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Watch this video with Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes to learn a bit more about depression and antidepressants.

Note: If you are feeling suicidal or your depression is severe, contact a health professional immediately or dial 911 to be taken to your nearest emergency room. Online videos are not a substitute for the assessment and advice of a licensed healthcare professional.

Watch this video with Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes to learn a bit more about Addiction.

Note: If you are feeling suicidal or your depression is severe, contact a health professional immediately or dial 911 to be taken to your nearest emergency room. Online videos are not a substitute for the assessment and advice of a licensed healthcare professional.

Watch this video with Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes to learn a bit more about depression.

Note: If you are feeling suicidal or your depression is severe, contact a health professional immediately or dial 911 to be taken to your nearest emergency room. Online videos are not a substitute for the assessment and advice of a licensed healthcare professional.

I have recently left Prince William Family Counseling and have opened offices in Manassas and Tyson’s Corner.   I will be expanding to Warrenton beginning December 1, 2011.  Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Services will be available in both the Manassas and Warrenton offices as well as via Skype video conferencing.

Payment plans are available. Most major credit cards accepted.

Awwww…..keep your pants on I am getting to it….
No, really, I mean keep your pants ON!

All seriousness aside, I have heard therapists complain that dress clothes are off-putting to their clients, supposedly creating more of a power dis-equilibrium, but I think getting naked it taking it to a pathological extreme? What is next, fetish dressing?

The naked therapist’s attempt to connect naked therapy with Freud is, at best, misguided. Freud used free association to let your mind go where it needed to, believing that if you talked long enough uncensored, the root of the issues would come out. She is proposing letting your hands wander, and let me tell you, what is coming out is certainly NOT the root of the issue. Considering she is targeting male clients, I wonder if Freud would say she is suffering from penis envy. HMmmmmm.

How exactly does staring at this naked woman really help JohnTom fix his marriage? The naked therapist is not licensed or certified as a counselor. She is not regulated by anybody.

When you look for a counselor, make sure he or she is licensed and in good standing. These people have been trained to identify signs that there may be a bigger problem or you are getting worse. They also take an oath to “above all do no harm.” Make sure you understand, by the end of the assessment, how he or she is going to help you solve your problems. If it does not make sense, question it. There are a lot of people out there (even licensed ones) using practices that are not commonly accepted. This does not mean they are bad, but it is important to make sure you believe it will work for you.

If you can think of a possible reason why it would make sense to pay $150/hour for a naked, unlicensed “therapist” to talk to you, please share. I am at a loss…