Cara Cicero Clinical Psychologist
Cara Cicero, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist

Cara Cicero is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who enjoys working with adults to help them manage challenges that are causing difficulties in their day-to-day lives and relationships. Often her clients complain about feeling stuck, confused, and/or discouraged. They’ve usually tried many things and are coming to therapy to figure out why they haven’t been able to help themselves. Cara believes therapy is a collaborative process and she tailors treatment to her clients’ personal needs and goals. She brings a strengths-based, trauma-informed, systems approach to therapy to help clients understand the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Cara is thorough in her approach– intertwining goal-focused work with insight and meaning-making which allows her clients to heal.

Always learning, Cara continuously participates in training programs to stay abreast of the current theories and models of therapy. She has advanced training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR). Cara earned her doctorate degree from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology in 2001. After graduation, she worked in a school setting for 8 years primarily conducting Psychoeducational evaluations. She has worked in private practice since 2009.

Please call 703-768-6240 or contact us at info@mountvernontherapy.com to schedule an appointment.