Norah Neale

Dr. Norah Neale is a dedicated psychologist recognized as one of the D.C. Metro area's best psychotherapists for PTSD by Washingtonian Magazine. Her goal is to create a safe and supportive environment where clients can release their old baggage and embrace life with optimism and confidence. Dr. Neale employs a collaborative approach, empowering her clients to tap into their own strengths and experiences alongside her expertise. Her pragmatic methodology draws from an array of therapeutic tools tailored to effectively facilitate her clients' personal goals. While she addresses the past as necessary to enhance current functioning and help clients understand their narratives, her focus remains on present recovery. Specializing in trauma recovery from childhood abuse, accidents, and violence, as well as providing relief from anxiety and depression, she adeptly guides individuals through significant life transitions, including young adulthood, midlife issues, divorce, loss, and cross-cultural adjustments. Dr. Neale's unique treatment style incorporates imagery, mindfulness, stress management techniques, humor, as well as Somatic Experiencing and EMDR, ensuring that her interventions resonate with each client's individual needs, all while grounding her work in a psychodynamic foundation enriched with cognitive, behavioral, and body-awareness techniques.