Dr. Fonya Lord Helm

Welcome

Educated at Harvard and George Washington University, I am a caring and dedicated psychotherapist and psychoanalyst with many years of experience helping people understand themselves and others better and solve their problems.  I have been able to help people with:

Constant Worrying, Anxiety or Panic

Persistent Low Moods or Depression

Difficulties in Important Relationships

Frustration or Irritation

Loss or Grief

Separation or Divorce

Work-Related Procrastination

Writer's Block

I can meet with you in my home office in a peaceful, private setting or I can work with you by Skype or telephone.

Please email me at fonya.helm@cox.net or call me at 757-282-3525 with your questions or to make an appointment.   I look forward to hearing from you.

fonya.helm@cox.net

(757) 282-3525

Credentials

Presentation coming up in 2012

June 21, 2012

Society for Psychotherapy Research Conference

10:30 AM – 12 Noon

Structured Discussion of "Change Processes and Outcomes in Two Psychoanalyses"

Moderator:  Sherwood Waldron, M.D.

Discussant:  Fonya Lord Helm, Ph.D., ABPP

Presentations in 2011

September 23, 2011

"Nonverbal Parallel Process:  The Gaze."  Presented at a meeting of the Virginia Psychoanalytic Association in Richmond, VA.   Presenters:  Margaret DuVall, Ph.D. and Fonya Helm, Ph.D.  

August 7, 2011

"The Importance of Context:  Issues Involved in Moving a Practice."  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Hospitality Suite, Division 39.

June 9, 2011

"Love and Attachment."  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association at the Discussion Group titled "Love, Sex and the American Psyche," Co-Chairs: Curtis Bristol, M.D. and Stefan Pasternack, M.D., Presenter:  Fonya Helm, Ph.D., ABPP, Discussant:  Maurine Kelly, Ph.D., at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association in San Francisco, CA.     

Independent Practice

Licensed in: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia