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This is your place – to Grow, Heal, and Transform. If you’re interested in taking steps towards achieving more balance, cultivating more joy, and learning additional tools for healthier living, I’d love to work with you every step of the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/1652547574356-RO4EXETCSD5UU3XKIL9O/unsplash-image-UlahdGc-IRI.jpg About - A modern approach When it comes to your emotional well being, a one-size-fits-all approach won’t do. We enjoy offering our clients a local in-office option and a video option for your convenience. To maximize your healing, therapeutic techniques are drawn from Interpersonal, Emotion Focused, Narrative, Cognitive Behavioral, Family Systems, and Mindfulness-based approaches that are adapted to your symptoms, needs, and unique situation. 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Talking to a therapist can clarify the areas of our life where these symptoms are most problematic and discover effective strategies to overcome them successfully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/1652650116509-1J3B3G0QNTHUAOIHWLW1/unsplash-image-2Wa88Py0h0A.jpg Services - Stress, overwhelm, & life transitions Feeling pulled in so many directions can make you feel like you’re not giving your best to anything. When we experiencing constant stress, overwhelm, or changes in our lives, it can make you feel like your emotions are all over the place and hard to manage. Life transitions can potentially trigger old wounds, bring on new symptoms, create new worries, or leave us feeling uncertain of which direction to take. Talking to a therapist can help sort out the stressors, prioritize strategies for change, create a path forward for decision making, and formulate a plan for managing emotional distress and calming fears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/8880036b-a49b-4261-8c38-02bd33a6f304/unsplash-image-MUkJRrKcmWg.jpg Services - Trauma Trauma therapy combines different approaches and techniques to help lessen, even eliminate, the painful mental and physical responses raised by the memory of traumatic events, and seeks to create new healthier patterns in your brain. I offer a variety of therapeutic approaches to best support you and work with you as an equal collaborator in your treatment and healing. It’s my goal to identify the source and triggers of your emotional and physical suffering, to discuss ways to deal with unhelpful and unhealthy thoughts and behaviors, and to teach you techniques to manage distress and enable you to move forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/d751a912-5129-44d5-96c8-36c5ec66744d/unsplash-image-nJupV3AOP-U.jpg Services - Therapists & Medical Professionals You got into this line of work to help people. And now you find yourself asking, who is here to help me? Even being armed with years of experience, training, clinical skill, and in depth knowledge to intervene in ways that often produce impactful, rewarding, and life changing results for the clients you work with, you are not immune to moments of confusion, uncertainty, self-doubt, and despair. The socialization of helpers and healers often leave very little room to be human or vulnerable and share your hurts or seek out care when you need it. I am here to walk with you on your journey towards personal and professional exploration, healing, and fulfillment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/eb022557-362d-4d19-8c7e-de99783d0225/unsplash-image-ICbzEJfPfAY.jpg Services - “Sometimes, the best thing you can do for your future self, is give yourself permission to heal your present self” — Outlier Counseling https://www.outliercounselingandwellness.com/therapist daily 0.75 2025-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/037e2c8f-e6ab-4d37-8547-392c73daa518/Picture+.jpg Therapist - Therapy for your season of life Vannessa Gharbi, LCSW I am here because of YOU! I became a therapist because I believe in the power of healing, recovery, and transformation. Having worked in home-based, community, hospital, and medical clinic settings, I have been privileged and humbled to witness the strength, courage, resiliency, and transformation of hundreds of clients who invited me into their worlds to hear their stories and walk with them on their healing journeys. I work from a holistic framework and will work to help you address healing and wellness in various areas of your life based on your goals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/1652312059639-TQ06XC833CI0DASRM6I1/unsplash-image-5joapmLJjtY.jpg Therapist - My Approach, My Style, My Vibe Not everyone approaches life’s challenges in the same way, so I am here to meet you where you are. So, whether you want to take baby steps towards a small goal, work out a plan to address a few pressing challenges, tackle a long-standing issue, or grab life’s challenges by the horns and show them who’s boss, I am ready to work with you in a manner that makes sense to you. It is here you get to be yourself – no putting on airs – and no trying to say what you think I want to hear. I enjoy creating a warm, sensitive, and meaningful experience using an approachable and relaxed conversational style. I view my role as a compassionate and supportive guide to improve your ability to draw from your expertise and bring helpful changes and healing to your life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/1652306898984-BAWO67J59OX0SASP4P7H/unsplash-image-x4HjxzOoIxU.jpg Therapist - Things I love helping with: I enjoy incorporating research-based approaches into our work together because they allow me to assist you in: Addressing intense emotions through mindfulness and skill building Increasing psychological flexibility to improve coping skills and quality of life Building on individual strengths, talents, and ways to harness joyful living Addressing unhelpful thoughts, feelings and behaviors and developing new ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving Addressing symptoms that affect personal, professional and intimate relationships Clarifying your values and boundaries that are important to you for empowered living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/1652313186398-11YBQ7OWSY4PETS9LUDR/unsplash-image-B-xb7VFtlZg.jpg Therapist - A bit about my training, education, and experience: My professional journey began after receiving my Bachelor of Social Work degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I then went on to complete my Master of Social Work degree at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, where my super independent-dive-in-head-first younger self suddenly realized home-sickness was an actual thing! My experiences include direct clinical work, advocacy, case management, lactation consulting, university teaching, and managing mental health services across multiple medical clinics in two counties as part of a senior leadership team. My commitment to evidence-based practice and high-tough client-centered care led me to receive my PhD from the Joint Programs of Social Work at North Carolina A&T State University and UNC-Greensboro. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the states of North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f365c0ac9df437cefbaba6/1652313385079-0Q6DJCHT2CSZ8PO5QX39/unsplash-image-eMdfps8kAzI.jpg Therapist - Outside the therapy room: I am a creative soul and an outlier – and I embrace those descriptors fully! I bring humor, creativity, and an insatiable zest for joy to my work. My perspective, worldview, and respect for all people from all walks of life have been influenced by my own trauma-healing journey and my multicultural upbringing and family life. I love the outdoors, gardening, reading too many books simultaneously, and I thrive in bright sunny places. In my free time, you’ll find me exploring, laughing, walking, creating, journaling, researching, and having loads of fun with my three kiddos, hanging out with friends and family, and enjoying time with my hubby of 17 years. 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