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Dina Abou-El-Haj Karam, M.Ed. NCC
Pre-licensure Committee Co-Chair
prelicensesupport@nvlpc.org
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Dina Abou-El-Haj Karam
holds a Master’s degree in Counselor Education from Virginia Tech.
She currently works as a mental health therapist for Fairfax County and
recently started in private practice in Vienna, VA. Dina work primarily
with adults on issues of anxiety, depression, grief and loss,
self-esteem, relationship issues, and issues related to cultural
transition and identity. Dina also speaks Arabic.
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Jacqueline C. Armstrong, MS, LPC
Vienna Luncheon
Committee
443-310-2877
viennaluncheon@nvlpc.org
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Jacquie Armstrong
was born and raised in Baltimore, MD where she completed her graduate
studies with an MS in Applied Psychology from the University of
Baltimore and a Post-Master's Certificate in Clinical Community
Counseling from the Johns Hopkins University. She recently obtained
licensure in Maryland and Virginia.
Jacquie worked as a clinician at Johns Hopkins while living in Maryland.
Upon moving to Virginia in August 2008, she began practicing at the
Woodburn Center for Community Mental Health where she works primary with
children, adolescents, and their families. In September 2009, Jacquie
began a fellowship in psychodynamic therapy with children at the
Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis and the Infant and Young
Child Mental Health Seminar at the Washington School of Psychiatry. |
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Jane Ashley, MEd, LPC, LMFT
Newsletter Editor
newsletter@nvlpc.org
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Jane Ashley’s first career was as a newspaper journalist at four newspapers
including USA Today and The Washington Post. She has worked as a
counselor since 1991. In 1996, she founded The Center for Well Being, a
private practice that now includes five licensed psychotherapists and
six resident counselors working toward licensure. Jane’s counseling
approach is narrative therapy. Her narrative training at the Evanston
(Ill.) Family Therapy Center included intensives with Michael White, the
founder of the narrative therapy movement. Jane coordinates a narrative
peer supervision group twice a month at her offices in Falls Church
City. |
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Julie A. Day, LPC
Newsletter Graphics
703-560-6252
newsletter@nvlpc.org |
Julie Day is a LPC working in a Community MH Center. She
graduated from Marymount University with a MA in Counseling Psychology,
and a Graduate Counseling Certificate. Julie has worked for the
Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board for more than six years.
She specializes in Co-Occurring Disorders. Prior to this she managed an
adolescent drug and alcohol program (SAFE) for court ordered youth. |
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Nina Flowers, MEd, LPC
Workshop Coordinator
703-858-5507
workshop@nvlpc.org
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Nina Flowers received her Bachelor of Arts degree in
Psychology from San Diego State University in 1982 and her Master’s
Degree in Education (Counseling & Development) at George Mason
University in 2000. Her internship was accomplished at George Mason
University’s Counseling and Learning Center. While preparing for
licensure she spent 4 ˝ years counseling for an agency providing
home-based services, which proved to be a wonderful learning experience.
She obtained her counseling license in July 2005 and opened her private
practice on August 1, 2005.
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Donna Fortney, NCC, LPC
Website Committee
703-869-3589
websitechair@nvlpc.org
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Donna
Fortney is an Imago Relationship Therapist in Centreville and
Arlington. She works with a singles, couples (gay/lesbian and
heterosexual), siblings, parent/adolescent, and blended families. She
focuses on pre-marital counseling, infidelity, sexual difficulties,
separation and divorce, communication skills, AD/HD, and trauma.
Modalities include: Voice Dialogue, Emotional Freedom Techniques, EMDR,
and Solution Oriented Brief Therapy. She is a volunteer mental health
provider with the American Red Cross. |
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Laura Knight, M.Ed., Ed.S., NCC
Sterling Luncheon Committee
703-792-4177
sterlingluncheon@nvlpc.org |
Laura Knight
is
a therapist with Prince William County Community Services in Woodbridge,
where she works with adults with serious mental illness. She graduated
from the Mental Health Counseling program at the University of Virginia
in May 2008. Prior to graduate school, she worked at a special education
school with children and teens with autism and other developmental
disorders. Laura is currently working towards licensure. |
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Lois Mitchell, MS, MEd, LPC
Vienna Luncheon
Committee
viennaluncheon@nvlpc.org
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Lois Mitchell
has been in private practice in Woodbridge since 2006 and specializes in
working with couples and individuals using a developmental and
attachment framework. Trained as a Counselor at GMU, where the focus was
Cognitive and Behavioral, Lois finds that working
holistically—integrating thoughts, feelings, physical and behavioral
aspects of life—has made a difference in my practice and my
understanding. She enjoys her clients, and she learns from each one of
them. She has been married for 40 years, raised two daughters who are
now independent, and she stays attached to family, to the place where
they were born, and to their own goals. Her goals are to remain engaged
with family and community through her work and leisure. She loves to
read, take long walks, and watch movies and garden. |
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Bob Molloy, LPC
Website Committee
703-863-4897
websitechair@nvlpc.org
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Bob Molloy’s
speciality: Psychology of Personal Organizing. Therapist since 1980,
Organizer, Performance Coach since 2001, earned a BA in geography from
UCLA, and a MA in psychology from Pepperdine University. Did advanced
graduate work at the University of Nebraska in educational psychology,
and is a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). Experience
includes counseling and performance management coaching, EAP, ADD,
family therapy, and group work in anger management, substance abuse, and
communications. In-Office and In-Home: Works in the client’s office or
home to get into action through the Psychology of Personal Organizing. |
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Joan Pickett
VACC Representative
703-749-7928
vaccrepresentative@nvlpc.org |
Joan has been in private practice in McLean, VA since 1992. She has a
general adult practice with emphasis on family context and family of
origin history. She uses EMDR and other right-brain practices to heal
any old traumas that cause problematic defenses. She has a background in
addiction treatment and often works to assist families who have an
addicted member to get that person into treatment.
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Robin Raniero Norris , LMFT
Student Development Committee
571-278-9162
studentdevelopment@nvlpc.org
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Robin is a Marriage and Family Therapist that recently moved to Virginia
via London and California. A graduate of Boston College, she is pursuing
a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision through Capella University.
Robin volunteers as a facilitator of a pet loss support group in Ashburn
and is beginning her search for a PhD practicum site. |
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Jennifer Riordan, LPC
Electronic Alerts
703-569-6886
alerts@nvlpc.org
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Jennifer Riordan was a Teacher of the Deaf for 5 1/2 years
after college. She earned an MA in special education and wrote a book,
They Can Sing Too, about using music to enhance the speech of deaf
children. After raising two daughters, she went back to school and
earned her MEd in Mental Health Counseling. Jennifer is an LPC in
private practice in Springfield, specializing in Mood Disorders, Gifted
adults/adolescents, Substance Abuse, ACOA issues, Imago couples
counseling, family counseling, PTSD/trauma/CISM. |
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Loretta Rowe, LPC, LMFT, NCC
NBCC Liaison
703-293-9231 ext. 4
nbccliaison@nvlpc.org
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Loretta Rowe
specializes in anger management at the Anger & Stress Management Center,
a private practice which she opened in 1996 in Fairfax City. She
developed the Anger Awareness Program which she presents through both
individual counseling sessions and periodic workshops at her office. She
also presents anger workshops for Fairfax County Public Schools Adult
Education Programs. She obtained her MA in Counseling Psychology from
Marymount University in 1991 and interned at The Women’s Center with
which she was associated for many years. |
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Lamieh Salimi, PhD, LPC
Multicultural Chair
703-709-1247
multicultural@nvlpc.org
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Lamieh Salimi
is a licensed professional counselor and a trained mentor coach. She
received her doctorate in counselor education from University of
Florida, and has over 25 years of teaching and counseling experience.
Her areas of interest include women's issues, multicultural issues, and
human relations/rights, and social justice. She lives in Northern
Virginia. |
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Loretta Schulz, LPC
Supervision Coordinator
703-969-0231
supervision@nvlpc.org
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Loretta
Schulz maintains a private practice in Fairfax. She earned her
master’s degree in counseling from Johns Hopkins University. Her
practice focuses on women’s issues, depression, anxiety, grief and loss,
cross-cultural marriage and family issues. She also works with trauma,
using EMDR, CBT, Play Therapy and Sand Tray Therapy. She provides
services to individuals, couples, families, and children as young as
three years old. |
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Amy Stephens, LPC
Pre-Licensure Support Group
703-606-7957
prelicensesupport@nvlpc.org |
Amy Stephens,
runs the group for recent graduates or counselors who are about to take
the LPC exam. Please email her with your general availability for
2009/10. She will offer Saturday groups if there is enough interest. She
is also the Clinical Coordinator for Marymount University’s Counseling
program and Partner/Counselor at The Center for Well Being, PLLC, in
Falls Church City (www.cwb-counseling.com).
Much of Amy's recent clinical focus has been in couples counseling and
supervision. |
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Jama Thurman, LPC
Membership
Coordinator
Sterling
Luncheon Committee
Webmaster
Website Committee
703-330-6088
membership@nvlpc.org
sterlingluncheon@nvlpc.org
webmaster@nvlpc.org
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Jama Thurman
has been in private practice in Manassas since 2004. She specializes in
Christian counseling, and enjoys working with teens and adults who are
stressed and depressed and have sleep issues. She received her master’s
degree in counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and her bachelor’s
degree in engineering from the University of Illinois. Her technical
background as an engineer has also served her well in creating her
website (www.lifechanginggrowth.com)
and in business development.
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Deborah Vaughan, MA, LPC
Student Development Chair
703-534-1402
studentdevelopment@nvlpc.org
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Deborah
Vaughan is in private practice at Falls Church Counseling LLC.
She specializes in working with children (ages 4 to 18) and families
coping with anger, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, ADHD, and
separation and divorce. Deborah uses Sand Tray World Play as one mode of
therapeutic work with children and adults. Her collection of miniature
World Play figures includes hundreds of figures. |
