Robyn Brickel, M.A., LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Alexandria, VA
In-Person
About me
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 25+ years of experience providing psychotherapy from a trauma-informed lens, as well as the founder and clinical director of a private practice, Brickel and Associates, LLC in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia.
Robyn and her team bring a strengths-based, trauma-informed, systems approach to the treatment of individuals (adolescents and adults), couples and families. She specializes in working with trauma (including attachment trauma) and the use of dissociative mechanisms; such as: self-harm, eating disorders and addictions. She also approaches treatment of perinatal mental health from a trauma-informed lens.
Robyn also guides clients and clinicians who wish to better understand the impact of trauma on mental health and relationships. She has a wide range of post graduate trauma and addictions education and is trained in numerous relational models of practice, including Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT), and Imago therapy. She is a trained Sensorimotor Psychotherapist and is a Certified EMDRIA therapist and Approved Consultant. Utilizing all of these tools, along with mindfulness and ego state work to provide the best care to her clients. She prides herself in always learning and expanding her knowledge on a daily basis about the intricacies of treating complex trauma and trauma’s impact on perinatal distress.
License
License(s)
Professional certifications
Professional associations
Education
Fairfield University
Fees and insurance
Cost per session
$ - $Accepted payment methods
- Cash
- Check
Specialties and clinical interests
- Alcohol or Drug Use/Addictions
- Anxiety
- Binge Eating
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Chronic Illness
- Depression
- Domestic Abuse/Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Fertility, Pregnancy & Postpartum
- Grief & Loss
- LGBTQIA+
- Men's Issues
- Mental Health Professionals
- Parenting & Parent-Child Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias & Fears
- Pre-Marital & Marital Issues
- Relationships
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Injury
- Sexual Abuse
- Stress/Stress Management
- Substance Use Disorders
- Suicidality
- Suicide Loss
- Trauma & PTSD
- Women's Issues
Therapy types
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Informed Therapy
Community specialties
- LGBTQIA+
- 12-Step Programs
- Trauma Survivors
- Health at Every Size (HAES)
Location
Brickel and Associates, LLC
300 North Washington Street
Suite #500
Alexandria, VA 22314 US
Office is ADA Accessible
Licensed to see clients in
Years in practice
Service types
- Therapy / Counseling
Types of clients
- Adolescents (13-17)
- Adults (18+)
- Individuals
- Couples
- Groups
- Families
- Parents & Caregivers
Languages
- English
Website and social media