About Alex
Alex's journey as a natural healer traces back to her early childhood, where she exhibited a profound connection with animals. From feeding strays and rescuing cats and dogs to rehabilitating rescue horses, her compassionate spirit flourished. Throughout college and graduate school, this passion remained steadfast as she volunteered at shelters, trained her Great Pyrenees as a therapy dog, and visited hospice and nursing facilities.
Alex continued to nurture her innate talent while living in rural Louisa, VA, where she fostered over 100 dogs and puppies, earning a reputation for attracting strays to her home as if by instinct. Despite her initial aspiration to become a veterinarian, Alex's path shifted during undergrad when she witnessed firsthand the intersection of human behavior and animal welfare, leading her to discover her true calling in social work.
Immersing herself in systemic models, Alex adopted a grassroots approach, driven by a determination to help people and foster positive change in the world. Her career in social work commenced with aiding individuals experiencing housing crises, where she identified the complex factors contributing to housing instability, often entwined with issues like involvement in the child welfare system.
Motivated to continue supporting humans navigating complex systems, and desiring at this point in her career to support families, specifically, Alex transitioned into roles within foster care and child protective services. During her tenure in child welfare, a pivotal moment arose when she embarked on a 2-year fellowship at Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment, pursuing clinical licensure in social work and acquiring expertise in various therapeutic modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), somatic interventions, play therapies, and parts work.
As was encouraged as part of the fellowship experience, Alex underwent a profound personal transformation, witnessing firsthand the potency of integrated therapeutic approaches in healing. Driven by a newfound commitment to empower others on their healing journeys, she founded James River Healing & Wholeness in Richmond, VA, in May 2022. Here, Alex devotes herself to sharing the transformative power of health, healing, and wholeness with her community.
meet our therapists:
Samuel Jackson “Sam”
Mrs. Moseph “Mo”
Benjamin “B”