Find a therapist, counselor or psychologist in Reston, VA

"As a therapist with many years of experience, I have worked with a wide range of people and have the ability to meet clients where they are. I’ve developed various ways to help those who want to make changes in their lives."

Lilith “Lily” Greenan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 21 years of experience helping children, families, and adults navigate life’s challenges. She has extensive experience in outpatient care, the child welfare system, and with trauma, substance use, and severe and persistent mental illness. Lily believes in the power of growth and change, meeting clients with compassion, understanding, and practical tools to help them achieve meaningful progress.

Lily received a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University and uses a person-centered approach, drawing on evidence-based practices to empower clients to build resilience and discover new ways to cope. She incorporates psychoeducation, family systems work, and multi-system interventions to improve communication and stability.

Lily believes everyone can overcome difficulties and create a life they desire. She is dedicated to helping clients find strength, improve relationships, and manage challenges with confidence. With her guidance, clients can move toward greater stability, healing, and hope for the future.

"As strength-based and solution-focused person, I can engage my clients in a manner that shows compassion, support, and a way to move forward."

Michael is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who strives to support and guide his clients through challenging life experiences. He has over 10+ years of professional experience working with children, youth, and families. Michael specializes in the areas of depression, anxiety, adults with childhood trauma, mood disorders, adoption issues, cultural issues, parent-child conflicts, relational discord, and managing life transitions. 

Michael has extensive experience empowering and engaging individuals, couples, and families to move toward positive changes. He also has a broad range of experience working with youth and adults with mental health concerns. In addition, Michael has extensive experience working in juvenile justice, child welfare, adoption, foster care, and domestic violence services.

Michael is able to use his own life experiences to motivate clients to explore and expand their capacity to reach new limits. Michael's experiences include how to create internal motivation, harness resiliency, overcome challenges/adversity, face fears, and navigate self-confidence/self-doubt which are some of the skills he developed while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail, and Pacific Crest Trail. By joining with his clients Michael can support his clients as they seek to experience life as an adventure and avoid stagnation/getting stuck.

Michael received his Master of Social Work Degree from George Mason University in 2007. He combines traditional talk therapy with cognitive-behavioral, insight-oriented, solution-focused, and family systems to help empower people toward the life they want. He believes that change occurs by utilizing the client’s existing strengths incorporated with a strong therapeutic relationship. Michael believes clients hold the key to the change they want to see.

Will Kapfer is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in the Commonwealth of Virginia who has 4-plus years of experience working with children, families, and adults seeking help with anxiety, trauma, depression, substance use, adjustment issues, grief/loss, and psychoeducation. He enjoys equipping individuals with various skills to support them in living healthy and empowered lives. 

He completed his Bachelor's degree in Psychology with a minor in Counseling at the University of South Carolina and received his Master’s degree in counseling from Marymount University. Will uses several therapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solutions-focused methods, and person-centered approaches. He always matches his therapeutic approaches according to each individual client and works to develop a treatment plan according to the unique individual.

Will strives to establish a welcoming and supportive environment and believes in the importance of developing a healthy working therapeutic reliance with clients. He helps clients by improving their self-empowerment and works collaboratively to meet the client's personal needs and goals.

"With 4 years of experience with mental health and substance abuse, as well as working with teens both in office and school settings, I can work with a multitude of perspectives on life and problem-solving."

Rachel Francis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master’s in Social Work with 4 years of experience providing therapy in outpatient settings, both in person and via telehealth. Rachel has also worked with youth and families in home-based settings for two years. Her clinical focus includes anxiety, depression, self-harm, and support for the LGBTQ+ community.

Rachel holds a Master’s in Social Work from Western New Mexico University. She uses cognitive behavioral therapy and person-centered therapy to help clients improve communication, build self-esteem, and heal from trauma.She is passionate about helping individuals make meaningful change in their lives and creates a supportive space for clients to feel seen, heard, and empowered.

Mental health care isn’t one-size-fits-all. Rachel tailors treatment to meet your unique needs and goals. You’ll be supported in creating the change you desire at your pace, on your terms. Here, you can expect compassion, collaboration, and the tools to thrive.

Laurie Warhol is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Virginia. She has over 20 years of experience working with people who have experienced trauma that has interfered with their lives. Laurie believes that individual issues are often a result of other factors including home environment, family functioning, and childhood trauma.

Laurie uses strength-based, solution-focused and cognitive-behavioral approaches. She is an excellent listener whose expertise is in family work and helping clients work through issues so they can improve their daily functioning and experience a healthy and more fulfilling life. Laurie works to provide a supportive, caring, and therapeutic space to discuss problems and work on resolving them.

Shah Hasan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of Virginia and a Nationally Certified

Counselor by the National Board for Certified Counselors. Shah has extensive experience working with

individuals and families seeking help for an array of disorders and issues such as anxiety, depression,

stress management, and family functioning. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from

Benedictine University, received his Master of Arts in Human Development Counseling (emphasis in

marriage and family therapy) from University of Illinois, and is currently working towards completing his

Doctoral degree in Medical Family Therapy from Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

Shah facilitates therapy by using a family systems perspective when working with families and

individuals. This is to better understand their identified family systems and how it has been impactful in

shaping our worldview and in ways clients think. His therapeutic approach is tailored to the needs to

each client, but the roots of his training and life experiences leads to a relational, attachment based,

whole-person approach. Shah also utilizes collaborative and evidenced-based practices pulling from

approaches such as cognitive behavioral, solution focused, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness-

based theories. Shah believes the therapy relationship must be fluid in order to stay active and creative

in addressing the clients needs, as individuals and as a whole.

Shah focuses on teaching communication skills, encouraging self-acceptance, boundary setting, and

emotional regulation. Shah aims to use humor where appropriate, and he offers acceptance of you

wherever you are, whoever you are, and will try to help you provide the same self-love for yourself and

your family.