Online Therapy in Virginia
Stop Feeling Like a Burden. Start Healing Instead.
The pressure is always on, especially in Virginia. The expectations are high and it feels like you can never meet them—but that’s nothing compared to the even higher expectations, criticism, and shame going on within you. Some days you’re running non-stop. You are doing everything for everyone. You keep trying to measure up and be the perfect, smiling person you’re supposed to be.
But it’s a performance.
Deep down, you’re exhausted, drained. And internally? You feel lonely, invisible, and imperfect. You desperately hope that no one figures it out.
You want to start therapy, but the dread of traveling to an appointment stops you every time. You don’t have time to sit in hour-long traffic on Route 50, or wait around indefinitely on the Vienna Metro platform. The beauty of online therapy? It can work for you and save you time.
Online Therapy in Virginia May be the Solution You’ve Been Looking For
You want high-quality counseling services that challenge you, that help you grow and improve—and that also meet the needs of your busy lifestyle. Online therapy at Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy may be the answer you’ve been looking for. Alice Zic, a skilled and compassionate therapist, focuses on childhood trauma, teen anxiety, and parentification trauma. Through the use of secure video chat, you are able to access highly specialized therapy services without the hassle of needing to come into a physical office.
Benefits of Online Therapy in Virginia
Online therapy removes multiple barriers to accessing mental health care: it’s easy, flexible, convenient, AND confidential. I utilize a HIPAA-compliant, secure video platform to allow us to meet for our therapy sessions with privacy. Telehealth creates increased availability of tools to use in the comfort of your own space, meaning that your healing process resonates with you at a deeper and richer level.
Through virtual therapy in Virginia, you can schedule your session before work or school, during your lunch hour, or take the time off you need to enter into your healing space. With the time you save? You can explore Old Town Alexandria, go hiking in Shenandoah National Park, let the water tickle you in Virginia Beach, or take a scenic drive towards Charlottesville and Richmond.
Telehealth is a good fit for you if…
You are exhausted by time-consuming traffic
You have a busy schedule—you have a lot of things to keep track of and do
You are overwhelmed by life and family obligations
You prefer the safety, comfort, and privacy of your home to the unknowability of an in-person space
Accessing online therapy is simply much easier and removes a whole variety of barriers for you
You are looking for the right therapeutic fit to support your healing, and if the right fit is online, then that is ideal for you
Virtual Therapy for Childhood Trauma
You grew up with a disinterested mother at best and an invasive, critical mother at worst. You never experienced the delightful, loving joy of that “best friend” mother-daughter relationship. Who do you turn to when you don’t know what to do, when you need something, when you want a role model to look up to?
All she did was shut you down and shut you out.
What if your internal critical voice, need to hide your feelings, and desperation to people-please and be perfect could change?
What if you could finally experience the inner peace you crave?
In childhood trauma therapy at Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy, I help mother wounded women connect with their internal needs, find their voices and confidence, and set boundaries without guilt. Through the trauma-focused technique of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, we support your system to tune into its needs and provide the care, reparenting, and self-love it deserves. Learn more below:
Online Counseling for Teen Anxiety
Your teen has always been the sweet, sensitive one. The “old soul.” They were always able to navigate the hard stuff on their own. But as you are watching them grow, as life is getting more complicated, you are watching them get more and more anxious. Now, they constantly worry about being good enough, perfect enough. They panic. What if they disappoint everyone around them? It’s hurting you to watch them be in pain.
The truth is: it’s scaring you too. And with online counseling for teen anxiety, we can figure it out, navigate this tough space, and get to the other side of healing together, as a team.
At Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy, I specialize in working with anxious teens. Through our work together, I help teens (and their caregivers) understand the root causes of their anxiety and learn strategies to help them feel less overwhelmed, less consumed by high pressure and expectations, and become accepting of themselves.
Online Therapy for Parentification Trauma
You have always been caught in between two worlds and somehow you have never been enough for either one. You’re always pushing forward, on the go, on demand for your family. You’re trying to meet their expectations. But the thing is, you’re ot really who they want you to be. No matter how much effort you put in, how much you do on the inside you just feel empty, alone, invisible. The truth is, they don’t really see you. Does it matter who you are, not just what you do?
Being an eldest daughter and a daughter of immigrants comes with a seemingly insurmountable amount of pressure, and the moment you speak it into existence you somehow become the villain.
What if you could finally pause and stop feeling obligated to do everything for everyone? What if trauma therapy finally gave you the space to be seen for who you are rather than what you are and what you do?
Through online parentification trauma therapy at Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy, I help eldest daughters and adult daughters of immigrants slow down, let go of perfectionism, and finally accept themselves as they are (instead of just what they can do for other people). Through the trauma-focused technique of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, we support your system to tune into its needs and provide the care, ease, reparenting, and acceptance it deserves. Learn more below:
How Does Telehealth in Virginia Work?
We meet via a HIPAA-compliant secure video platform using the same link provided to you each time. You can use a phone, computer, tablet. All you need is a private space for us to meet. It is that easy, simple, and convenient!
The incredible part of online therapy in Virginia is that the items surrounding you (plants, blankets, fidgets, artwork) can serve as sensory and grounding tools to facilitate your healing (and we can incorporate these tools into the work we do!). It’s part of making your valuable therapeutic time safe, approachable, and available to you in a way that meets and tunes into your body’s needs.
(Plus, I personally always have a blanket nearby to be cozy!)
Start Online Therapy in Virginia with Nurturing Willow Psychotherapy
I grew up in the DMV and lived in Virginia for 8 years, after which I moved to Connecticut and eventually my current home: New Orleans.
My practice is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and I provide online therapy throughout Virginia, Connecticut, and Louisiana.
You can learn more about me here and check out my blog here.
If you are ready to begin online therapy in Virginia, simply follow these steps:
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation phone call using the button below
Fill out the pre-consult form
Consult on the phone call with your new, caring online therapist
Begin online therapy in Virginia in the safety and comfort of your home