Dr. Phyllis Braxton Arnason

I am licensed in Virginia with 28 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, & parenting issues. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.

Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, First Responder Issues, Postpartum Depression

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Imago Relationship Therapy

I use a very person centered approach in my sessions. It is important to me to create an environment where patients feel empowered, heard, and challenged. Our sessions will be followed by some amount of homework and reinforcement.

Personal goals will be discussed and created so that outcomes can be assessed, quantified , and qualified.