Katie Chandler (she/her)

LCSW, LCSW-C, EMDR Certified/Consultant
Accepting Clients

Licensed in Virginia and Maryland; I offer both in person and virtual sessions. I specialize in EMDR, somatic psychotherapy and trauma.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Leesburg, VA

Services
  • Individual
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group

About My Clients

I believe in a holistic approach that focuses on a patient’s strengths. The mind, body, and spirit need to be addressed for a successful outcome. I work with my clients to recognize symptoms and develop an integrative model of therapy that will address the whole person and their specific needs. I provide individual counseling and work with adults and adolescents. My areas of interest are trauma, PTSD, Lyme and autoimmune, depression, anxiety, chronic illness and transitional issues.

My Background and Approach

I am integrative and draw from many different modalities including EMDR, somatic psychotherapy, Brainspotting and Accelerated Resolution Therapy. A consistent theme I’ve heard from clients is that I excel at recognizing symptoms and developing a treatment plan. I am a trauma informed therapist and have completed advanced training with the Ferentz Institute with a certification in trauma. I am an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and certified EMDR therapist and a full member of EMDRIA. I have advanced training in integrating somatic psychotherapy with EMDR, called Natural Processing. It is a process-oriented somatic psychotherapy that decreases or soothes the trauma that is remembered in the body where you “feel” triggered. Natural Processing can be appropriate for trauma, PTSD, anxiety, illness, phobias, panic attacks, autoimmune and Lyme.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I am comfortable counseling from a faith-based perspective and incorporating prayer when it fits my client’s existing beliefs and needs. I personally went undiagnosed with Lyme disease for years, the struggles I encountered were real. I have a unique understanding of autoimmune and Lyme disease and its impact on emotional health.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Brainspotting Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
Other Techniques
  • Attachment Theory
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Expressive Art Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Brainspotting
  • Accelerated Resolution Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Chronic Pain or Illness Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Sexual Abuse or Assault
Other Issues
  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anger Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar
  • Burnout
  • Cancer
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Grief or Loss
  • Insomnia
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Women's Issues
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Christianity

At A Glance

  • Experience: 20 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $225 - 280/session

Info

Email Katie
203 Loudoun St SW
Leesburg, VA 20175

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