| Albemarle
Counseling Associates, PLLC is a small private counseling practice
in Charlottesville, VA. We are located in the Sachem Village Office
Park, just off of Hydraulic Rd behind Mario’s Italian Restaurant,
and across from Albemarle High School. The practice opened in June
of 2003.
Owner John
Penn Turner, LPC, LSATP, began his work in Richmond, VA with the
St. Mary’s Hospital inpatient substance addiction unit in
1992, while in the Master’s in Counseling Program at the
Medical College of Virginia. In 1993, John Penn moved to the Charlottesville,
VA area and began working in the Waynesboro Community Hospital
on the Recovery Choice unit. This unit provided inpatient, outpatient
and continuing care services to newly recovering alcoholics and
addicts. During his tenure there, he received his M.S. in Counseling
from MCV. In 1996, the Waynesboro Community Hospital and the Staunton
Hospital (King’s Daughters) merged to one facility, Augusta
Medical Center in Fishersville, VA. John Penn moved into this
new facility and worked until he transferred to Region Ten Community
Services Board, in Charlottesville, in 1999. While with Region
Ten, John Penn worked as a provider for outpatient services facilitating
groups for adults in early recovery. He also provided individual
and couples counseling for mental health. In addition, John Penn
worked as a Program Manager, supervising direct services staff,
both administratively and clinically. He was also a part of the
restructuring of the administration and client services, which
was begun to streamline and ease access to services.
John Penn was licensed by
the Commonwealth
of Virginia Department of Health Professionals as a Professional
Counselor in September of 1998 and as a Substance Abuse Treatment
Practitioner in September of 2000. Now as a sole practitioner,
John Penn has opened a practice designed to offer services of
all kinds to individuals, couples and groups with a variety of
needs. John Penn offers a variety of treatment techniques to address
issues of grief, loss, terminal illness, anxiety, depression,
sexual orientation, addictions, and others. He specializes in
2 treatment techniques in which he has been certified and trained,
including The Braddock
Body Process and EMDR.
These techniques are specially designed to treat trauma and abuse
survivors. They are gentle ways to process issues of trauma, and
are less likely to cause these clients to re-experience their
trauma. He is also certified as an ADS (Acu-Detox
Specialist). This technique is a non-verbal acupuncture protocol
that assists the body in early detox from drugs and alcohol.
John Penn is a NETWORK PROVIDER
for Aetna Chickering, Anthem, Anthem EAP, CIGNA, Virginia Department
of Rehabilitative Services, Magellan, Magellan EAP, MAMSI/Optimum
Choice/Alliance PPO, Sentara/Southern Health, Sentara EAP, Virginia
Premier, Medicaid, Tri-Care, United Healthcare, University of
Virginia's FEAP, Value Options and Value Options EAP. We can accept
other insurances as an out of network provider and we accept self-pay.
John Penn is a member of
the following organizations:
John Penn holds his B.S.
in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University, and his M.S.
in Counseling from the Medical College of Virginia. He is committed
to providing the most comprehensive treatment and referral services
necessary to meet each client’s needs.
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