Cynthia R. Mathis,

LMFT, PLLC

Cynthia Mathis is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  She provides psychotherapy services for children, adolescents, adults, and families, in addition to facilitating social skills groups. Ms. Mathis specializes in working with children and adolescents on the autistic spectrum and with other developmental delays.  She also treats children and adults struggling with sensory integration, anxiety, depression, ADHD, divorce, sexual abuse, adjustment disorders, and parenting and relational issues.

Her psychotherapy practice is designed to provide a supportive environment for clients to increase relatedness, develop positive coping skills, enhance both emotional and social growth, and to improve family and peer relationships. In working with clients, Ms. Mathis uses her systemic training and employs a variety of other treatment approaches to help clients reach their goals, including psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, play and expressive therapies, and the Greenspan DIR (Floortime) model.Ms. Mathis also works to collaborate with schools or other professionals clients may be receiving services from to facilitate a positive treatment outcome.

Ms. Mathis also employs two associates in her practice. Colleen Baker is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has a Masters of Science degree in Marriage and Family therapy from Virginia Tech and her Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech in Human Development with a minor in Psychology. Ms. Baker provides therapy services for children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. She has experience treating depression, anxiety, substance abuse, marital issues, autism and developmental delays, anger management, parenting and relational issues, loss and grief, and self-image struggles.

Sarah McElhaney is a Resident in both Marriage & Family Therapy and Counseling. She has a Master’s of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Virginia Tech and two Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Northern Iowa in Family Services & Psychology. Ms. McElhaney provides therapy services for children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. She has experience treating depression, anxiety, marital issues, autism and developmental delays, anger management, parenting and parent-child relational issues, and trauma.