Claire Edwards

Hello! Thank you for considering me to be your therapist. I have worked with many different people from all walks of life and I really value cultural competency and diversity. My main specialty is in trauma; I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults who have gone through abuse and neglect in various stages of their life. I also have experience working with anxiety, depression, grief, and co-occurring substance abuse recovery. My job history includes working at a private practice in Madison County for 4 years while also working at a child advocacy center in Fredericksburg, VA providing trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy,

I am personable and patient. I provide a judgement free therapy environment and value building trust with my clients. I value processing childhood and past events that are now impacting our patterns as adults, while also respecting client's boundaries and where they are in their own healing journey. I do ask the hard questions and try my best to be direct and gentle at the same time.

I do like to cover the basics in the first session; current stressors, symptom presentation, family history, eating, sleeping, functioning at job/school, treatment history, suicide/homicidal risk levels, substance use, and traumatic events.