Parents
- Your child is overwhelmed, reactive, shut down, stuck in worry loops, or struggling in school.
- Daily routines feel like ongoing conflict or emotional exhaustion.
- You want to understand your child more deeply, not just manage behavior.
Rooted in Care Therapy
Therapy for more ease, connection, and self-understanding.
Carey Hitchcock, LCSW works with children, adolescents, and adults, with support for parents and caregivers navigating emotional, relational, developmental, school-related, and life-stage challenges. Therapy offers a warm place to feel less alone, understand what is happening, and begin building changes that fit real life.
Virginia-based | Virtual & In-person sessions | LCSW licensed
What may be bringing you here
You might be here because daily life has started to feel harder than it should. Your child may be melting down or shutting down. Your teen may seem anxious, disconnected, or overwhelmed. You may feel stuck in patterns you do not fully understand.
Therapy helps bring clarity to what feels overwhelming, one step at a time.
Children & Teens
- Emotions feel intense, distressing, fast, or confusing.
- School or social situations feel overwhelming or draining.
- You may need reassurance, avoid hard things, shut down, act out, or feel stuck.
Adults
- Anxiety, stress, or overwhelm feels hard to regulate.
- Patterns repeat even when you try to change them.
- You want more clarity, stability, and self-understanding.
How Carey Helps
A brief look at the types of therapy and support available through Rooted in Care.
Individual Therapy for Children
Care that helps children build language for big feelings, develop coping skills, strengthen confidence, and feel more understood at home and school.
Individual Therapy for Teens
A supportive space for teens to understand what they are feeling, reduce avoidance, build self-trust, and develop more manageable ways to cope.
Individual Therapy for Adults
Support for understanding old patterns, reconnecting with values, navigating stress or transitions, and showing up with more clarity and self-compassion.
Parent & Caregiver Support
Guidance for understanding what may be beneath behavior, reducing accommodation or conflict when helpful, and responding with more confidence and connection.
School & Provider Collaboration
Coordination with caregivers, teachers, school teams, medical providers, and other supports when helpful and appropriate.
Groups & Workshops
Spaces for connection, belonging, expression, and growth, plus practical support for parents, caregivers, and the wider community.
Meet your therapist
Carey Hitchcock, LCSW (She/Her)
Carey brings experience as a therapist, educator, school social worker, and parent to her work with clients and families.
Her style is warm, collaborative, and practical, with room for honesty, creativity, humor, and the complexity of real life.
Read more about CareyIn-person sessions
A calm, welcoming space to settle in.
Rooted in Care Therapy offers in-person sessions in Great Falls, Virginia, in a space designed to feel warm, grounded, and comfortable for children, teens, adults, parents, and caregivers.
What Shapes Carey’s Work
Carey believes clients are the experts of their own experience. Her role is to walk alongside each person with steadiness and attention, witness what has been hard to hold alone, and help create conditions where growth and healing feel more possible.
Home, school, and real-life context
Carey’s background as an educator and school social worker helps her understand how challenges can show up across home, school, friendships, routines, and family life.
Warmth, honesty, and creativity
Carey brings warmth, humor, creativity, and honest conversation into the room, while honoring each client's pace and lived experience.
A real-world parent perspective
As a parent of three young adults, Carey understands that family life is complex and that useful guidance needs to be realistic, relational, and compassionate.
Ongoing Learning and Thoughtful Integration
Carey is continually studying emerging research, clinical ideas, and new ways of understanding healing. She values turning complex research and clinical ideas into thoughtful, practical support clients can use in daily life.
Getting started
Schedule a Free Consultation
Carey offers a complimentary consultation call to help you explore whether therapy feels like the right fit.
Carey Hitchcock, LCSW Rooted in Care Therapy 9912A Georgetown Pike Great Falls, VA 22066 (571) 766-8293 carey@rootedincaretherapy.comIf this is an emergency or you may harm yourself or someone else, call 911 or 988 now.