Leesburg, VA Local Support & Community Resources

Elizabeth Williams is a dedicated Clinical Social Worker and therapist who creates a safe and comfortable environment for her clients. In her practice, individuals can explore and work through their struggles in a nonjudgmental and trusting atmosphere, fostering a caring and collaborative client-therapist relationship. Elizabeth understands that seeking therapy often involves confronting painful experiences, whether stemming from recent crises or longstanding struggles. She compassionately assists her clients in navigating relationship difficulties, feelings of hopelessness, debilitating worry, and loneliness—common challenges for which people seek her guidance. Elizabeth believes that these difficult times can serve as transformative opportunities to cultivate personal happiness and enrich one’s life. Drawing on both her graduate and postgraduate training, she employs a therapeutic approach that incorporates psychodynamic, family systems, and self-psychology techniques. With extensive experience working with both couples and individuals, her two-year postgraduate training at the Washington School of Psychiatry, coupled with a year at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, equips her with invaluable tools and insights to support her clients’ journeys towards healing and growth.

Tracy Carter is a compassionate and dedicated licensed professional counselor, specializing in helping adults and elders navigate their emotional landscapes. She understands that sometimes it's unclear what might be troubling an individual; the feeling of not quite being themselves can be a common experience. Tracy offers personalized talk therapy and Art Therapy to illuminate the path toward self-discovery and healing. Her practice emphasizes gaining insight into personal challenges, reducing stress, and ultimately finding peace—core values at the heart of her work. Tracy is honored to hear her clients' stories and partners with them to create tailored plans that resonate with their unique needs. Her expertise spans a range of therapy types, including Somatic, Positive Psychology, CBT, and Trauma-Focused approaches, ensuring that each client receives the best care possible on their journey back to feeling like themselves again.

Dr. Jacqueline Cleland is a clinical psychologist with over 12 years of experience as a licensed clinician. She views it as a privilege to support individuals of all ages and backgrounds in achieving lasting change through the use of emotion as a path to self-awareness, drawing strength and courage from an open and accepting heart. Dr. Cleland is dedicated to being fully present with her clients, fostering a safe and nurturing environment to build a strong therapeutic alliance. Working from an integrative theoretical framework, she combines insights from developmental psychology along with models of human functioning such as Psychodynamic Psychology, Attachment Theory, and Cognitive Behavioral Psychology. A graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., she completed her doctoral program with a focus on child and adolescent development and psychopathology. Her clinical specialties encompass developmental, behavioral, and emotional challenges in children, adolescent identity formation, anxiety disorders, complex trauma, PTSD, and navigating life transitions. With experience in both community mental health and private practice, Dr. Cleland also honors her time on the medical staff of a VA hospital, where she provided care to military veterans dealing with combat exposure and deployment-related stress conditions including PTSD, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, and moral injury.