When life feels heavy, you deserve a place to pause, make sense of your experiences, and find your way toward a little more calm.
You may be carrying old hurt, navigating loss, or feeling caught in patterns you want to understand. Therapy offers space to explore those experiences with curiosity and compassion.
At Toward Inner Calm, our work begins with connection. Together, we can build practical tools, explore what keeps you feeling stuck, and support change at a pace that respects your needs.
A thoughtful blend of approaches, shaped around your experiences, your goals, and what feels right for you.
Space to work through painful experiences, attachment wounds, and patterns of guilt or shame with a trauma-informed approach.
EMDR may be included as part of a collaborative treatment plan. Preparation, coping resources, and your readiness guide the pace of the work.
Compassionate support for anxiety, depression, grief, relationship patterns, and overwhelming emotions.
Sessions can combine reflection with practical skills drawn from DBT, IFS-informed work, emotionally focused therapy, and mindfulness.
Therapeutic preparation, support, and integration for clients exploring ketamine treatment with a prescribing medical provider.
Medical screening and medication decisions are handled by the prescribing provider. Therapy focuses on preparation, supportive care, and making meaning of your experience. Suitability is considered individually.
A nonjudgmental space to explore substance use, understand triggers, strengthen coping skills, and support recovery.
Treatment can address the relationship between substance use, trauma, and emotional distress while helping you build a recovery plan that reflects your goals.
I’m a licensed professional counselor, licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner, and the owner of Toward Inner Calm, LLC in Richmond, Virginia.
My practice focuses on complex trauma, attachment wounds, addiction, anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, guilt, shame, and personality disorders. I bring together EMDR, DBT, IFS-informed work, and other approaches to support your individual needs.
There is room here for your questions, your uncertainty, and the parts of your story that may be difficult to put into words.
Start with a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your needs, ask questions, and learn about the waitlist.
We’ll explore your experiences, current concerns, and what would help you feel supported in therapy.
Together, we’ll identify meaningful goals and a way of working that respects your readiness and priorities.
No. You can begin with what is happening in your life and what you hope might feel different. We can discuss approaches together and decide what fits your needs.
You can share at a pace that feels manageable. Early work may focus on building trust, understanding your needs, and developing ways to feel more grounded.
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy brings therapeutic preparation and integration alongside ketamine treatment provided by a qualified prescriber. It requires medical screening and a discussion of potential benefits, risks, and alternatives with the prescribing provider.
Individual sessions are listed at $180. Insurance is accepted; please confirm your specific plan, benefits, and costs before scheduling. KAP services may have different fees and coverage. Contact the practice for details.
There is currently a waitlist for in-person and online therapy. Contact me through Psychology Today or call to ask about joining the list.
7846 Forest Hill Ave., Suite A, Richmond, VA 23225. Online therapy is also offered.
You deserve support that makes room for the whole of you. Taking the first step can begin with a simple conversation.
Currently welcoming waitlist inquiries · Free 15-minute consultation
7846 Forest Hill Ave., Suite A