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Ariel Meaney, LPC, CCTP, CSTIP, NCC, earned her Masters in Clinical Counseling from Bellevue University. She is approved by the Virginia Board of Counseling as a Licensed Professional Counselor to work with individuals, couples, groups, and families. Ariel is a Marine Corps Veteran and truly understands the need for services within this community. She is very passionate about ensuring each service member and their family get the quality care that they deserve. She currently provides telehealth from the convenience of your own home for your privacy and comfort. 

 

She enjoys working with clients within a collaborative approach, ensuring we reach the goals we have set together in a timely manner. She has a background in working with couples and families, as well as adolescents and children. More recently has become trained as a certified sex therapy informed professional to aid in creating an open and curious environment to assist couples with strengthening their level of intimacy and reconnecting with their partner.

 

Her true passion is working with Military Service Members and Veterans. She enjoys helping Service Members with their transition out of the Military. She provides psychoeducation surrounding their trauma or utilizes EMDR to aid in re-processing their trauma. She is EMDR trained and is passionate about aiding her clients with their healing journey and ensuring they never feel alone in the process. She is extremely passionate about helping individuals that have survived trauma in the many different forms that may arise in their lives. She is also a spouse of an active-duty Marine, so understanding the lifestyle and transitions that arise within the Military life are also an experience she can empathize with. These are the experiences that help fuel her passion to help her patients and empathize with their lifestyle. Ariel has also worked with civilians that have experienced trauma and she is just as passionate and empathetic about working to assist clients process their traumatic experiences and finding healthy ways to cope with their experiences and identify ways to enjoy their quality of life.