Services

Counseling and personal development, online across Virginia

One-to-one care for adults. Sessions are virtual. The work is collaborative and practical — clinical support for anxiety, transitions, and stress, plus goal-oriented personal development when you want to grow, not only cope. Start with a free 20-minute consultation.

Who this is for

A boutique practice with a clear lane

Other “Ascension Counseling” groups exist in other states. This one is Natasha’s Virginia practice: adults, individual therapy, telehealth, and the personal-development half of ACPD.

Adults in Virginia

Individual outpatient therapy for adults. Sessions are virtual, so you can meet from home anywhere in the state.

Personal development

Goal-oriented growth alongside clinical care — life transitions, identity, and the next chapter, not only crisis management.

First-time therapy clients

A calm, non-shaming place to start if this is new. Natasha has a particular heart for people taking that first step.

Natasha also advocates for the BIPOC community and can provide optional faith-informed counseling for Christian clients.

Specialties

Anxiety, life transitions, and stress

These are the three areas Natasha lists first on her Psychology Today profile — the concerns people most often bring to a first session.

Anxiety

Worry, racing thoughts, restlessness, and the body-level tension that comes with trying to hold everything together.

Life transitions

Job changes, relationship shifts, parenting seasons, grief, and the mood or identity questions that follow a big change.

Stress

Burnout, irritability, sleep disruption, and the sense that coping skills that used to work are no longer enough.

Also commonly supported

Depression and mood changesGriefTrauma and PTSDRelationship and communication difficultiesParenting and school-related family stressRacial identitySpirituality and faith-informed counselingAdjustment, coping skills, and self-careAnger and emotional regulationSleep concerns

Approach

Integrative, results-minded, and human

Natasha uses an integrative approach — often including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and aspects of narrative, strengths-based, and positive psychology work. Together you look at how thoughts and behavior interact, then build a plan toward a more livable next chapter.

Integrative and client-centered

Care is tailored to you — not a one-size protocol. The relationship itself is part of the work: supportive, honest, and aimed at skills you can use outside the session.

CBT and DBT tools

We look at how thoughts, feelings, and behavior interact, then build a plan toward the life you want — including distress-tolerance and emotion-regulation skills when those are needed.

Strengths, story, and culture

Narrative, strengths-based, and culturally sensitive work sit alongside evidence-based methods. Faith-informed counseling is available when you want it.

Community

Education and advocacy

Alongside clinical hours, ACPD offers mental health education for schools, churches, workplaces, and community groups.

Paying for care

Rates & insurance

Individual sessions are listed at $150. Insurance billing is handled through Headway so you can see copay or deductible details before you begin. Sliding scale and superbills are also available.

Rates & insurance