Piedmont Wellness
Steady ground for the work of healing
Our clinical team
The clinical team at Piedmont Wellness is composed of board-certified psychiatrists and licensed psychotherapists, including licensed clinical social workers and licensed professional counselors, whose credentials reflect both academic rigor and sustained practice experience. We hold continuing education to a high standard, not because a licensing board requires it, but because our patients deserve clinicians who keep learning. When a new clinician joins the practice, they are selected as much for their temperament as for their training.
What we hold ourselves to
- Patience as clinical practice. we believe the pace of care should be set by the patient's needs, not by a scheduling template.
- Transparency at every step. patients receive clear information about their diagnosis, their treatment options, and what to reasonably expect from the work ahead.
- Collaboration over prescription. even when the plan involves medication, patients are genuine partners in every clinical decision.
- Depth over volume. a smaller, well-held caseload allows our clinicians to bring real attentiveness to each person they work with.
- Credentials earned and maintained. board certification and licensure in Virginia are the floor, not the ceiling, of our professional standards.
- Dignity as a baseline. every interaction in our practice, from the first phone call to a difficult session, is conducted with respect for the whole person.
Our story
Some forms of care ask you to move quickly. Piedmont Wellness asks something different: that you slow down, stay curious, and trust that meaningful change unfolds at its own pace. That belief shapes every appointment we keep.
Piedmont Wellness was founded on the conviction that outpatient behavioral health works best when it is unhurried, when clinicians have the space to truly know their patients, and when therapy is treated as the center of care rather than an afterthought. The practice exists because that kind of attentiveness was too rare, and too necessary, to leave unbuilt.
How we work
Therapy at the center
Psychotherapy is not an ancillary offering here. It is the primary form of care around which everything else is organized. Psychiatry and specialty services are designed to support and deepen the therapeutic relationship, not to replace it.
Continuity with the same clinician
Patients work with one clinician across sessions, building a relationship grounded in familiarity and trust. That continuity is not incidental to the work; it is how the work becomes possible.
Appointments with actual room in them
Each session is scheduled with enough time to arrive, settle, and do something real. We do not overbook, and we do not rush the end of a conversation that still has somewhere to go.
Evidence informing every decision
Treatment approaches are drawn from modalities with a meaningful research foundation, including cognitive behavioral therapy, EMDR, and interpersonal therapy. Clinical curiosity and empirical grounding travel together in our practice.