Services

I provide the following services for Mental Health Problems and Personal Growth Solutions

Brief Psychotherapy

Solution-Focused Psychotherapy

Psychological Testing for ADHD and Occupational and Scholastic Difficulties

Psychological Assessment of client change

Mental Health Specializations

I have experience working with clients in the following areas:

Anxiety or Fears

Attention-Deficit Disorders (ADD/ADHD)

Bi-Polar Disorder

Depression

Domestic Emotional Abuse or Violence

Loss and Grief

Living with Chronic Illness and Caregiver Coping

Occupational Difficulties

Obessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Personality Disorders

Poor Self-esteem

Scholastic Difficulties

Separation and Divorce

Stress, Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Relational Problems

Please note that I do not currently accept as clients those who are psychotic, imminently suicidal, or seeking treatment for substance abuse or eating disorders.

Personal Growth / Self-Improvement Solutions

Life Strategies and Transitions

The surest way to have a life that maximizes your happiness is to plan what you want and take deliberate steps toward your goal. Achieve a life most satisfying to you by examining all nine critical areas of your life and assess your goals and plans. By participating in only a few sessions together, you will clarify your goals and establish a workable plan that will make you feel more positive and hopeful about both your life now and about your future.

Work Fulfillment and Career Change

For most people, at least one-third of their life is spent at work earning a living. If it were not for your pay, does time at work, a large share of your life, feel like a waste of time? Have you felt that your work is keeping you from something you would really love to be doing? Learn what opportunities will bring you the greatest life satisfaction that you can imagine. By participating in only a few sessions together, you will clarify what income-generating endeavors will likely best suit you, and make a large part of your life feel worth while.

Personal Achievement and Life Satisfaction

Some of the best intentions you have for your life and for people whom you care about may remain unfulfilled due to perceived obstacles. Overcoming obstacles, such as mistaken beliefs, doubts, and fears of various sorts require exposure and examination. Break free of the obstacles that keep you from your goals. By participating in only a few sessions together, you will identify and resolve obstacles that keep you from attaining your goals and free yourself to fulfill your best plans.

What Happens in Psychotherapy?

Therapy works because the relationship between the therapist and client helps the client by providing information, skills, perspective, and support to charting the client's life course. This relationship exists for the purpose of achieving a common goal: Identifying what will bring the client the greatest possible life satisfaction and charting a course toward that goal. Unlike the relationships each of us has with family and friends, therapists have particular expertise and objective view of the client's particular circumstances. This information and perspective provides the client a positive solutions-focused view toward shaping the client's life to his or her highest satisfaction.

General Practice Information

Affordable Sliding Scale Fees
Accepts Visa and Mastercard
Accepts Some Out of Network Insurance Benefits
Accepts Clients age 18 years or older
Integrated Treatment Approaches (Including Cogitive-Behavioral, Humanistic, Psychodynamic, and Existential Views)
Accepts Individual, Couples, and Family Sessions
Accessible to Washington DC and Northern Virginia Area residents with offices in Washington, Falls Church, and Vienna

Douglas Kent, Ph.D.

I believe each of us is on a path to fulfilling our highest potential. Sometimes along this path we are faced with very difficult circumstances with which we may not be well-equipped to cope. Sometimes unfortunate messages we received during childhood prevent us from taking bold action; interactions with others have been difficult and hurtful, preventing us from optimally relating to others; or we may have experienced horrific events that shake our confidence in ourselves. For these and many other potential reasons, we sometimes lose our way on becoming our highest and best selves.

Being lost on this path can sometimes cause feelings of anxiety or depression and result in reduced interest or effectiveness in our work and relationships. If you have experienced feelings similar to these, you may benefit from psychotherapeutic work. Together we will formulate goals for realistic and meaningful life changes.

A warm and caring therapeutic relationship can be very helpful in safely exploring the areas of your life you wish to examine. I will assist you in questioning assumptions; considering new possibilities; and encouraging insight into your thoughts, feelings, and actions, for your use in revising and pursuing the life you wish to live.

Douglas Kent, Ph.D.

Psychotherapist

Personal Consultation Introduction

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