Counseling Services
The Center for Gifted Education is committed to serving the needs of gifted students, including their psychological needs. Families in the Williamsburg area seeking psychological counseling for a gifted child or adolescent may contact an affiliated counselor with training in giftedness. The W&M New Horizons Family Counseling Center serves all schools within the following areas: Gloucester, Hampton, New Kent, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg/James City County, and York. Services for families in these areas are provided free of charge.
For those outside the New Horizons service area, Dr. Carrie Lynn Bailey can provide private counseling.
Dr. Carrie Lynn Bailey is a licensed professional counselor who specializes in working with gifted and twice-exceptional children, adults, and families. Her approach with clients is grounded in a humanistic worldview that upholds the potential of each individual to grow and move forward along unique developmental paths. Dr. Bailey utilizes an integrative approach, individually tailored to the needs of each client, drawing from person-centered, existential, solution-focused, and cognitive-behavioral techniques and theories. Dr Bailey earned her doctoral degree from William & Mary, focusing her research and practice on understanding the complex counseling and mental health needs of gifted adolescents and young adults. She has expanded that focus to include supporting gifted individuals and their families across the life span. In addition to her private practice work, Dr. Bailey is a Clinical Faculty member at William & Mary, where she brings together her experiences in family, college, and school counseling settings to supervising and mentoring current counselor education students as well as fostering collaboration between the New Horizons Family Counseling Center and the Center for Gifted Education. For more on Dr. Bailey's practice, please visit her website at www.3littlebirdscounseling.com.
