Columbia Associates Alexandria

About Columbia Associates Alexandria

Columbia Associates Alexandria, located about 25 minutes from the U.S. Capitol, offers care for adults, adolescents, and children dealing with mental health concerns, substance use problems, and eating disorders. They address conditions such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, anger issues, grief and loss, trauma, mood disorders, alcohol use, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), low self-esteem, stress, and self-harm. The center also supports children with learning-related difficulties and works with families experiencing conflict. Services are available for individuals and for couples.

Treatment includes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), interpersonal therapy, exposure therapy, family therapy and family systems therapy, along with group therapy. They also offer mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), mindfulness-based stress reduction, medication management, couples counseling, humanistic and psychodynamic approaches, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and nutrition counseling. In addition, they use Spravato when depression improves with therapy alone is not sufficient. Their blog provides guidance about the issues they treat and shares related recommendations.

Columbia Associates delivers therapy both in person and via telehealth. Referrals or self-registration are accepted, either through the website or by professional referral. The clinic has clinicians who communicate in English and several other languages, including Amharic, Amharit, Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, French, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Igbo, Marathi, Pharoes, Sindhi, Urdu, and Yoruba.

They also run a Perinatal Project focused on postpartum and pregnancy-related depression. For younger clients, they specialize in helping children manage stress and evaluate behavioral concerns such as school avoidance, bullying, and oppositional defiance disorder (ODD). Patients can use the Valant MYIO portal to monitor progress and care.

Alexandria is along the Potomac River and is home to many people employed in the defense sector, about 7 miles south of Washington, D.C. Columbia Associates operates additional locations across Northern Virginia and Maryland, providing similar services. These clinics belong to Transformations Care Network, which manages other programs along the East Coast and near Seattle, including centers known as Northeast Health Service, West Central Mental Health, Cape Behavioral Health Center, New Directions Mental Health, Harmony, and LightHeart Associates.

Paying for treatment at Columbia Associates Alexandria

Columbia Associates Alexandria did not report which payment types it accepts. If you have Medicaid, ask whether the facility accepts your Virginia Medicaid plan or can refer you to one that does. Most private plans must cover substance use treatment on terms comparable to other medical care under federal parity law.

Distance to specialized care from Alexandria

Measured from the population center of Alexandria city, using SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap:

• Nearest medical detox: Arlington, about 3.4 miles
• Nearest methadone clinic (OTP): Alexandria, about 1.7 miles (23 within 25 miles)
• Nearest buprenorphine (Suboxone) provider: Alexandria, about 1.7 miles (70 within 25 miles)

See the Alexandria city treatment map, methadone clinics near Alexandria city and Suboxone doctors near Alexandria city.

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