Monarch Psychotherapists
James (Jay) Bachmann LPC
In-Person Therapy in Fairfax City Virginia
An individual and family therapist, Jay helps teens and adults to deal with conflict, eating issues, body image problems, anxiety and life transitions.
Anna Allshouse, LGPC (She/Her)
Virtual Therapy in Washington DC, Maryland & Virginia
An individual therapist, Anna helps adolescents and adults navigate eating disorders, body image concerns, anxiety, trauma, OCD, and life transitions.
Emily Jeffers, LCSW (She/Her)
Virtual Therapy in Washington DC, Maryland & Virginia
An individual therapist, Emily helps clients navigate OCD, eating disorders, anxiety, trauma, perfectionism, body image concerns, and major life transitions.
Take the next step toward healing.
Schedule a confidential twenty-minute video or phone consultation. This service is free and you are not committed to moving forward.
Monarch therapists are deeply committed to healing ourselves, our clients, and our communities. We believe in the power of what we do and we treat it as an honor to do this work.
About Monarch Therapists
Monarch is a boutique practice of highly skilled and trained integrative therapists.
That means that we continuously train in a variety of effective approaches, and are able to select the interventions that best suit a particular client in a particular moment.
These can include, but aren’t limited to, somatic practices, depth psychology, CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), and DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy).
While each Monarch therapist has their own specialty areas, we all have particularly expertise in helping people with mind-body issues such as trauma, eating disorders, chronic pain and chronic illness.
We offer a no-cost and no-commitment consultation to ensure that you and your therapist are the right fit to do this important work.
Some common issues Monarch therapists work with:
Addiction/Substance Use
ADHD
Anger Problems
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Body Image Issues
Chronic Pain
Depression
Difficulty Feeling Close
Eating Disorders
Family Difficulties
Grief & Loss
Life Transitions
Low Self-Worth
Marital & Couples’ Issues
Mood Disorders
Nightmares
OCD
Chronic Illness
Parental Divorce
People Pleasing
Perfectionism
PTSD & C-PTSD
Sleep Issues
Trauma Responses
Unstable Relationships
Worry
Psychotherapy Offerings
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Individual psychotherapy is probably what you think of when you imagine sitting down with a therapist. It’s one on one, concentrated attention on you with a skilled professional.
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Currently Monarch is offering three groups: Trauma and Eating Disorders, Parenting Beyond Trauma, and Eating Disorder Support. Please reach out for more information on these.
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Navigating a relationship is incredibly difficult. Monarch is pleased to be one of the premier practices offering marital counseling and couples’ work.
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Family therapy helps the entire system to function better. The problem isn’t usually one family member, but instead the way a family is interacting. Book a consultation to learn more.
Take the next step toward healing.
Schedule a confidential twenty-minute video consultation.
This service is completely free and you are not committed to moving forward.
Collaborating & Consulting Professionals
Establishing a community of care around our clients is at the heart of what we do. We enjoy collaborative and active relationships with dietitians, physicians, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, teachers, school counselors and other service providers.
Monarch therapists also offer paid and unpaid consultations to allied health professionals.
These may include:
therapists who are unfamiliar with eating disorder treatment
therapists who need additional support in an specific area that one of our therapists has particular expertise in such as chronic pain (Carissa Hannum), perinatal loss (Mary Blair Holden)
allied health professionals seeking to offer more trauma-responsive care
schools who are seeking guidance in offering accommodations to students
employers interested in offering more trauma-responsive and trauma-informed workplaces
ongoing supervision for graduate and postgraduate psychology students
If you think a consultation might be useful for you, please reach out to us. We are passionate about sharing our expertise and we would love to help.
Speaking engagements, journalist support & community outreach
Monarch therapists are passionate about what we do and we enjoy sharing our knowledge.
Our therapists have been pleased to speak at the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, One Medical, and the American Psychological Association.
We also frequently offer trainings, workshops and other educational opportunities to members of the community such as schools, elder care centers, workplaces and specific allied health practices such as dentists, oncologists, gastroenterologists.