Nahima Vargas Wilfong, PsyD

Dr. Nahima Vargas Wilfong earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the George Washington University. She completed her predoctoral internship at Virginia Treatment Center for Children at VCU. She is currently a post-doctoral resident under the supervision of Priya Bansal, Ph.D.

Dr. Vargas Wilfong brings a wealth of experience working with diverse populations across settings including community mental health, private practice, and hospitals. Her professional journey has been marked by a commitment to addressing a wide range of psychological challenges including anxiety, depression, OCD, neurodiversity, trauma, interpersonal difficulties, and issues of self-esteem, identity, life transitions, and emotion regulation. She also has a strong interest in working with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds and is bilingual, offering services in both English and Spanish.

Dr. Vargas Wilfong works primarily with adolescents, young adults, and families providing therapy tailored to enhance quality of life for her clients. She is incredibly passionate about her professional work and takes on a strengths-based, experience-near perspective. She develops strong therapeutic relationships with clients by approaching the work relationally, empathically, collaboratively, and creatively, all while finding ways to make therapy fun and engaging. She encourages patients to bring their “full selves,” to the therapy room and makes space for all aspects of identity. She integrates theories; often bridging the gap between attachment theory, behavioral principles, systemic/societal factors, and psychodynamic perspectives. Therapeutic modalities include psychoanalytic psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (EX/RP), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT).