City of Fairfax Office Providers
Bernadette Landry, MA, LPC
Ms. Bernadette Landry received her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in December 2015 from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia and has been licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the Commonwealth of Virginia since January 2017. Ms. Landry has numerous years of experience in psychotherapy with children, adolescents, adults, families and groups in a variety of settings including private practices in the Northern VA area, substance abuse treatment centers, and most recently, the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB). Ms. Landry treats a variety of problems in all populations, with personal interest in working with severe-mental illness and running Dialectal Behavior Therapy Groups. Ms. Landry trains licensed clinicians and residents-in-counseling yearly in the Fairfax CSB Dialectical-Behavior-Therapy Academy. Ms. Landry is a Virginia board approved supervisor for Residents in Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy.
In network with Aetna, Anthem BCBS (Healthkeepers Plus, Commercial and FEP plans), Carefirst BCBS, Cigna / Evernorth, Multiplan, Optima, Sentara Health, Tricare, and United Healthcare (including Medicaid). Medicare enrollment pending.
Waitlist for New Clients.
Michelle Golob-Birjandian, MA, Resident in Counseling
Michelle Golob-Birjandian received her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2020 from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Washington DC and is currently a Resident in Counseling in the Commonwealth of Virginia working under the clinical supervision of Bernadette Landry, LPC. Michelle has many years of Counseling experience working with diverse populations within a variety of settings such as residential substance use, private practice, and Fairfax-Falls Church CSB. Michelle uses a culturally sensitive, respectful, collaborative, and honest approach to counseling clients. Her therapeutic style varies based on her client’s needs, utilizing a client-centered approach, pulling from theories such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Solution Focused Therapy (SFT). Michelle is a firm believer that mental health stems far beyond one’s emotional state, which is why she takes additional factors such as predispositions, physical health, and psychosocial factors into consideration when with working with her clients. Michelle specializes in working with depression, anxiety, sexuality related issues, interpersonal effectiveness, career counseling, family conflict, and personality disorders. Michelle is fluent in Russian.
Participates with Anthem BCBS (all plans except FEP) and Cigna. Accepting new patients for in person and Telehealth.
