Counselors

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• Lena Aburdene, MS (Resident in Counseling)* “Lena uses a caring, empathic and non-judgmental approach and believes that compassion and acceptance are two of the most important pieces of the therapeutic relationship…”
• Mi Sook Ahn, MDiv, DMin (Resident in Counseling)* “emphasizes unconditional acceptance and a nonjudgmental understanding of human nature in order to foster…”
• Kasey Best, MS “She provides compassionate and confidential counseling to individuals, couples, and families struggling with relationship issues…”
• Devika Campbell (Resident in Counseling)* “is a UK trained relational psychotherapist using Transactional Analysis techniques. She works with anxiety, depression…”
• Suzanne Doherty, PhD “is a clinical psychologist and certified play therapist who works with children and families, as well as couples and individual adults.  She has specialized training in Collaborative Divorce, and works with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues…”
• Bill Frye, MA (Resident in Counseling)* “has a Master of Arts degree in Pastoral Counseling from Marymount University and worked with Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill…”
• Carey Gauzens, LCSW, CP “Carey specialized in working with adult survivors of all types of abuse, especially sexual abuse survivors, and works extensively with individuals and families around issues of grief and loss and facing …”
• Heather Guthrie-Hoey, LPC “Providing therapeutic care throughout the United States and Germany to individuals aged from 3 to 93, led Heather to learn about the power of focusing on the strengths of people in a solution-focused, compassionate manner…”
• Kathie Kurtz, DMin, LPC “…deals with a wide variety of issues including women’s issues, co-dependency, depression, grief and loss, spiritual growth, families dealing with aging members, and abuse, both physical and sexual…”
• Gary McMichael, LCSW, MDiv “…has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy which helps couples create more secure, safe, and enduring emotional connection…”
• Kevin Ogle, DMin “…specializes in relationship therapy with couples and individuals, including attention to the issues of sex and sexuality that arise in most committed couple relationships…”
• Laurie Page, MA, NCC, LPC “Through the experience of unconditional acceptance that therapy provides, she seeks to enable others to live their lives to their fullest capacity…”
• Susette Ritenour, MA (Resident in Counseling)* “uses a caring, personalized approach and assists individual clients on a journey of self-discovery…”
• Francine Ronis, LPC “has been working with families and individuals in the Northern Virginia area for more than ten years. She is a Licensed Practicing Counselor and holds Masters degrees in both Counseling and Development, and Early Childhood Education. She specializes in working with children and families…”
• Nancy Scott, LCSW “specializes in working with severe depression and other mood disorders, survivors of suicide, marriages in crisis due to an affair, women’s issues, families under stress because of mental illness and/or substance abuse, and parenting issues…”
• De Juana Smith-Gatling, MDiv (Resident in Counseling)* “is a counselor of deep compassion who works from the understanding that each person is of great value and has a purpose in life…”
• Doug Thorpe, PhD “specializes in helping turn troubled couples into ‘Marriage Masters…’”
• Cheryl Zandt, MDiv, MS “is a kind and energetic clinical counselor who uses the cognitive behavioral models most recommended by the National Institute of Mental Health for people living with acute anxiety, stress, trauma, panic attacks, phobias, OCD, and low self-esteem…”

*Center for Pastoral Counseling’s residents form a select group. Residents are counselors, who spend 1-2 years with CPC receiving additional specialized training in pastoral counseling, under the supervision of CPC’s most experienced therapists. Some residents come to CPC after completing their graduate education in counseling, and others come to us, having already worked for many years in the field, and wishing to refine their expertise in integrating issues of spirituality and psychology.

Residents work on a sliding fee scale and are available to see clients who require reduced-fee counseling. This helps provide much-needed services for those who are unable to pay full fees for counseling.