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WE ARE HERE TO HELP

We are here to support you or your child through life's challenges and help you to feel more empowered to achieve your goals.

ACCESSIBLE & INCLUSIVE

We are deeply committed to accessibility, inclusivity, and being an affirming practice. We proudly employ several members of the LGBTQ community as providers and administrative staff in order to provide a safe, welcoming, and relatable experience for many of the individuals we serve who find it difficult to secure a good fit in more traditional practices. Racial and cultural competence are the "rule" for our staff, not just an exception. We strive to ensure that everyone entering our practice feels safe, affirmed, and respected.

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BEST PRACTICES IN THERAPY

Because of our very active role as both an Association for Play Therapy and National Board of Certified Counselors Approved Provider, we hold ourselves to the highest level of accountability when it comes to best practice and the latest, most innovative trends in counseling and psychiatric care.

Multi-specialty team of highly skilled healthcare practitioners.
Healing for all children and adults throughout the state of Virginia.
Utilizing both in-person appointments and HIPAA-compliant telehealth sessions.
Largest selection of insurance-accepting mental healthcare providers in Central Virginia.
Harnessing creative modalities such as Registered Play Therapy and Board-Certified Art Therapy.
Working collaboratively and cohesively as a team, often treating multiple members within the same family system.
Inviting professionals within the healing/helping professions to share their expertise by contributing to workshops and consulting on challenging cases.

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CREATIVE INTERVENTIONS

We’re Changing the Way Richmond Thinks About Therapy

We can't change difficult situations of the past, but we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. We will help you unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

As greater Richmond's largest creative therapies, multi-specialty practice, Richmond Creative Counseling providers apply creative interventions to help address complex and problematic issues, often working with parent/child dyads and/or co-facilitating groups and workshops.

WHY Richmond Creative Counseling

PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONERS

We have 10 highly skilled Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners with extensive experience with children, adolescents, and adults. They provide on-site & virtual Psychiatric Evaluations, Medication Management, and Supportive Counseling. They specialize in various psychiatric issues, including Trauma, ADHD, Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders, Substance Use Disorder & Addiction, LGBTQ individuals, Mood Disorders, Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Neurodiverse individuals, Neurodevelopmental challenges, and OCD.

All ten providers can treat and prescribe for individuals ages 3 and older and accept most major insurance products, including Medicaid plans (except Aetna Better Health & Virginia Premier).

We additionally have two Registered Dietitians specializing in treating Eating Disorders (all types of Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating, and ARFID) and disordered eating in children (as young as 8) and adults. They also provide general nutritional counseling and dietitian services for metabolic disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and general health/well-being. They accept commercial Anthem, Aetna, and Cigna products.

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INDUSTRY

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Awards

Richmond Creative Counseling has received Best of Virginia and Best of Richmond Awards with Virginia Living and Richmond Times Dispatch the past several years.

Kim Hines won the APT Play Therapist of the Year award in 2023. Carrie Walker won Best in Bedside Manner with OurHealth 2013-2019.

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Services Provided at Richmond Creative Counseling

Play Therapy Training

Richmond Creative Counseling is an APT approved Provider ( #15-410) providing professionals with training to learn more about play therapy, to fulfill the specific education requirements to become a Registered Play Therapist.

Groups & Workshops

Richmond Creative Counseling offers a variety of workshops including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Workshop and Bring the Baby Home Workshop as well as various other trainings and group supervision for licensure.

Divorce Mediation

Divorce mediation involves a trained mediator who meets with both spouses together and facilitates a civil and structured decision-making meeting, covering approximately 20-25 particulate topics.

Support of Gender Approving Pronouns

As a group of providers and as an employer, Richmond Creative Counseling is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and affirming environment.

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CAREERS

We’re looking for innovative talent to join our team. See all positions and submit your CV.

Openings

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We are always interested to learn about creative helping professionals who may be interested in making Richmond Creative Counseling their career home. Though we only sometimes have openings or space for new providers, we welcome resumes and CVs at any time.

Please email us a letter of interest with an attached resume or CV..

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