Please recommend psychologist/counselor/social worker experienced with adult children of divorce..

[Anonymous]

Need individual therapist with experience with adult children who's parent's had a bitter divorce when the child was young and/or adult children of narcissists

Preferably in one of these areas...

Falls Church/Arlington
Tysons/ Vienna/McLean
DC on orange line

Ideally someone who takes insurance or at least someone who doesn't charge over $135/hour. Need someone who really understands, not just someone who tooks is a self-proclaimed expert. Credentials are not as important as being good at what they do (e.g. don't care if Master's level or Ph.D. or Psy.D.)

Please share a bit about why you thought this person was helpful. Please, please professionals don't advertise yourselves.

Thanks in advance!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Just wanted to clarify...adults..who when they were children experienced their parent's bitter divorce and the aftermath.


Thanks.

[Anonymous]

You might want to look for someone with a background in childhood trauma and who uses techniques like EMDR. I've heard Kris Halstead is very good but she is in Bethesda. You might give her a call and see if she could suggest someone. A lot of people who do EMDR take insurance, you might want to try someone in network. Someone with a background in attachment issues could also be really helpful to you. I saw someone in another state and the therapy focused on processing the experience and learning in a sense how to reparent myself so that I was able to have healthy secure attachments. Children of narcissits often have avoidant attachments. It took about a year but it was so worth it, it has improved my marriage and enabled me to be a really emotionally connected mom. It sounds like you have had a tough time, good for you for taking care of yourself in a way that your parents might not have been able to.