Meet SC nealy, LPC, ACS, NCC, CCMHC, MA, MA (THEY/SHE)

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Run 3x a year virtually, this 12 week group focused on psychoeducation around religious trauma, breaking down shame/judgment, restructuring relational patterns, exploring identity outside of religious doctrines, purity culture, the impact on LGBT identities and shame, perfectionism, boundary setting, and increasing autonomy in individual choices toward or away from spirituality and/or religion. This group is open to anyone from any religious background and is intended to help clients reach their own personal goals for religion which may include staying in a religion, growing in a religion, or leaving a religion. All our welcome. Please email to be added to the next session.

SC Nealy leads two weekly process groups in person for those identifying as female in their 20s and 30s on Mondays at 5p-6:15p or Mondays at 6:30p -7:45p in Arlington, VA. 

This group is capped at 8 participants each and focuses on self-compassion, trauma, self-esteem, relationships, interpersonal skills building, self-advocacy, identity formation, and more. This group meets 3x a month and requires a 12 session commitment. 

Please email to schedule an evaluation for entry today.

SC Nealy specializes in working with late-in-life lesbians or queer-identifying women who came out as queer in a later stage of their life journey. This unique experience can lead to a lot of emotional turmoil, including divorce, parenting hardships, new relationships, attachment struggles, learning to find community, self-confidence, compassion, and more. 

SC loves working with queer women to find their authentic selves no matter what stage of life they are in. They also lead a Queer Women's Process Group for those 40+ years old.

Mixed Orientation Relationships (M.O.R.E.) are partnerships where two or more people's sexual and/or gender identity are not the same. SC has worked with couples at every stage in this transition and loves to help clients find a new path forward together as the new chapter of their relationship unfolds.

SC Nealy also specializes in working with couples and relationships in which there are mixed neurotypes, such as Autism Spectrum, ADHD, or other neurodivergent and neurotypical pairings. Please email to be considered. 

SC Nealy specializes with families practicing non-heteronormative parenting models, including child-centered divorce, nesting models, polyamory relationships, cohabitating with the other parent, and other models of queer family living. As a parent themselves coparenting and having utilized the nesting model with their ex-husband and best friend, SC Nealy wants other queer families to feel empowered to create the situations that feel best to them and their family needs.

SC Nealy, LPC loves work that focuses on bisexual, multisexual, pansexual, gender fluid etc. female presenting persons in a straight-passing relationship (or single!) who are trying to explore their queer identity in a cishet world. It's so important to continue being seen and allowed space to explore yourself and who you are, even if in environments or relationships that are barriers or at odds to that goal or experience.

SC Nealy specializes with couples counseling particularly in female-identifying or nonbinary relationships, including lesbians, queer women, sapphic persons, transmasc identities, nonbinary persons, and more. The unique dynamics that occur in relationships with AFAB individuals is not often understood in the counseling space, so it's incredibly important to have a couples counselor who understands and has lived experience in those styles of romantic relationships.

SC Nealy has a passion for working with former and current sex workers of all types, including virtual and full service sex workers. In partnership with Pineapple Support as a volunteer provider, SC works with assisting clients along their mental health journey in non-judgmental and open spaces. 

One of SC's biggest passions is working with other therapists, and they often have therapists on their caseload as clients. If you're worried about dual relationships or being understood in the field that you work in, SC focuses on helping therapists help themselves. 

SC is also a licensed clinical supervisor in Virginia and Washington, DC for pre-licensed therapists to provide supervision hours, and is an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) with the National Borad for Certified Counselors (NBCC).