Therapy that meets you with compassion, helps you break painful cycles, and opens the door to real connection.
High-impact, trauma-informed counseling for high-functioning couples and individuals in Burke (Fairfax County), Virginia
Telehealth available throughout Virginia
START MAKING CHOICES THAT REFLECT
who you are.
Stop acting like someone you’re not.
Oh you have tried the breathing exercises…
✓The meditation apps and positive affirmations
✓That therapist guy on Instagram your friend told you about
✓ The hot baths with essential oils
✓Yoga, the gym, journaling…even talk therapy
You may have read the books, tuned into the podcasts, spent hours doom scrolling…researching.
You understand your trauma, your relationship, your anxiety, even all those tired and unyielding thoughts and reactions.
But you know what no one told you?
You can’t breathe your pain into the ether and that guy on Instagram isn’t cutting it.
There’s another way and it’s more powerful than you can imagine.
Reach out for a consultation
Hey - I’m Dawn and I am so glad you are here.
You may be here because you want to feel better, and you don't want to waste any more time figuring out how.
I get it.
This is a place for those who are:
Carrying shit that isn’t yours to carry (and maybe never was)
Exhausted by anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and proving your worth
Questioning if this relationship is ever going to work and the “what do we do now” spiral
For the strong one, the helper, the dependable one, the one who had it all figured out but now completely burned out
Questioning if those old narratives need a system update.
This is therapy that actually gets somewhere, and with someone who gets it.
This is the work that makes a difference.
Let’s just call it; therapy can be really freaking hard…and yet so is living in a way that doesn’t serve you or your relationship.
Come as you are…your story matters. Your pain matters. Your relationship matters. I’m not here to analyze you, I’m here to equip you, right here in Burke.
You’ve been holding it together - kids, job, relationship, status…it’s not easy.
And underneath this façade you’ve carefully built, there’s more going on than you know how to face alone.
It shows up in every part of your life. At work, in your relationships, in the way you speak to yourself, and yet the issues you’re dealing with seem like such a tangled mess that you’re not sure where to even start.
It’s time to live in a way that aligns with your goals so you can show up for yourself. Finally.
It's time to get your life back
It's time to get your life back
Life may look manageable but internally there is a constant scanning, overthinking, anticipating and ruminating that never lets up.
It takes more work managing the emotional toll of anxiety, imposter syndrome, fear, distress, relentless negative thoughts that it actually does to learn and own the strategies to stop the cycles. You just need to know what they are.
Relationships stuck in the same pattern
Anxiety that never shuts off
Couples aren’t fighting about the dishes, the texts or timing, they are fighting to be seen safe and no longer alone.
Parenting, communication, intimacy, history - it’s all there and it isn’t easy to navigate alone.
Traumatic experiences don’t stay down for long - despite our best masking, hiding and avoiding skills. They shape our emotional reactions, relationships, self worth, sleep and stop us from being fully present - and wait for it - vulnerable in our own lives.
Trauma has a way of living in our spirit and our bodies but what if I told you there was a way to eliminate the hold it has on you so you can move to safety and calm the storm?
High functioning burn out leads to an inability to maintain productivity, competence, and success long after emotional exhaustion has set in. Disconnection feels like safety because we are disengaging but the cost may be too high.
You deserve to live and show up in your own life without apology, shame or reenactments of history.
Burn out, disconnection, rumination and dread
Trauma that still shapes reactions years later
Welcome to your landing place- where high functioning individuals and couples can stop fighting, start healing and live like you mean it in Burke, Fairfax County and throughout Virginia via telehealth.
Are you ready to live like you mean it?
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Schedule a free consultation here. We can discuss what’s bringing you to therapy and decide whether we’re a good fit to work together.
Then we will schedule our first session, set goals, decide on frequency and start right where you are.
I offer virtual sessions across Virginia and in person in Burke, VA.
For Couples, we meet at an initial session, get some background and set some goals. I will then meet with each of you individually at the next session and then we regroup, set up a schedule and get busy.
We stay focused, present and use the time to identify patterns, move with intention toward our goals and tweak along the way toward healing.
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In our sessions, the focus will be on recognizing the patterns in your life, how you show up and how you want to feel, setting goals and unearthing some burdens that aren’t yours to carry anymore (and maybe never were)
It’s important to me that you feel valued and comfortable. That’s why I’m intentional about the clients I work with—so I can show up fully and genuinely in every session.
This isn’t therapy-as-usual. It’s therapy that respects your time, energy, and capacity—while helping you actually get somewhere, and I’m damn good at that.
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It might be uncomfortable to confront the things you’ve been avoiding, but I’ll be here to remind you what’s on the other side of that discomfort: confidence, healthy relationships, and a deeper understanding of who you are.
It’s time to live like you mean it.