Ready to Embrace your JOY?

Let me help you embrace healing and change towards living your best life!
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We listen, support, and help you EMBRACE your best life!

Are you struggling with the challenges of pregnancy or being a new parent? Do you find yourself crying for no reason or feeling overwhelmed with stress? Have you recently loss a loved one? Are you a couple in need of pre-marital or marital counseling? Life is full of changes and with each life transition there can be challenges, like becoming a new mother, new job, new relationship, loss of a love one, etc. With over 20 years working in the mental health profession, I specialize in helping women manage life transitions, postpartum depression, grief, anxiety, and stress. I also have extensive experience and training working with foster care and adoption related concerns. I believe in an integrative psychotherapeutic approach, which means utilizing a variety of orientations and therapies, to meet my client's needs. I'm also a Dona trained Postpartum Doula. As a certified Prepare Enrich facilitator, I assist couples with assessing their strengths and opportunities of growth in their relationship. I value working in collaboration with you to develop a treatment plan that best addresses your need. Let me help you adjust to the life transitions, embrace healing, peace and most importantly your JOY!
Cherra Barbour-Smith,
M.Ed., LPC, PMH-C

Services

We help you work through

  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Grief
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Trauma
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Adoption
  • College Mental Health
  • Communication Issues
  • Coping Skills
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Couples Counseling
  • Divorce
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Infertility
  • Mindfulness
  • Parenting
  • Oppositional Defiance
  • PTSD
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Women's Issues
  • Life Transitions

Approaches

  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Family/Marital Therapy
  • Person-Centered
  • Interpersonal
  • Narrative
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Eclectic
  • Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors

Insurance Accepted

  • Cigna
  • Aetna
  • Anthem

Fees

  • Self pay rates: $75 - $150

Testimonials

“ I have learned a lot from my sessions. I am equipped with the tools to continue focusing on happiness and setting boundaries. ”

Karen

“Cherra really helped me. I really appreciate her as an individual and I greatly appreciate your services as well.”

Tierra

“Being a new mom and my husband being deployed, Cherra connected me with community resources and provided me with the tools to manage my postpartum depression. ”

Melissa

Location

Serving clients throughout Virginia

A street map for office location at Virginia beach, VA 23452

Virginia beach, VA 23452

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