My clients come with some of the most difficult diagnoses -- personality disorders, severe depression, trauma, sex offenses, severe substance abuse, and behavioral disorders. Although working with teens is my niche, I am comfortable and experienced at working with ages ranging from pre-teens to seniors as well as from a variety of cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. As a social worker, I am trained to use an anti-oppressive, social justice lens and strengths-based approaches. I view therapy as a holistic process of renewal and excel at meeting people where they are at.
I integrate an eclectic, person-centered approach, am a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider (CSOTP) through the Virginia Board of Psychology and am certified in DBT. You can expect our sessions to have a feeling of natural conversation, with a dash of humor as we work together to instill hope, develop solutions, and promote your healing.
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Dr. Debb is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has been practicing in Virginia since 2013. His primary approach to counseling is rooted in Adlerian approaches that focus on an individual’s is functioning given the social environment around them. Adlerian (or individual psychology) helps people explore the connections between their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, sense of purpose, and motivations using person-centered, positive, and cognitive-behavioral approaches. This will allow us create a plan of care designed to help you reach your short and/or long-term mental health care goals.
Employing a holistic approach, Dr. Debb aims to help each person based on their unique skills and strengths by utilizing their individual resources and helping each person identify what is most important to them. Many of the people Dr. Debb typically works with are experiencing significant changes in their life, often resulting in increasingly severe stress that overwhelms what may have once been more manageable daily life tasks.
Dr. Debb has worked with males, females, individuals, couples, and families, as well as adults and kids. The majority of people who work with Dr. Debb are adults suffering from anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and attention difficulties, and many are males who are seeking a safe and supportive environment free of conditions or judgment.
Dr. Annie is a Licensed Professional Counselor,and a National Certified Counselor. She has over ten years of experience. Many of her clients have relationship issues, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem issues. She specializes in teenage girls, college age women, and adult women.
Academic performance is one of the first signs that a teen is in trouble. Many parents call because the communication has broken down and they don't know what to do. Grades start falling and the task of completing homework is difficult. She also administers testing and evaluations for ADHD.
Dr. Annie also specializes in First Responders critical incident stress management.
Therapy methods include:
Professional Training
Mrs. Tsao has over 30 years of clinical experience as a psychotherapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She has specialized training and experience in evaluating and treating women’s issues having been the Clinical Director of the Women’s Program of the Tidewater Psychiatric Institute (TPI).
Patient populations include pre-teens, adolescents, adult utilizing individual, family and couple’s counseling. Her specialty areas are anxiety, depression, cutting, substance abuse, panic disorder, life transitions and divorce.
Her clinical orientation is eclectic, combining cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy. Joyce is currently doing online therapy.
She has 25 years post graduate experience as a therapist working with a variety of individuals experiencing major depression, bipolar, anxiety disorders, ADHD; including severe mental illnesses and alcohol or substance use disorder. She provides treatment for individuals ages 18 and older, including seniors. She attended Virginia Wesleyan College and graduated Magnum Cum Laude with a B.A Degree in Psychology. She holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Social-work from Norfolk State University where she graduated with honors, Magnum Cum Laude.
She has experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings conducting crisis assessments, ADHD evaluations and treatment, grief counseling; as wells as issues pertaining to interpersonal relationship conflicts, codependency, ACOA, men and women issues, parenting / co-parenting and work with military families.
Her treatment approach is eclectic incorporating a variety of methods including Brief Solution Focus, Reality Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Conflict Resolution and Anger Management.
Goals for treatment are designed with the individual to empower and affect positive change in managing problems in daily living and life’s challenges. long they’ve been at it, and what got them to where they are.
Dr. Kannarkat earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Howard University, Washington, D.C. He completed his clinical training in Pediatric Psychology at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, and in Clinical Child Psychology at Children’s Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He joined the faculty of Norfolk State University in 1975. Became a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in 1978 and had the dual career as a tenured professor and a practicing clinical psychologist until he retired from the professorship in 2012 after 37 years. During his tenure at NSU, “Dr. K” taught thousands of undergraduates as well as hundreds of Clinical Psychology graduate students. His administrative positions included being the Director of Master’s Program in Community/Clinical Psychology (1981-1985), and Director from NSU (1980-2001) for the Virginia Consortium (College of William &Mary, EVMS, NSU, and ODU) for Professional Psychology that trained doctoral clinical psychologists (PSY.D.).
“Dr. K” specializes in the treatment of children, infants and up, with developmental delays, fears & anxiety, ADHD, oppositional defiant & angry behaviors, depression, self-esteem & identity issues, mild to moderate autism, adjustment difficulties due to family conflicts & divorce, abandonment & grief reactions, peer & social difficulties, coping difficulties to medical illnesses, and underachievement or poor academic motivation. His treatment methods include individual therapy, family therapy, and consultation with teachers, school counselors, physicians, lawyers, and other health care providers. His goal is to work toward happy, well-mannered, confident, and achieving children for our society. He is a Life Status Member of the American Psychological Association and a Member of the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.
Dr. Mark A Warren specializes in clinical psychologist and has over 43 years of experience in the field of medicine. He performs Psychological Evaluations and Psychotherapy procedures. Dr. Warren specializes in the treatment of mental health problems, and helps people to cope with their mental illnesses. As a psychologist, he evaluates and treats patients through a variety of methods, most typically being psychotherapy or talk therapy. Patients usually visit Dr. Warren because they have been experiencing depression, anxiety, stress or anger for a significant period of time and are seeking help.
Psychological Evaluations
New patients are welcome to contact Dr. Mark's office in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is currently accepting new patients through online therapy.
Lindsey has a Masters of Science, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a National Certified Counselor. Her focus is on Trauma, PTSD, , Academic Under Achievement, and Crisis. Lindsey has practiced with Dr. Annie for five years.
Lindsey uses her professional experience to work with adolescents and adults in learning to cope with such issues as self-esteem, anxiety, relationships, panic attacks and anger issues.
Lindsey is involved with many families as they deal with school issues such as suspension or expulsion, bullying, classroom anxiety, and under achievement.
Speciality Issues:
ADHD
Academic Underachievement
Anger Management
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Child or Adolescent
Coping Skills
Couples Counseling
Crisis Intervention
Grief
Peer Relationships
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Sexual Abuse
Treatment Approach:
Alfred received his Master of Education in Counseling and Human Development from Lindsey Wilson College. He works with clients who are experience grief and loss, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and ADHD issues. He has served clients working through trauma, oppositional defiant disorder, school behavioral issues, and clients with a diagnosis of bipolar.
Alfred has in the office appointments as well as telehealth.
Alfred uses CBT, Motivational Interviewing and Gestait therapy.
Alfred is accepting new patients and has availability on his schedule.
Specialty Issues:
Anxiety
Panic disorders
Depression
Trauma/PTSD
Relationship issues
Coping skills
Grief
School Behavioral issues
Oppositional defiant disorder
“Most human suffering is related to love and loss and the job of therapists is to help people acknowledge, experience, and bear the reality of life- with all its pleasures and heartbreak.” -Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. As a counselor, I strive to create an open, honest, and compassionate space for each individual I meet. I believe in meeting clients where they are at while they explore their life experiences and struggles.
I have worked with many clients who experience anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem issues, and other mental health disorders. I believe in working collaboratively with clients while providing tools that can be utilized in their daily lives. Through the use of mindfulness, we can work on living in the present moment while finding acceptance in our past and future.
I am a believer that we all have the opportunity to find peace within our lives. My approach to therapy is to work with each individual holistically and to help find balance in all facets of a client’s life.
Therapy Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Person Centered Mindfulness
Trauma Focused Motivational Interviewing
Specialty Issues
Anxiety
Panic disorders
Depression
Trauma/PTSD
Self esteem/body image issues
Relationship issues
Coping skills
Grief
“Every life is a piece of art, put together with all means available.” – Pierre Janet
Hayley is a Virginia Beach native who received her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Old Dominion University. During her graduate studies, she completed her practicum and internship at Beach Counseling while working with children, adolescents, and adults. She has worked with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, adjustment concerns, academic underachievement, low self-esteem, and relationship/social issues.
She utilizes a cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy that explores the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions to gain a better understanding of the self and cope with the challenging times of life. She believes in a collaborative therapeutic relationship and strives to empower clients towards positive changes in their lives. She provides a safe space for individuals to explore and express their thoughts, feelings, and experiences without judgment.
Everyone needs to be heard, and Hayley believes in providing the space and coping skills to assist clients in better understanding themselves so that they can navigate both the challenges and successes of life.
Therapeutic Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral
Person Centered
Solution-Focused
Mindfulness
Specialties
Anxiety
ADHD
Adjustment issues
Coping skills
Depression
Relationship issues
Self-esteem