Therapy
The first step is the hardest. We’re here to support you!
Deciding to make the first step to come to therapy can be a difficult one. It is hard to admit we need help, and confiding in a stranger can at first seem uncomfortable and foreign. Our therapists at Quest understand this first step can be scary and work with you to help you feel comfortable and accepted. Our team of clinical psychologists offers a warm and supportive environment and are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Therapy is evidenced based for reducing symptoms, which means research supports it!
Psychotherapy has been shown to have long-term benefits, and the treatments offered at Quest are empirically validated. This means that research supports different types of treatment for specific disorders. Among the research-based clinicians at Quest practice are: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.
Overall, therapy often leads to a significant reduction in feelings of distress, increased satisfaction in interpersonal relationships, greater personal awareness and insight, increased skills for managing stress, and resolutions to specific problems. Psychotherapy does require a very active effort on your part. In order to be most successful, you are encouraged to incorporate tools learned from session into your daily life, which will allow for the greatest level of change.
Choosing a type of therapy can be a lot. Let us explain our psychodynamic expertise!
There are so many types of therapy that it can feel overwhelming! At Quest, our licensed professionals offer psychodynamic therapy. Very briefly, psychodynamic therapy is figuring out how your past experiences impact how you are doing currently, which often involves exploring dynamics that are unconscious, or outside our awareness (but very much still alive and driving our behavior)! This type of therapy dives deep into the study of you, your self-identity, and your lifestyle patterns to get at the “whys.” A psychodynamic focus helps you make profound, long-term change.
The benefits of psychodynamic therapy are broad and very specific to you, but some themes include going through life with more ease and decreased symptoms. Areas such as self-esteem, relationships, communication, emotion regulation, and self-understanding (among many other things!) often improve in tandem with psychodynamic therapy.
Have more questions? No problem! We’re here to help. Stop by our Therapy FAQ page, click on a therapist’s bio or their FAQs for more information! You can always send us an email at appointments@questpsych.org with additional questions too. We look forward to working with you!
Rates
$275 for initial intake session by psychologist
$206 for initial intake session by counselor
$225 per 50/60-minute therapy session by psychologist
$175 per 50/60-minute therapy session by counselor
Quest is currently accepting Sentara Health Plans (formerly Optima) only. Some out-of-network benefits may apply, as well as HSA, HRA, and flex spending accounts. Please visit our Payment page for more information about why this transition is important to us and our mission at Quest!