Welcome

Are you feeling upset, uneasy, anxious, and disconnected? Struggling in your relationship? Easily dysregulated?

My goal is to work together to unpack your experiences and help you identify the sources of your emotional pain, to help you heal and reconnect again.

I am a trauma-informed, multicultural, LGBTQIA friendly, Bilingual (Spanish) with 25 years of experience.

My Approach

If you tend to get easily triggered by your past experiences and live with anxiety/depression with difficulty controlling your emotions, you might be suffering from trauma. Using EMDR and Sensorimotor Therapy clients will be able to process and integrate their traumas and live a fulfilled life. 

If you find yourself depressed, arguing with your partner all the time, feeling trapped, disconnected, misunderstood, and sad. Using Imago therapy, couples will be able to understand, process, and accept their differences, identify their triggers, and learn to control their reactivity. They will learn to listen and communicate effectively, and hopefully rekindle their love for each other and feel connected again.  

  • EMDR

    An interactive psychotherapy technique used to relieve psychological stress. It is an effective treatment for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

  • Sensorimotor Therapy

    Is designed to reduce the dysregulated autonomic arousal patterns that often hijack a client’s ability to remain cognitively connected during the treatment process.

  • Imago

    A form of relationship and couples therapy that focuses on transforming conflict into healing and growth through relational connection.

Areas of Expertise


  • CouplesRelationships

  • Anxiety

  • Trauma

  • Multiculturalism

  • DepressionHopelessness

Contact Me

Magaly Schaeffer, LPC, MBA

Phone
703-864-2926

Email
magalyschaefferllc@gmail.com

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