Practice Location:
Southside & Virtual
Primary Areas of Clinical Interest & Expertise:
· Children, Adolescents, & Adults
· Trauma & PTSD
· Expressive & Sensory-Based Therapy (play, expressive arts, music, movement)
· All general mental health
Background:
Bobby is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Trauma Practitioner working with children, families, and adults. He is committed to helping individuals find their strength and share that with those most important to them. Whether you are struggling with anxiety or depression, relationship difficulties, or life transitions, he will always seek to assist you in finding the most effective way to help achieve your goals and live a happier life. His clinical orientation is interpersonal, psychodynamic, and emotionally focused. He is very active in therapy.
As a Certified Trauma Practitioner, Bobby specializes in treating children and adults who have experienced trauma by utilizing a sensory-based, integrative approach that includes Expressive Arts, Sand Tray, Movement Therapy, and Play Therapy. He works from a strengths-based perspective that allows the individual to build upon their inner strengths to guide resolution in managing hardships in life by using a holistic approach with empathy, trust, and understanding.
Bobby also has experience working with LGBTQ issues among teenagers, adolescents, and adults. He is warm, approachable, funny, and energetic.
Education:
Master of Social Work- Virginia Commonwealth University
License and Certification:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (VA)
Certified Trauma Practitioner (CTS)- National Institute for Trauma & Loss in Children
While Bobby is contracted with the following insurance payers, we recommend contacting your insurance company to determine if your plan has any restrictions or limitations:
- Anthem (Commercial and Medicaid)
- Aetna (Commercial)
- Bright
- Cigna
- Molina Complete Care of Virginia Medicaid
- Optima (Commercial and Medicaid)
- Optum/ UnitedHealthcare (Commercial and Medicaid)
- Tricare
