Amin Faiz, LCSW, LICSW — Therapist in Virginia

Hi there, I'm Amin!

I'd love to help you achieve the goals you want in life. I work with a wide range of mental health conditions, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and PTSD. Let's work together as a team to create meaningful change.

My focus

I work with clients facing depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, PTSD, and other mental health challenges. I have experience in various settings, primarily outpatient care, and welcome clients ready to engage in the therapeutic process.

My approach

I specialize in CBT for a variety of conditions, but I use whatever theoretical approaches or techniques that work for you. I try hard for my clients, so I expect my clients to work hard for themselves too! Therapy with me will take time, energy, focus, and dedication. I'll ask you to do "homework," but it will never be more than you can handle.

My communication style

Let's face it, opening up to someone isn't easy! It will take time and effort from both of us. I am non-judgmental, open, and I meet you where you are. I try to make counseling a fun, effective, efficient, and informative process. I want you to feel like you're getting something out of treatment, and that you aren't wasting your time.

My journey to mental healthcare

As cliché as it sounds, I want to help people, period. No elaborate story here...it started with thinking other careers were right for me when they weren't. Life is hard, and mental health challenges make it even harder. I'm not going to FIX your problems, because you aren't a car or piece of machinery. I want you to COPE. I want you to heal.

My goals for you

By meeting you where you are, not where I want you to be. I care about where you want to be. Let's create realistic goals together and find tangible ways to measure your progress so you can get to where you want to be in life.

Our first session

I have one goal and one goal only for my initial sessions: rapport building. Let's see if I'm a good fit for you as a therapist. If I'm not, we'll get you referred to someone else, and that's okay! I use the first session to gauge the client's overall goal for his or her therapy and their motivation level to achieve that goal.

I identify as...

Male
Caucasian or White
Christian

Expertise

Specialties

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Treatment approaches

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Motivational Interviewing

Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

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Focus populations

Military/Veterans

Single Mother

First Generation American/Immigrant Parents

LGBTQIA+

Police/Fire/First Responders

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Therapy types

Individual Therapy

Ages served

Minors
Adults

Practice

Accepted insurance providers

Optum
Aetna
Aetna - Medicare Advantage
All Savers
Allegiance

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Languages spoken

English

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW) from Radford University.

Sessions

60 minutes

Virtual sessions

Amin Faiz