Insight Behavioral Centers

Insight Behavioral Centers Expert outpatient therapy and recovery programs for mental health and substance use—home to Insight Into Action Therapy and Insight Recovery Centers.

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We hope this page will serve as great source of information about mental health and substance use resources with a focus on harm reduction psychotherapy. We strive to offer informative and encouraging content related to mental health, relationships and addictions recovery. Please check out our websites www.insightactiontherapy.com and www.insightrecoverycenters.com. Thank you for joining with us!

Proud to present and share resources with the community to support the wellbeing of kids in Loudoun County at the LCPS U...
02/22/2026

Proud to present and share resources with the community to support the wellbeing of kids in Loudoun County at the LCPS United for Wellness Conference!

02/20/2026

Guest Chrissy Chow! “Inside Substance Use Treatment: Real Stories, Recovery Residences, and Loneliness in Early Sobriety”

Search Insight & Actions podcast -YouTube and all major podcast platforms

Insight Recovery Centers’ executive director Chrissy Chow joins the Insights & Actions podcast to discuss the good and bad of the substance use industry and share personal stories.

Expect to hear:
• the good and bad of recovery residences
• kratom reform,
• when psychology becomes cult-ish,
• getting sober and feeling worse,
• CBT and IFS,

and more!

02/12/2026

Link in bio! We’re so proud of the hard work and talent of our clinicians. Take 1 minute to vote for Insight Into Action Therapy for Best of Ashburn 2026! Use link in bio to access

02/10/2026

Join Insight’s Craig James and Chrissy Chow at the Loudoun County Public Schools Wellness Conference as they present: “Moody Teen, or Mood Disorder?” Learn to differentiate typical development from a mood disorder, early intervention, and strategies parents can use to foster better relationships with their kids.

Saturday, February 21st at 9am
Heritage High School

02/09/2026

Community Wellness Nights (Aram Counseling & Wellness Center + Insight Recovery Centers) are designed to connect community partners + community members with practical tools to better support individuals and families.

🗓 When: Last Tuesday of every month, 5:30–7:00 pm
📍 Where: 555 Grove Street, Herndon, VA 20170 (park behind the building + enter through the glass door)
📩 Questions: community@aramwellness.com

✅ 2026 Monthly Topics
Feb 24: Narcan Training & Overdose Awareness
Mar 31: Acu-Wellness
Apr 28: Rest as a Skill
May 26: Guided Meditation & Mindfulness
Jun 30: Sound Bath
Jul 28: Regulating the Nervous System
Aug 25: EFT/Tapping
Sep 29: CPR Training
Oct 27: Breathwork & Yoga
Dec 26: Values-Based Living & Vision Board Manifestation
(No event in November)

Come learn, practice, and leave with tools you can actually use.

What do healthy screen habits for kids look like? What can parents do to make positive changes?Insight's Sarah Wires, in...
02/05/2026

What do healthy screen habits for kids look like? What can parents do to make positive changes?

Insight's Sarah Wires, in collaboration with Loudoun County Public Schools, provided a free workshop to parents on healthy screen habits for kids, focusing on practical tools.

Message us if you'd like the slides from the presentation or are interested in hosting a workshop!

01/28/2026

The problem with putting kids first: What happens when the parents' relationship is neglected?

Insight's co-founder Craig James from the Insights & Actions podcast with Matt Christian, LCSW, LSATP and Johnny Pierce, Psy.D.

01/20/2026

Is your "boundary" just a demand or ultimatum? Insight's Johnny Pierce, Psy.D. discusses effectively communicating limits.

From the Insights & Actions Podcast, with Craig James, LCSW, LSATP, MAC and Matt Christian, LCSW, LSATP

Autism in females isn’t rare. It’s systematically missed & filtered out.Autism is typically cited as being 4:1 male-to-f...
01/19/2026

Autism in females isn’t rare.
It’s systematically missed & filtered out.

Autism is typically cited as being 4:1 male-to-female. However, this ratio may be driven less by biology than by how we recognize, diagnose, and study autism.

Large-scale analyses suggest that:

The true s*x ratio may be much closer to parity—or even female-leaning.

Up to 80% of autistic females may remain undiagnosed by age 18.

Standardized diagnostic tools and research cutoffs disproportionately exclude autistic females, even when they already have a community diagnosis.

Social camouflaging and more internalized presentations reduce visibility in both clinics and research settings

The result is a feedback loop:
Girls are less likely to be recognized → less likely to meet tool-based thresholds → less likely to be included in research → and therefore less likely to shape how autism is defined in the first place.

If our diagnostic frameworks are built around male-normed presentations, we shouldn’t be surprised when female autism remains invisible.

McCrossin R. Finding the True Number of Females with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by Estimating the Biases in Initial Recognition and Clinical Diagnosis. Children (Basel). 2022 Feb 17;9(2):272

D'Mello AM, Frosch IR, Li CE, Cardinaux AL, Gabrieli JDE. Exclusion of females in autism research: Empirical evidence for a "leaky" recruitment-to-research pipeline. Autism Res. 2022 Oct;15(10):1929-1940. doi: 10.1002/aur.2795. Epub 2022 Aug 22. PMID: 36054081; PMCID: PMC9804357.

Is gambling becoming a problem? The "Lie/Bet" is a two-question screener for problem gambling. A “yes” to either reliabl...
01/13/2026

Is gambling becoming a problem? The "Lie/Bet" is a two-question screener for problem gambling. A “yes” to either reliably flags elevated risk for gambling disorder, with sensitivity over 90%.

Insight Into Action Therapy & Insight Recovery Centers clinicians have advanced training in treating gambling difficulties. Reach out now to learn more.

Confidential National Gambling Helpline
1-800-522-4700

Dry January: What happens if you take a break from drinking for a month?Insight Recovery Centers and Insight Into Action...
01/02/2026

Dry January: What happens if you take a break from drinking for a month?

Insight Recovery Centers and Insight Into Action Therapy are leaders in the field of alcohol moderation.

Contact to learn more:
Insight Recovery Centers: (703) 214-9499
Insight Into Action Therapy: 703-646-7664

Insight Recovery Centers is offering a VIRTUAL INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM (IOP) for adults anywhere in Virginia!In-net...
12/18/2025

Insight Recovery Centers is offering a VIRTUAL INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM (IOP) for adults anywhere in Virginia!

In-network with most major insurers.

If you’re a provider, case manager, or community partner supporting adults with substance use and mental health challenges, we welcome collaboration and referrals.

Let’s make care more accessible—together. Contact our director Chrissy Chow
(703) 214-9499 | cchow@insightrecoverycenters.com

Address

44340 Premier Plz, Ste 230
Ashburn, VA
20147

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 9pm
Tuesday 7am - 9pm
Wednesday 7am - 9pm
Thursday 7am - 9pm
Friday 7am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17036467664

Website

https://www.insightrecoverycenters.com/

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