Riverbend Counseling Group

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Riverbend Counseling Group 🫂 Outpatient psychotherapy with creative therapeutic interventions
🌱 Trauma treatment addressing complex issues
❕We accept insurance

What if your anxiety doesn’t look like anxiety at all? 💭It might look like replaying a conversation for hours, saying “y...
10/14/2026

What if your anxiety doesn’t look like anxiety at all? 💭

It might look like replaying a conversation for hours, saying “yes” when you desperately want to say “no,” lying awake with racing thoughts, or feeling like you always need to be on.

Sometimes, what we dismiss as overthinking, being “too sensitive,” or everyday stress is our mind asking for support. 💚

✨ Therapy can help you recognize these patterns, understand what’s beneath them, and find healthier ways to cope.

Which of these hidden signs resonates with you most? Share in the comments or save this post as a reminder that you’re not alone.

What if gratitude could be more than a thought? What if you could actually feel it in your body? 🌿Join us for “Appreciat...
10/01/2026

What if gratitude could be more than a thought? What if you could actually feel it in your body? 🌿

Join us for “Appreciating Your Way to Peacefulness,” a full-day retreat designed to explore the connection between gratitude, the nervous system, movement, stillness, and community.

✨ Restorative & therapeutic yoga
✨ Guided meditation
✨ Gong (sound) bath
✨ Space to reconnect with yourself, your breath, and your body
✨ Lunch provided

📅 Saturday, November 7, 2026 | 10 AM–4 PM
📍 Charlottesville, VA
💙 Private Pay & Sliding Scale: $200–$300

Facilitated by Crystal Oliver, LCSW and Johannah Dottori, E-RYT, this retreat invites you to slow down, turn inward, and discover how cultivating gratitude can support a more peaceful nervous system.

Give yourself a day to pause, breathe, appreciate, and reconnect.

📩 Questions: [email protected]
🔗 Register: www.riverbendcounseling.com

✨ Ready to awaken your energy from the inside out? ✨Our 6-week Kundalini Yoga series begins October 15th! 🌿Join us Thurs...
09/28/2026

✨ Ready to awaken your energy from the inside out? ✨

Our 6-week Kundalini Yoga series begins October 15th! 🌿

Join us Thursday evenings for a practice combining breathwork, intentional movement, mantra, meditation, and gong relaxation! Designed to help you reconnect with yourself, quiet the mind, and cultivate greater clarity and vitality.

🧘 6 sessions | October 15–November 19, 2026
🕠 Thursdays | 5:30–7:00 PM
📍 Charlottesville, VA
🌱 No experience required

Come as you are and discover what even a single class can open up. 💚

Visit https://www.riverbendcounseling.com/group to learn more and register.

“Why does my client keep doing this when they KNOW it’s not helping?” Maybe it’s time to get curious about the part behi...
09/23/2026

“Why does my client keep doing this when they KNOW it’s not helping?” Maybe it’s time to get curious about the part behind the behavior.

Join us for Parts, Parts, Parts?!, a practical, strengths-based training with Kris SantaMaria, LCSW.

You’ll learn how to:
→ Understand what “Parts of Self” means
→ Use parts language to access subconscious information
→ Work with difficult feelings and behaviors
→ Navigate more complex clinical presentations

💻 Synchronous + interactive
🎓 18 CE hours + 18 EMDRIA CEs
📅 October 2, 9, 16 & 23
🚨 Registration closes September 27

Save your spot at https://www.riverbendcounseling.com/courses/parts

🌿 Complex Trauma. Comprehensive Training. Expertise for Elevated Care.At Riverbend Counseling, we’re committed to equipp...
09/21/2026

🌿 Complex Trauma. Comprehensive Training. Expertise for Elevated Care.

At Riverbend Counseling, we’re committed to equipping clinicians with the specialized training and clinical expertise needed to provide thoughtful, trauma care.

Our Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment Certification (RITTC) offers comprehensive training for clinicians seeking to deepen their expertise in complex trauma and integrate approaches such as EMDR, Parts Work, Attachment, and Somatic Interventions into their practice.

✨ Integrated training. Expert consultation. Individualized support. A commitment to transformative healing.

Join a community dedicated to quality care and transformative healing. 💚

📚 Ready to expand your trauma-informed expertise? Scan the QR code and connect with Fas, our Coordinator!

🔗 Learn more: riverbendcounseling.com/rittc

09/14/2026

Ready for two days of learning, connection, and growth? Join us in Charlottesville, Virginia on September 23–24, 2026 for the IATP-C Training: Attachment-Based EMDR Therapy with Kids and Families!

📍 In Person | Charlottesville, VA
📅 September 23–24, 2026
📚 Training materials and resources included

🔗 Learn more & register: debrawesselmann.com

Are you a therapist looking to expand your skills in working with children and families impacted by attachment trauma?Jo...
09/08/2026

Are you a therapist looking to expand your skills in working with children and families impacted by attachment trauma?

Join Debra Wesselmann and Lindy for an in-person IATP-C Training: Attachment-Based EMDR Therapy with Kids and Families!

This training will help you develop practical skills across all three stages of treatment:

✨ Stage 1: Parent psychoeducation & case conceptualization
✨ Stage 2: EMDR and family therapy activities to build trust, support regulation, and create positive experiences
✨ Stage 3: EMDR modifications for gently processing triggers and trauma with complex kids, including therapeutic stories to help make sense of difficult histories

Whether you're deepening your attachment-focused practice or looking for practical tools to bring directly into your work with children and families, this training offers an integrative, hands-on approach.

📍 In Person | Charlottesville, VA
📅 September 23–24, 2026
📚 Training materials and resources included

🔗 Learn more & register: debrawesselmann.com

💛 Come learn how attachment-focused EMDR can help children and families move toward greater safety, connection, and healing.

You completed EMDR Basic Training... now what?If you've ever felt unsure using EMDR with clients experiencing complex tr...
08/06/2026

You completed EMDR Basic Training... now what?

If you've ever felt unsure using EMDR with clients experiencing complex trauma, dissociation, or blocking beliefs, you're not alone.

Certification isn't just about checking a box. It's about becoming the clinician you want to be.

Join our EMDR Certification Group for:
✔️ Expert consultation
✔️ Real case discussions
✔️ Increased confidence with complex presentations
✔️ Support toward EMDR certification
✔️ A community of clinicians who are learning alongside you

📍 Virtual via Zoom
📅 Fridays from 9:00–11:00 AM
💻 Five-session group | $450

Seats are limited. Reserve yours today! https://www.riverbendcounseling.com/courses/cert

Boundaries aren't hard because you're "bad" at them.They're hard because many of us were taught that saying yes meant be...
08/03/2026

Boundaries aren't hard because you're "bad" at them.

They're hard because many of us were taught that saying yes meant being kind, and saying no meant disappointing someone.

✨ The guilt you feel isn't proof you're doing something wrong. It's often proof you're doing something different.

Healthy boundaries don't push people away. They create relationships where both people can feel respected, safe, and authentic.

💭 What's one boundary you've been practicing lately?

What if your clients' most challenging behaviors weren't the problem... but a protective part trying to help?Join us for...
07/30/2026

What if your clients' most challenging behaviors weren't the problem... but a protective part trying to help?

Join us for Parts, Parts, Parts?! An interactive, live online training led by Kris SantaMaria, LCSW, designed to help clinicians integrate parts work into everyday practice with clients across a wide range of presentations.

You'll learn how to:
✨ Understand the concept of "Parts of Self"
✨ Access subconscious material using parts language
✨ Navigate more complex clinical presentations with confidence
✨ Gain practical, strengths-based interventions you can use immediately

📅 Module 1: October 2 & 9, 2026
📅 Module 2: October 16 & 23, 2026
🕚 11:00 AM–4:00 PM (Live Online)

✅ Earn up to 18 CE hours and 18 EMDRIA Credits.

🗓️ Registration closes September 27, 2026! Reserve your spot today! https://www.riverbendcounseling.com/courses/parts

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172 S. Pantops Drive, Suite C
Charlottesville, VA
22911

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+14349612555

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