As she always tells us, your life is not a dress rehearsal. It's real and each day matters!" - GT & VT 2023
"So glad I found a highly-experienced therapist who 'gets it' and gets to results fast." - JM, 2022
"She’ll tell you what your friends won’t ... and that's what results in your time and money well-spent." - AR, 2020
Individuals. Couples. Families. With over 20+ years of experience helping adults and couples, Anne Miniter McKay has the highest levels of training and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), Clinically Certified Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), and Licensed Clinical Residency Supervisor (LPC-S). Treatment specialty areas include depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, career transition, anger management, and grief and loss. Couples work includes adultery/infidelity, communication, sexual and emotional disconnection, extended family/parenting challenges, and child/teen family support. Therapeutic treatment includes CBT, Gottman, Mindfulness, ACT, and IFS. Reston Hospital Herndon VA locale. Lifetime DC native: Sidwell Friends, University of Vermont, Marymount University. A lifetime DC native of the Sidwell Friends School, the University of Vermont, and the Graduate School of Marymount University.
Good news is you're in the right place! Counseling is a professional relationship where if we don't "click," it doesn't work. It matters to connect and be sure before you start on this important journey. That's why I offer a free introductory 15-30 min Meet-and-Greet to:
Passionate about quickly helping clients and their families change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to get back to a full life of peace and joy.
OFFERING IN-OFFICE & VIRTUAL APPOINTMENTS: MONDAYS - THURSDAYS 8 AM- 6 PM
LOCATION NOTE: Office is adjacent to Reston Hospital at the Sugar Oak Office Retreat intersection of
Elden Street & the Fairfax County Parkway.
Confusion & Exhaustion? Conflict & Numbness? Anxiety & Sadness?
Many counseling approaches used over the past decades are outdated! Only listening, nodding, and affirming doesn't cut it anymore. By the time you come into my office, you’ve had it! Counseling to help identify and break old dysfunctional patterns is what works. I provide guidance and data-driven psycho-educational tools that help you understand yourself and others in session, but more importantly, back at home, where it really counts.
Feeling disconnected from those you love and them from you?