Using empirically supported treatments to help you discover and reach your goals
As a clinician, research, supervisor, and professor, I have decades of experience from a wide range of perspectives to help you understand how to change your life. I use both skills training to help make things easier, but also insight to help understand what is blocking you and how best to move forward.
Types of treatment offered
Free initial consult
Because research demonstrates “fit” or a good alliance between the two of us is the most important factor, even in much of medical treatment, we can talk together via zoom or on the phone for 30 minutes to determine if we are a good match. I also have trained dozens of therapists I could refer you to if we are not a good fit.
Individual Therapy
The space allows for 5 people (not including me) with two small couches and two chairs. I use ACT integrated with Gottman’s Marital Therapy for couples or with families I use behavioral techniques supplemented by , communication skills, emotion focused work, and Bowenian Systems theory.
Couples/Family Therapy
I typically use ACT (a CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) integrated with relational theories. Generally this starts with weekly meetings for 1-3 months, and then we either end or move to maintenance after the core skills have been learned. Maintenance typically consists of meeting 1-2 times a month to review progress and troubleshoot the application of skills and considering new insights.
Dr. Sexton
I am a double PhD with one in both social and clinical psychology, I am a professor, and clinically have worked at inpatient hospitals, the Women’s Center, and a variety of community mental health centers. When doing research, I worked with the Census, NIH, NSF, NIMH, CDC, Department of Education, and even did international intervention research around the world (Poland, Vietnam, and Columbia) for the State Department. I have designed and validated many assessment tools and therapy interventions. I have trained and supervised dozens of therapists, sit on 6 journals, and am an accreditor for the APA. I am licensed as a clinical psychologist in VA, DC, MD, AL, AZ, AR, CO, CNMI, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WA, WV, WI, and WY via PsyPact.
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I am located at 400 N Washington St. in Falls Church right next to Arlington and 10-15 minutes from the E. Falls Church Metro Stop.