Therapy in Newport News, Virginia
Phoenix Rising Centers is currently accepting new clients in Newport News and across Virginia.
Finding a therapist can already take a lot of energy. Finding someone who understands trauma, identity, culture, neurodivergence, disability, relationships, and the systems affecting your life can make the search even harder.
Phoenix Rising Centers offers walk-in therapy in Newport News, Virginia, alongside virtual therapy for clients throughout the state.
Our therapists provide trauma-informed, identity-affirming care for LGBTQIA2S+, trans, neurodivergent, disabled, immigrant, Black, Brown, and other historically underserved communities.
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Katrina Williams (She/Her)
Specializes in Relational Therapy, LGBTQIA+ Care, Couples & Families, Religious Trauma & Maternal Mental Health
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Aaron C. Slusher (He/Him)
Specializes in Trans-Centered Therapy, Neurodivergent Adults, LGBTQIA+ Communities, Identity Exploration & Life Transitions
At Phoenix Rising, we practice therapy that does not separate healing from history or community. Our clinicians are trained in anti-colonial and abolitionist frameworks, naming how colonization, racism, transphobia, ableism, fatphobia, classism, and carceral systems shape distress. We honor Black, Brown, Indigenous, immigrant, queer, trans, and neurodivergent wisdom, and we treat survival as intelligence rather than pathology. Care here is collective, consent-based, and paced with you so dignity, safety, and agency can take root.
Not sure who to choose?
We’ll help you find a therapist based on your needs, identity, and availability.