Are you looking for a therapist that is compassionate, listens well, and asks questions to deepen your understanding of yourself and your experiences? The individuals that I work with are often seeking support as they navigate relationship conflict, life stressors, anxiety, and boundary challenges. Many of my clients have experienced childhood abuse, emotional neglect, relationship violence, and sexual violence.
For children and preteens, I offer child directed play based therapy. The children that I work with are often experiencing anxiety, dysregulated emotions, and negative self image, or a separation in the family, and parental conflict. Because we know that play is the primary way that children process and communicate their feelings, we have two play therapy rooms, one designed for younger children, and one designed for teens and pre-teens.
For adults, I offer person centered therapy, and when indicated, will integrate EMDR, Narrative Therapy, sandtray modalities, and other creative outlets. I have extensive training and experience in trauma and in providing support from an evidence based, trauma informed perspective.
Lori currently has limited availability for new in-person and virtual clients in Virginia
Therapy is a unique experience for each client, and knowing this, I enjoy tailoring my treatment to meet each client’s specific goals. For all clients, I believe in attending to the mind-body connection and helping you build upon your own mind-body awareness to facilitate and support change. My approach is characterized by peace and tranquility, and I strive to partner with you in finding new meaning and insight while moving toward your treatment goals. I am passionate about continuing to learn and become the best and most effective therapist I can be.
My clinical training and experience have prepared me to work with individuals, couples, and families facing a wide range of issues. I am particularly passionate about working with children coping with trauma, grief/loss, and other challenges related to child abuse and/or neglect. Couples therapy is a powerful way to approach difficult discussions, create deeper meaning, and strengthen connection between partners. My multifaceted approach to couples therapy helps alleviate symptoms of tension and conflict while working to live a more fulfilling life together. My mindfulness meditation and imagery techniques will help you build upon individual and relationship strengths you may not even be aware of.
Amy Thomas is currently accepting new in-person and virtual clients in Virginia
What would your life be like if you woke up tomorrow and everything was just how you wanted it to be? What would be different?
Therapy can help you identify your goals and empower you to make the changes that will lead you to where you want to be, whether individually, with your partner, or with family.
Clinical Expertise:
I believe that a solid therapeutic relationship based on trust and authenticity is more important than any individual therapeutic approach and is essential to your ability to feel understood and move toward reaching your goals. With that understanding, we will work in collaboration to create a personalized approach to best fit your needs, incorporating aspects of various techniques, including but not limited to:
• Play Therapy
• Humanistic Therapy
• Exposure Therapy
• CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
• DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy)
• SFT (Solution Focused Therapy)
• ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy)
Throughout the therapy process, we will focus on building upon your strengths, resilience, personal growth, and self-esteem, as well as learning to identify unhelpful patterns of thinking and developing tools to reframe those thoughts and shift to healthier perspectives.
About me:
I appreciate each person’s uniqueness and story and feel privileged to be a part of it. I genuinely believe that every person can overcome challenges and achieve their goals. With the increasing pace, overstimulation, and demands of the world around us, my goal is to normalize your therapeutic experience and provide a safe place to feel heard and understood without judgment while supporting your journey, whether self-discovery, recovery, or developing skills to achieve your objectives.
My passion for working with children, teens, families, and parents became apparent while working with young children in a learning environment. I often utilize play therapy in addition to behavioral techniques to engage young clients in a safe atmosphere while assisting parents and families with communication, boundary-setting, developmental transitions, and setting expectations.
As a couples therapist, I recognize that each couple is unique and honor those differences by helping them explore their family systems, relationship roles and expectations, co-parenting challenges, and providing tools for improved communication, conflict management, and development of a shared understanding.
Beyond business hours, I love a good DIY project (which can be distinguished as good when it takes twice as long as planned), exercising, volunteering at our church, and engaging in organized chaos with my husband, daughters, and canine kiddos.
