Therapists in Harrisonburg, VA and Nearby Locations

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Hunter Teets
Hunter Teets
L.P.C
Teletherapy for Clients In:

Virginia

Hunter has devoted the last 20 years to working with people in a variety of settings including outpatient therapy, residential therapy, after school groups, intensive home based therapy and wilderness settings. His passion for healing families and...
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Rebecca Fadil
Rebecca Fadil
LCSW
In-Person Sessions:

Charlottesville, Virginia

Teletherapy for Clients In:

Virginia, New York

Rebecca moved to Charlottesville, Virginia in late 2016 from Manhattan where she practiced on the Upper West Side since 2003. Rebecca's post-graduate training was at the New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and comes...
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Cynthia Starnes
Cynthia Starnes
LCSW
Teletherapy for Clients In:

Virginia

I am a licensed clinical social worker who has been practicing in the Charlottesville, Virginia area for the past 13 years. I attended Virginia Commonwealth University for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees. Early on, I developed an interest...
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Jessica Eure
Jessica Eure
L.P.C
Teletherapy for Clients In:

Virginia

Jessica Eure is Director of Neurotherapy and co-founder of the Virginia Center for Neurofeedback, Attachment & Trauma. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) specializing in the treatment of developmental trauma, mood disorders, PTSD and...
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Jeremy Poling
Jeremy Poling
L.P.C
In-Person Sessions:

Mount Sidney, Virginia

Teletherapy for Clients In:

Virginia

My counseling experience includes treating adolescents, adults, and couples. My practice is highly individualized to address common symptoms associated with anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. I treat my clients as unique individuals with...
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Rees Chapman
Rees Chapman
Ph.D.
In-Person Sessions:

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Teletherapy for Clients In:

Virginia, Georgia

Dr. Rees Chapman brings more than three decades of clinical training and experience (primarily in private practice) to northern Virginia, having recently relocated from the Shenandoah Valley. Over the years, he has provided a wide plethora of...
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Riley Koren
Riley Koren
MA
In-Person Sessions:

Charlottesville, Virginia

As a counselor, I conceptualize people’s struggles in the context of their early relationships and I view individuals within the larger context of their various cultural groups and identities. My counseling work centers around two overarching...
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Helen Dempsey-Henofer
Helen Dempsey-Henofer
LCSW
In-Person Sessions:

Charlottesville, Virginia

Teletherapy for Clients In:

Virginia

Sometimes in life we feel stuck: whether due to grief, anxiety, trauma, or adjusting to a new stage in life. Counseling is a collaboration between counselor and client. It’s a privilege for me to get to work with clients through challenges and to...
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An Overview of Mental Health in Harrisonburg, Virginia

The city of Harrisonburg, Virginia, was incorporated in 1780 and named the county seat of Rockingham County at that time. In 1916, it officially became an independent city. Though now separate from Rockingham County, it remains the county seat. Harrisonburg and the county that it serves are located in the northern part of the state in the valley of the Shenandoah River.

Harrisonburg had a population of 48,900 as of the 2010 census. As of 2018, it has grown by an estimated 10.5% to a population of approximately 54,000 people.

Demographics of Harrisonburg, Virginia

Nicknamed “The Friendly City,” in recent years Harrisonburg has become a bastion of linguistic and ethnic diversity. It is the home to Rosetta Stone, a company founded there in 1992 that produces popular language learning software. Students of Harrisonburg Public Schools speak 55 languages, including Arabic, Kurdish, and Spanish, in addition to English. ESL learners make up approximately one-third of public school students of Harrisonburg City Public Schools.

Since 2002, Harrisonburg has been home to over 1,900 refugees. Approximately 19% of the population identifies as Latino, 7.4% identify as African American, 5.8% identify as two or more races and approximately 67% identify as white alone.

Challenges of Finding a Mental Health Professional in Harrisonburg

In 2016, the most recent year for which there is information available, the percentage of adults with serious mental illness in Virginia was moderately high at 4.6%. The percentage of adults who had had a major depressive episode was even higher at 7.94%.

Annual community health needs assessments consistently identify both substance abuse and mental health as important health problems in the area. However, when it comes to mental health services, the Health Resources and Services Administration has designated the region of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County as a Health Professional Shortage Area. The ratio of patients to mental health professionals is 684 to one.

Factors Affecting Mental Health in Harrisonburg

The people of Harrisonburg face several challenges that can negatively affect their mental health.

Economic Factors

The poverty rate in Harrisonburg is 29%, more than twice the national rate of 11.8%. The median household income is $43,009, lower than the national median of $57,652 and significantly lower than the median for Virginia, which is $68,766.

In 2015, 28% of households in Virginia qualified as ALICE, that is, Asset Limited Income Constrained, Employed. In other words, these households did not have adequate income to cover a basic household budget despite income above the Federal Poverty Level. The prevalence of food insecurity in Harrisonburg is 16.4%, twice what it is in surrounding Rockingham County.

Divorce

Divorce rates in the Shenandoah Valley are generally high, and Harrisonburg is no exception. Though statistics were not available for Harrisonburg specifically, the number of divorces in Rockingham County was almost equal to the number of marriages in 2008.

Substance Use

A moderate percentage (7.38%) of adults and adolescents age 12 or older have a substance use disorder. In 2016, there were approximately 17 deaths due to drug overdose per 100,000 people. The prevalence of excessive drinking in Harrisonburg was 18.8%, which is moderate to moderately high.

Health and Safety

Harrisonburg sees a moderate number of new sexually transmitted disease diagnoses every year, 591 per 100,000. Compared with Rockingham County, there are over twice as many incidents of violent crime, 209 per 100,000 people. More people in Harrisonburg experience a stroke than elsewhere in Virginia or the United States as a whole. Obesity rates are comparable with state and national averages, as is the incidence of diabetes and various blood and urogenital disorders.

These factors are not mutually exclusive and may overlap with one another. For example, in 2016, 13.4% of adults had not seen a doctor in the preceding 12 months due to the cost involved.

Mental Health Resources in Harrisonburg

In the event of a mental health emergency, it is always appropriate to call 911. The following resources are also available in the event of a mental health crisis:

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