At Release It Counseling, we are dedicated to empowering individuals on their journey toward healing, growth, and transformation. Rooted in Christian values and professional clinical expertise, our services are tailored to meet the diverse needs of our community in Suffolk, VA, and beyond.
Release It Counseling is a Christian-based practice. All of our services are grounded in biblical truth, and our therapists operate from a Christ-centered worldview. We serve clients who desire faith-integrated care and are open to Christian-based healing and spiritual insight.
OUR SERVICES
INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING
Personalized one-on-one sessions focusing on mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. Our therapists integrate faith-based principles with evidence-based practices to support your healing journey.
GROUP COUNSELING
Join a community of individuals facing similar challenges in our supportive group sessions. Current groups include:
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Women Navigating Workplace Stress: A space for women dealing with depression and anxiety related to professional environments.
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Faith and Healing: Explore the intersection of spirituality and mental health in a group setting.
LIFE SKILLS COACHING
Achieve personal and professional goals with the guidance of our life coaches. Whether you're pursuing a career change, seeking work-life balance, or aiming for personal development, we're here to support your aspirations
MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
Under the care of our experienced Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), we offer:
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Comprehensive assessments to understand your mental health needs.
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Personalized medication plans aligned with your spiritual beliefs.
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Ongoing monitoring to ensure the effectiveness and safety of your treatment.
CHRISTIAN COUNSELING
Integrate your faith into the counseling process. Our Christian counseling services provide spiritual guidance alongside therapeutic techniques to address life's challenges through a biblical lens.
OUR SPECIALTIES
At Release It Counseling, we are committed to walking with you through your most personal and painful experiences—offering both clinical support and Christ-centered healing. Our team specializes in areas that many shy away from, because we believe every story deserves to be heard and redeemed.
TRAUMA & PTSD
We offer compassionate, trauma-informed care for individuals recovering from emotional, physical, or sexual trauma. Whether you're coping with past abuse, complex trauma, or post-traumatic stress, we create a safe space for you to process your pain, restore your voice, and rebuild your life.
NARCISSISTIC ABUSE & COVERT EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION
We help clients heal from relationships marked by gaslighting, spiritual manipulation, and psychological control. Whether it was a parent, partner, or spiritual leader, we understand the unique challenges of untangling from narcissistic abuse and regaining your sense of self.
SEXUAL TRAUMA & CONSENT CLARITY
We specialize in working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, grooming, and situations where consent was manipulated. We affirm that underage consent is not true consent and guide clients through a healing process that centers safety, truth, and restoration.
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Anxiety |
Bipolar Disorders |
Childhood Trauma |
Couples Counseling |
Depression |
Divorce |
Grief |
Narcissistic Abuse |
PTSD |
Religious Trauma |
Self-Esteem Building |
Sexual Abuse |
FAITH-BASED RECOVERY
We provide a unique blend of clinical support and biblical truth to help clients who desire to integrate their Christian faith into their healing journey. This includes prayer, scripture, and spiritual insight woven into your therapeutic process.
ANXIETY, DEPRESSION & EMOTIONAL REGULATION
We support individuals facing persistent feelings of sadness, fear, or emotional dysregulation due to life transitions, trauma, or burnout. Our holistic approach addresses both the root cause and daily coping. This also includes diagnoses of Bipolar Disorder.
IDENTITY RECOVERY & GENERATIONAL CYCLES/TRAUMA
We help clients break free from unhealthy family cycles and rewrite generational narratives. This includes addressing shame, silence, and dysfunction passed down through families, especially in areas of abuse, secrecy, or gender-based oppression.
OUR Treatment modalities
At Release It Counseling, we use a variety of evidence-based and faith-integrated therapeutic approaches to meet each client where they are. Our goal is to help individuals heal emotionally, mentally, and spiritually through tailored interventions that reflect both clinical expertise and compassionate care.
FAITH-BASED CBT (RELIGIOUS CBT)
WA unique integration of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and biblical principles. We address distorted thinking through both clinical and spiritual lenses—replacing lies with truth from Scripture while building skills for emotional regulation and faith-based resilience.
TRAUMA INFORMED CARE
We create a safe and empowering environment by recognizing the widespread impact of trauma. Our trauma-informed approach ensures that all care is guided by an understanding of trauma’s emotional, psychological, and spiritual effects, with a strong focus on safety, choice, trust, and collaboration.
INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS)
IFS is a powerful, evidence-based approach that helps clients explore the different “parts” of themselves—such as the inner child, the protector, or the wounded part. This method promotes deep healing by helping clients identify and care for the parts of them that carry pain, shame, or survival roles.
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY (DBT)
DBT emphasizes mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. It’s particularly helpful for clients who struggle with intense emotions, self-harm, or unstable relationships. Our therapists use DBT to help clients stay grounded and build stronger coping skills.
STRENGTHS BASED THERAPY
This approach focuses on identifying and building upon each client’s existing strengths, talents, and resources. Rather than centering on problems or deficits, we help clients recognize their God-given resilience, inner wisdom, and capacity to overcome adversity. It’s an empowering method that encourages hope, confidence, and forward movement—especially for those healing from trauma or emotional pain.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT)
CBT helps clients identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It is especially effective for anxiety, depression, and negative thinking cycles. Clients learn to challenge distorted beliefs and replace them with healthier, more realistic ones.
MINDFULNESS-BASED PRACTICES
We incorporate techniques that help clients slow down, reconnect to the present moment, and reduce stress. These may include grounding exercises, breathing techniques, and spiritual mindfulness centered on peace, rest, and God's presence.
These are just a few of the many evidence-based and faith-integrated treatment modalities we utilize to best meet the diverse therapeutic needs of our clients. Each approach is thoughtfully selected to support healing, growth, and transformation—clinically and spiritually.
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Release It Counseling® is a Christian counseling agency birthed in 2020 in Suffolk, Virginia since through a direct command of the Lord to our Founder to open a practice and name it Release It Counseling. What began as obedience became a sacred assignment. Release It Counseling is more than a group private practice. It is a prophetic healing center rooted in Isaiah 61:1: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and freedom to prisoners.”
This practice was founded to serve those who are not only emotionally wounded, but spiritually bound by cycles of trauma, rejection, fear, and generational oppression. We believe healing must reach deeper than symptom management. True healing restores identity, breaks bondage, and releases what was never meant to be carried.
Our clinicians are licensed professionals who also walk in a mantle of healing, spiritual discernment, and deliverance. Our approach is deeply holistic, honoring the integration of sound clinical practice with Spirit-led insight, biblical truth, and, when welcomed by the client, prophetic revelation. We believe healing is not simply about coping. It is about release. Release is an act of surrender that creates space for freedom to grow. This belief is captured in our motto: Release, Heal & Grow.
We recognize that faith plays a vital role in emotional healing and in breaking unhealthy cycles. Therefore, we honor the presence of the Holy Spirit in our work, our ethics, and in every soul that walks through our doors. For clients who desire more than traditional counseling, we intentionally create space for prayer, discernment, and prophetic encouragement. This is always offered with consent and never imposed.
Release It Counseling® exists for those who know their healing will require more than conversation alone. It will require truth. It will require the presence of Yahweh. And it will require clinicians who are anointed to see beyond what is presenting, to speak to what is buried, and to help breathe life into dry places so that growth can occur.
If that’s you, we welcome you. Because here, you don’t just get therapy. You get alignment with Heaven’s plan for your healing.!