Dr. Pamela Kayanan, LPC, LMFT

Dr. Pamela Kayanan is a Virginia-based licensed mental health professional with 25 years of practice. She holds licensure in professional counseling, marriage and family counseling, and addictions, and she also earned a PhD in Counseling and Education, a doctoral degree focused on clinical skills and training.

Her clinical focus centers on anxiety and depression, particularly when those struggles are connected to trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. She has extensive experience treating a wide range of addictive behaviors, including substance use, medication misuse, alcoholism, workaholism, and compulsive exercise. Over her career she has worked with adolescents, adults, and families affected by addiction and co-occurring disorders, and supporting parents of teenagers with addiction is a noted area of expertise.

Dr. Kayanan has supported veterans through a program called Ponies North, headquartered in Las Vegas, addressing PTSD and mood disorders. She has also treated anxiety conditions such as social anxiety disorder, body dysmorphic concerns, and generalized anxiety disorder. Her client work has included professionals across fields - doctors, nurses, CEOs, and law enforcement - and the family members who support them.

Her therapeutic approach combines Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with person-centered, solution-focused techniques, motivational interviewing, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. She frames therapy as a collaborative process in which she brings expertise in change and the client remains the expert on their own life. Dr. Kayanan emphasizes that change is possible at any stage of life and she aims to guide clients toward the outcomes they choose.