Lansdowne, VA Local Support & Community Resources

Dr. Lauren Boyle, a licensed clinical social worker and psychologist, specializes in helping adults navigate life's challenges through a comprehensive and empathetic therapeutic approach. With a PhD in clinical social work, she focuses on issues such as marital and premarital challenges, relationship dynamics, and alcohol use. Dr. Boyle employs a variety of therapeutic modalities, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), ensuring that each client receives the personalized support they need. She is skilled in guiding both individuals and couples toward healing and self-discovery, utilizing a strengths-based and person-centered framework to foster resilience and growth. Her expertise and compassionate demeanor create a safe and nurturing environment for clients to explore their feelings and work towards meaningful change.

Dr. Ryan Carboneau is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a PhD, specializing in trauma, relationship challenges, addiction, and couples counseling. With extensive experience working with teens, adults, and elders, he provides a safe and compassionate counseling environment, where clients are encouraged to share their stories. Dr. Carboneau believes that unwanted behaviors and relationship issues often arise as coping mechanisms in response to past pain, and that healing occurs within the context of supportive relationships. Employing a multi-faceted approach to therapy, he assists clients in uncovering the underlying issues connected to their symptoms, enabling them to work through these challenges effectively. Recognizing that struggles are a common part of life, Dr. Carboneau is dedicated to helping individuals and families get back on track and enhance their self-care strategies for themselves and their loved ones.

Feeling alone? Overwhelmed? Worried? Struggling with depression? Sometimes, individuals find themselves at a crossroads, feeling conflicted and unable to move forward. Allison Gentille, an LCSW specializing in Clinical Social Work, is committed to creating a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental atmosphere to help you navigate your unique circumstances. Together, you will explore ways to get moving again towards your goals at a pace that feels right for you. Solutions to challenges will be sought, strengths will be built upon, and a focus on the positive will be maintained, while also allowing space for the emotions and struggles that accompany those challenges. Allison is experienced in working with adults of diverse social, cultural, and religious backgrounds, and she addresses various common issues in therapy, including depression, anxiety, life transitions, stress management, anger management, relationship challenges, adjustment issues, self-esteem, grief and loss, separation and divorce, codependency, and more. Whether clients come in with a clear objective like 'to stop crying' or 'to worry less,' or if they find themselves confused about what they need, together, the path forward will be discovered and pursued.