collaboration in the treatment process.

Something to know about my approach is:

I maintain a non-judgmental environment and the belief we are equal. My approach is based on the client’s overseeing their own counseling experiences and journey to gain coping skills to manage their emotional stability for a healthy lifestyle.

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  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Grief
  • High-Functioning Autism
  • Impulsive Behavior
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Personality Disorders
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Substance Use
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Trauma
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figure out how to get you some quick relief, while creating a plan to deal with what might go deeper and take a bit longer to work through.


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figure out how to get you some quick relief, while creating a plan to deal with what might go deeper and take a bit longer to work through.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am motivated, curious, and attentive.

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  • Anxiety
  • Breakups
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Parenting
  • Relationship Distress
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Anna Tihomirova
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We will explore your way of seeing this reality, your and others behavioral patterns. You will understand why you are doing what you are doing, then change will happen. Relationships will improve!


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We will explore your way of seeing this reality, your and others behavioral patterns. You will understand why you are doing what you are doing, then change will happen. Relationships will improve!

Something to know about my approach is:

I work with people. I dig dip to find the root cause, reprogram the patterns that our brain created and there you go, you are the new person. We talk, I listen, we do some imagination, breathing, many tools to get you to feeling well.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Alternative Relationships
  • Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  • Career Change
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Faith Transition
  • Food and Eating Concerns
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • New Job Transition
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Spirituality
  • Spiritually Transformative Experiences
  • Trauma
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Anna  Tihomirova remote and phone therapy in Virginia