FAIRFIELD PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Counselor
- Cameron, LPC, NCC
April Hand-Cameron has been providing effective, results-oriented psychotherapy for over 15 years. April enjoys facilitating clients' goals toward greater life quality and improved well-being. Interpersonal counseling can help alleviate distressing symptoms of worry, anger, sadness, loss, or lack of direction. Her style is progressive and client-centered, as she individualizes an integrative therapeutic approach with evidence-based modalities for each client, centered around client goals. April integrates treatment toward developing coping skills and relational strategies involving CBT, ACT, Solution-focused treatment, psychodynamic and existential therapies.
April has worked as a counselor and counseling faculty for many years in a university counseling center and served for several years as the clinical director for a residential campus program. She is not only experienced at working with anxiety, depression, and PTSD, she also enjoys working with client concerns involving relationships, motivation, and identity. She treats everyone from older teens on up, including couples. Counseling is an excellent act of self-care and can benefit anyone who wants support toward progressing to the next place in their life. April's ready to begin helping you address whatever life concerns you have that you'd like to manage more effectively!
My name is Brittany Smith and I am a Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC). I provide medication management services for varying mental health disorders. I specialize in treating depression, anxiety, and many other mental health conditions. I graduated in 2020 from Walden University with my MSN degree. I've obtained an ADN degree in 2013, and a BSN degree in 2016 from Norfolk State University.
I have over ten years of nursing experience and training in various medical settings as a registered nurse, including community, inpatient, and outpatient settings. Within my experience, I have been privileged to serve both Military while working ant Portsmouth Naval Hospital and Civilian individuals. I also have experience working with families. Additionally, my training has allowed me to work with children, adolescents, and adults. My previous roles providing mental healthcare have shaped me into the open and empathetic psychiatric provider I am today.
My goal is to work collectively partnering with clients toward positive mental wellness. My passion is to assist them with improving their quality of life, family dynamics, or community dynamics. My goal is for others to heal so that they can flourish holistically through therapeutic medication management.
Fairfield Psychological Associates, P.C., provides confidential outpatient counseling services to children, adolescents, and adults. We are centrally located in Virginia Beach. Our counselors offer comprehensive counseling services
Job Titles:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Burt Segal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over thirty years of experience helping children, adolescents and adults successfully manage life's challenges. He provides individual, marital and family therapy for ages 4 to adult.
Burt began his professional career working with children and adolescents at inpatient psychiatric hospitals. He was also Director of a Day Treatment Program for children. For the last 30 years he has been in an outpatient private practice setting. His specialties include ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder and helping families manage difficulties associated with divorce.
Burt has written three books: "Why Did You Do That?: Solving The Mysteries of Parenting", "Why Can't You Pay Attention!: Helping Children With ADHD Succeed and Excel" and "10 Ways to a Happier Life". He is a former contributing writer to "Military Spouse Magazine". He has conducted numerous seminars for parents, teachers and professionals regarding behavior problems in children, ADHD, Depression, Stress Management and Anxiety.
Burt uses a short-term, solution-focused approach to help people succeed in overcoming life's difficulties. He believes that it's crucial to build trust in the relationship between therapist and client. He uses healthy doses of empathy, humor and clinical expertise to lead his clients toward positive resolution of their issues.
Job Titles:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Christie Van Pelt, LCSW, has over 25 years of experience as a clinical social worker/psychotherapist providing individual, family, play, and group therapy for children, adolescents, adults and families in several settings and with diverse populations, including a social services setting, substance abuse rehab, psychiatric hospital, juvenile detention facility, and outpatient in several locations. She has special training in child treatment, forensic psychology, trauma focused treatment, and EMDR. In her work with individuals and families she utilizes an integrative approach that includes humanistic, systemic, cognitive, and trauma focused therapies to help individuals overcome a range of psychological and emotional problems that include depression, anxiety, relationship issues, recovery from addictive behavior, and traumatic past experiences. She assists clients in developing treatment goals to improve their quality of life by addressing inner conflicts, traumatic memories and negative thought processes and core beliefs, and developing a more positive self-image and more effective ways of coping and alleviating stress.
Job Titles:
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Board Certified
Job Titles:
- Clinical Social Worker and Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
Wayne M. Easter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Substance Abuse Counselor.
He has been providing direct clinical services for children, adolescents, and adults for 10 years. Mr. Easter has a background with working in the Social Services sector for 6 years primarily working within foster care and parenting. Since that time he is currently providing clinical services to the armed services working with Navy, Army, and Marine Corps over the last 4 years providing individual and couples counseling to service members and their families. He continues to provide preventative Domestic Violence services including education and group work, as well as an emphasis regarding PTSD and the effects of deployment within military families. Mr. Easter continues to use a Solution Focused approach through short-term therapy to help those in need find their own solutions to their identified problem(s).