Welcome to Inner Light Counseling!

Inner Light Counseling, LLC was born in 2023. It is supported professionally by assorted business associates -- most notably, my excellent and amazing biller, Janann Hossaini — and colleagues. It is a place for those seeking to discover more about how their unique patterns of energy and how to nurture these in ways that are conducive to healing, growth, and more expansive, peaceful experiences of life.

About

About Me (professionally and personally)

I'm Suzanne Vogel, LCSW (she/her/hers). I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving adults in Virginia. My therapeutic approach is collaborative, conversational, experiential, warm, nerdy, creative, and goal-driven.

I have been practicing for 10+ years in a clinical capacity. I have worked in various settings including community-based counseling (adults and children), psychosocial rehabilitation, and outpatient psychotherapy. Individuals I have worked with include those with trauma histories including veterans, medical professionals and therapists, survivors of abusive relationships and sexual violence, and those with pre-verbal or childhood trauma. Many clients have also presented with (sometimes lifelong) anxiety or depression, ADHD, or autism spectrum.

My own healing journey began in 2008 when I participated in a mindfulness-based therapy group. This ended up changing the trajectory of my life, as I determined over the course of the next 3 years to leave software engineering and go back to school to become a licensed psychotherapist. I found myself learning to listen to my body as well as my brain, and I found that the deepest healing usually includes partnership with others.

I am honored to support others in their own journeys toward more fully experiencing their own "inner light."

My office is located conveniently in downtown Richmond, VA at 1108 East Main Street Suite 702 just off major interstates I-64 and I-95, in front of the Capitol Building, and 1 mile from VCU main campus. Street parking is generally easy to obtain. The office suite I share with colleague Martha Mullen, LPC; it is sunny, quiet, and filled with soft lighting, crystals, and plants.

The Office