Welcome to Rawles Psychological Services
Confidential | Caring | Competent
Culturally Sensitive
Confidential | Caring | Competent
Culturally Sensitive
To Our Valued Patients, Staff, and Stakeholders,
It is with sadness that we announce the closure of Rawles Psychological Services, www.RawlesPsych.com, effective April 30, 2025.
For over 23 years, we have been honored to serve our Hampton Roads community, upholding our motto of “Confidential, Caring, Competent, Compassionate, and Culturally Sensitive” while providing dedicated mental health care to individuals and families. We understand that this news may be difficult to receive, and we want to express our sincere gratitude for your trust and support throughout the years.
The decision to close our doors was not made lightly. It stems from the increasingly challenging political and financial climate for mental health practices, specifically the recent and significant freeze and failure of insurance reimbursements from public insurance programs. These policy changes have created an unsustainable environment for our practice, making it impossible to continue providing the quality of care you deserve.
We recognize the impact this closure will have on our patients, and we are committed to ensuring a smooth and supportive transition. Our priority is to safeguard your well-being and maintain the confidentiality of your records.
To that end, we are actively implementing the following measures:
We deeply regret the necessity of this closure. We are profoundly grateful for the opportunity to have served you and your families. We understand that the current challenges within the mental health care system are impacting many, and we hope that this situation will bring increased attention to the urgent need for sustainable funding and support for mental health services.
Thank you for your understanding and continued trust.
Sincerely,
Dr. Portia Rawles
CEO of Rawles Psychological Services &
CEO of Access Behavioral Health Urgent Care
Rawles Psychological Services (RPS) is a behavioral health organization with a team of caring and certified counselors, and therapist.ᅠᅠOur specialized clinical services are structured from a trauma-informed perspective. RPS has over 16ᅠyears of experience in providing mental health services and specializes in providing traditional psychological services, traumatic clinical services, educational, speaking, corporate training, and consultation services. Our experience enables us to offer effective outpatient, individualized psychological care. We treat a number of mental health disorders and provide a neutral ground to individuals, families, and couples.
Psychiatric Evaluations and Medication Management. We now offer these critical services to our clients. Services may be provided by a psychiatrist, physician assistant, or psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. We service children and adults. Call us @ 757-493-2912 today for information.
Our team of BehavioralᅠHealth Counselors & Therapists are state licensed and certified counselors (many with national certification) who deliver quality and caring behavioralᅠhealth services to our Hampton Roads and North Carolina based clients. Our focus is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths. We achieve this by providing a neutral safe space, listening to your concerns, and customizing a treatment plan.
We promise to be there for you every step of your journey. Our goal is to help you grow from your struggles, heal from your pain, and move forward to where you want to be in your life.
Rawles Psychological Services (RPS) behavioral health and educational services provide guidance, recommendations, and advocacy regarding academic and educational plans/needs.
We deliver training services that provide education on relevant mental health and cultural competency topics for mental health, education, public safety, social services, court services professionals, and clergy.
Consultation services address mental health issues faced by public safety agencies, human services departments, adult and juvenile court services units, and religious organizations.
We accept all major insurance plans, Medicaid and Medicare, and we work with private pay clients.
Depression, fear, and anxiety are some of the most common and uncomfortable emotions that we can experience at some point in our lives. Through counseling and treatment, we are able to help you recover motivation, perspective, and joy that you once had in your life.
Relationship counseling can be beneficial to couples who are looking to strengthen their emotional connection, in all stages of their relationship. Therapy sessions are held with both couples and are a supportive place to discuss issues and solutions to strengthen your relationship.