Medical Wellness Center
Columbia Associates Aldie, set 70 minutes west of the U.S. Capitol, treats adults, adolescents, and children with mental health, substance use, and eating disorders like anxiety, depression, ADHD, anger, grief and loss, trauma, mood disorders, alcohol use, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (AFRID), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), low self-esteem, stress, self-harm, children’s learning deficits, and family conflict. They treat individuals as well as couples.
Their treatment methods include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), interpersonal therapy, exposure therapy, family therapy, family systems therapy, group therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), mindfulness-based stress reduction, medication management, couples counseling, humanistic therapy, psychodynamic therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and nutrition counseling. They use Spravato to assist in treating depression in cases when therapy isn’t enough. Their blog includes information about conditions they treat and some of their recommendations.
Columbia Associates provides in-person and virtual therapy.
Clients can register at Columbia Associates either through their website or a professional referral. Columbia Associates has providers who speak English, Amharic, Amharit, Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, French, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Igbo, Marathi, Pharoes, Sindhi, Urdu, and Yoruba.
They provide specialized care to moms and expecting mothers experiencing depression with their Perinatal Project.
They also specialize in treating stressors in kids, and they assess kids with behavioral issues like school avoidance, bullying, and oppositional defiance disorder (ODD).
Columbia Associates provides clients with the Valant MYIO portal to track their care.
Aldie is ha historic village in northern virginia established by the Mercers, famous for being the birthplace of President Monroe, a battle during the Civil War, and three sites on the National Register of Historic Places. The nearest major town on the way to D.C. is Reston, Virginia.
Columbia Associates has other clinics in the Northern Virginia and Maryland area with the same services. They are part of a larger organization, Transformations Care Network, that operates additional centers on the east coast and around Seattle. Their other centers operate under the names Northeast Health Service, West Central Mental Health, Cape Behavioral Health Center, New Directions Mental Health, Harmony, and LightHeart Associates.
