Buddhist Therapists in Washington, DC
Hello and welcome! I am a licensed clinical psychologist and former civil rights attorney. I help individuals ages 17 and up with depression, anxiety, trauma, major life transitions, identity exploration, and burnout. I aim to reduce symptoms and to explore the root cause of the problem for sustained wellbeing. My approach is warm, culturally informed, and creative. As needed, I weave holistic healing practices, such as mindfulness techniques, into evidence-based approaches. I am a PSYPACT provider who offers online therapy in 40+ states. I meet with clients via a secure, online platform and do not currently accept insurance.
Hello and welcome! I am a licensed clinical psychologist and former civil rights attorney. I help individuals ages 17 and up with depression, anxiety, trauma, major life transitions, identity exploration, and burnout. I aim to reduce symptoms and to explore the root cause of the problem for sustained wellbeing. My approach is warm, culturally informed, and creative. As needed, I weave holistic healing practices, such as mindfulness techniques, into evidence-based approaches. I am a PSYPACT provider who offers online therapy in 40+ states. I meet with clients via a secure, online platform and do not currently accept insurance.
My background includes 12 years supporting military families through grief, extensive Buddhist practice and teaching since the 90s, and firsthand experience navigating hearing loss and chronic illness.
My ideal clients are adults navigating the complex emotional terrain of chronic illness and health challenges. They often struggle with anxiety, depression, grief over lost capabilities, and difficulties adjusting to a new normal. Many feel isolated or misunderstood by those who haven't experienced chronic health issues. They seek a space to process their experiences, develop coping strategies, and find meaning despite physical limitations. Their goals typically include reducing distress, improving relationships strained by illness, advocating effectively for their needs, and reclaiming agency in their lives.
My background includes 12 years supporting military families through grief, extensive Buddhist practice and teaching since the 90s, and firsthand experience navigating hearing loss and chronic illness.
My ideal clients are adults navigating the complex emotional terrain of chronic illness and health challenges. They often struggle with anxiety, depression, grief over lost capabilities, and difficulties adjusting to a new normal. Many feel isolated or misunderstood by those who haven't experienced chronic health issues. They seek a space to process their experiences, develop coping strategies, and find meaning despite physical limitations. Their goals typically include reducing distress, improving relationships strained by illness, advocating effectively for their needs, and reclaiming agency in their lives.
As our lives evolve, we inevitably experience periods of loss, frustration and conflict that signal the need for better understanding and change. Are you experiencing a major life change or challenge? Job loss, relationship breakups, divorce, death, disappointment, or other crisis? Is your relationship less than you had hoped? Your angry, sad, anxious or lonely feelings may feel overwhelming, but you do not have to go through this alone. We can work together to help you develop an inner awakening and awareness to a more comfortable relationship with yourself, your life, and others. I can walk the journey with you.
As our lives evolve, we inevitably experience periods of loss, frustration and conflict that signal the need for better understanding and change. Are you experiencing a major life change or challenge? Job loss, relationship breakups, divorce, death, disappointment, or other crisis? Is your relationship less than you had hoped? Your angry, sad, anxious or lonely feelings may feel overwhelming, but you do not have to go through this alone. We can work together to help you develop an inner awakening and awareness to a more comfortable relationship with yourself, your life, and others. I can walk the journey with you.
Lisa Smith Psychotherapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, CST
5 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20009
Lisa Smith Psychotherapy is a group practice in Washington, DC specializing in sex therapy, couples counseling, trauma therapy, anxiety treatment, and LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy. We can help you resolve problems and feelings that may seem overwhelming. You'll find an affirming, supportive environment and strategies to enable you to live your life more fully and joyfully. Clients have told us that our warm, non-judgmental, and collaborative approach helps them feel comfortable working through difficult issues.
Lisa Smith Psychotherapy is a group practice in Washington, DC specializing in sex therapy, couples counseling, trauma therapy, anxiety treatment, and LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy. We can help you resolve problems and feelings that may seem overwhelming. You'll find an affirming, supportive environment and strategies to enable you to live your life more fully and joyfully. Clients have told us that our warm, non-judgmental, and collaborative approach helps them feel comfortable working through difficult issues.
Erin is a licensed clinical social worker who believes in our innate ability to heal if offered support, compassion, and empowering information. As a licensed body-worker for nearly a decade with a passion for wellness, she brings to her practice the importance of the mind-body connection and uses mindful strategies to promote emotional health. With a sense of humor and warmth, she is adept at creating a comfortable environment where tools for growth and desired change are attainable.
Erin is a licensed clinical social worker who believes in our innate ability to heal if offered support, compassion, and empowering information. As a licensed body-worker for nearly a decade with a passion for wellness, she brings to her practice the importance of the mind-body connection and uses mindful strategies to promote emotional health. With a sense of humor and warmth, she is adept at creating a comfortable environment where tools for growth and desired change are attainable.
Do you feel “stuck” in repeating patterns? Do you long for a change but can’t seem to make it happen? Or have you recently made a big transition and need help adjusting? Has trauma – either a one-time life event, or an ongoing stressful situation – stopped you from living fully? I help individuals and couples identify goals and the barriers to reaching them. With a collaborative and supportive approach you will find purpose, confidence, and belonging. My approach emphasizes self- determination and collaboration, drawing on evidence-based talk therapies and mind-body approaches like EMDR, mindfulness meditation, and yoga.
Do you feel “stuck” in repeating patterns? Do you long for a change but can’t seem to make it happen? Or have you recently made a big transition and need help adjusting? Has trauma – either a one-time life event, or an ongoing stressful situation – stopped you from living fully? I help individuals and couples identify goals and the barriers to reaching them. With a collaborative and supportive approach you will find purpose, confidence, and belonging. My approach emphasizes self- determination and collaboration, drawing on evidence-based talk therapies and mind-body approaches like EMDR, mindfulness meditation, and yoga.
My style of working is thoughtful and direct. I am committed to helping people discover and enhance their emotional capacity in order to create more satisfying lives. Through the transformative experience of being deeply understood by another in an authentic, safe and honest relationship, people can transform destructive patterns into more satisfying expressions of self.
My style of working is thoughtful and direct. I am committed to helping people discover and enhance their emotional capacity in order to create more satisfying lives. Through the transformative experience of being deeply understood by another in an authentic, safe and honest relationship, people can transform destructive patterns into more satisfying expressions of self.
You may hear about body spa, but have you heard about "mind spa"? I will change your perspective in therapy and you will find the therapy is not just talk about your problem. I am experienced in assisting clients to reach their self-realization and help them find peace of their minds again. Yes! That's why we called it's a "mind spa"!
I am a person-centered therapist who use holistic approach as my goal is to empower and motivate clients. I draw a variety of modalities (CBT, mindfulness, and Ericksonian hypnosis) to meet clients' needs.
You may hear about body spa, but have you heard about "mind spa"? I will change your perspective in therapy and you will find the therapy is not just talk about your problem. I am experienced in assisting clients to reach their self-realization and help them find peace of their minds again. Yes! That's why we called it's a "mind spa"!
I am a person-centered therapist who use holistic approach as my goal is to empower and motivate clients. I draw a variety of modalities (CBT, mindfulness, and Ericksonian hypnosis) to meet clients' needs.
I work in DC and throughout Virginia to help clients understand their strengths, achieve a clearer understanding of obstacles that hold them back, and help promote resilience and joy. I respect the individuality of my clients and target problems using cultural sensitivity, coping strategies, and treatments that speak best to each person and their life experiences. I work collaboratively with couples, families, educators, and treatment providers to make recommendations to enhance every client’s personal strengths and goals. Lastly, I write about mental health as both accessible and pragmatic at embolden.world.
I work in DC and throughout Virginia to help clients understand their strengths, achieve a clearer understanding of obstacles that hold them back, and help promote resilience and joy. I respect the individuality of my clients and target problems using cultural sensitivity, coping strategies, and treatments that speak best to each person and their life experiences. I work collaboratively with couples, families, educators, and treatment providers to make recommendations to enhance every client’s personal strengths and goals. Lastly, I write about mental health as both accessible and pragmatic at embolden.world.
Lisa Zimmerman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
I realize that all of these profiles start to sound alike, especially when you're already feeling overwhelmed. And all the different types of therapy can add to the confusion. In 25 years of practice, I've learned that it is the client-therapist relationship, more than the modality that heals.
My clients appear successful but struggle with anxiety, self-doubt, and self-sabotage. Many have spent years prioritizing others and lost touch with what they want for themselves. These struggles have roots in early experiences where it wasn't safe to be fully authentic. They're stuck in survival mode and are exhausted.
I realize that all of these profiles start to sound alike, especially when you're already feeling overwhelmed. And all the different types of therapy can add to the confusion. In 25 years of practice, I've learned that it is the client-therapist relationship, more than the modality that heals.
My clients appear successful but struggle with anxiety, self-doubt, and self-sabotage. Many have spent years prioritizing others and lost touch with what they want for themselves. These struggles have roots in early experiences where it wasn't safe to be fully authentic. They're stuck in survival mode and are exhausted.
I believe in the healing power of play, the Buddhist truth that suffering is workable, and that you deserve a space that's honest, warm, and genuinely yours.
Greetings! My people are adults, kids, & teens who are done pretending everything's fine. That includes Black and brown clients healing from racial trauma, LGBTQIA+ folks who need a therapist who actually gets it, gamers tired of being pathologized, and people wrestling with depression, grief, ADHD, or family chaos. They come when the usual coping isn't cutting it anymore. Whether you call it therapy for people of color, therapy for gamers, or just finally finding the right fit — you've landed somewhere that takes all of it seriously. With 30+ years of experience, I bring warmth, humor, and zero judgment. All of you is welcome here.
I believe in the healing power of play, the Buddhist truth that suffering is workable, and that you deserve a space that's honest, warm, and genuinely yours.
Greetings! My people are adults, kids, & teens who are done pretending everything's fine. That includes Black and brown clients healing from racial trauma, LGBTQIA+ folks who need a therapist who actually gets it, gamers tired of being pathologized, and people wrestling with depression, grief, ADHD, or family chaos. They come when the usual coping isn't cutting it anymore. Whether you call it therapy for people of color, therapy for gamers, or just finally finding the right fit — you've landed somewhere that takes all of it seriously. With 30+ years of experience, I bring warmth, humor, and zero judgment. All of you is welcome here.
Risa Tochiki Counseling Service PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, EMDR-C
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
I offer psychotherapy in Japanese or English to adult clients on line. I am native Japanese and have been in the DMV area for over 23 years. With me, you will spend initial 3 sessions collaboratively to figure out therapy goals and interventions. After that, we will determine the frequency of therapy needed to achieve your goals. I respect my client's values and ways of living. I am trained in CBT, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Trauma Informed Care, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing. I am a Certified EMDR therapist and Certified provider for CPT. I can only work with clients who reside in Virginia and Washington DC.
I offer psychotherapy in Japanese or English to adult clients on line. I am native Japanese and have been in the DMV area for over 23 years. With me, you will spend initial 3 sessions collaboratively to figure out therapy goals and interventions. After that, we will determine the frequency of therapy needed to achieve your goals. I respect my client's values and ways of living. I am trained in CBT, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Trauma Informed Care, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing. I am a Certified EMDR therapist and Certified provider for CPT. I can only work with clients who reside in Virginia and Washington DC.
At times, all of us experience "lostness" - be it around our sense of self, a relationship, a death, or dreams of the past or future. As a culture, we have a hard time being with and navigating through loss and change. I believe they deserve attention. In therapy, my role is to help you learn about yourself, your patterns, and your early survival strategies, working to restore and build connection with your emotions, your body, and what gives you meaning. I specialize in supporting people with attachment and relationship struggles, trauma, and and all forms of grief and loss.
At times, all of us experience "lostness" - be it around our sense of self, a relationship, a death, or dreams of the past or future. As a culture, we have a hard time being with and navigating through loss and change. I believe they deserve attention. In therapy, my role is to help you learn about yourself, your patterns, and your early survival strategies, working to restore and build connection with your emotions, your body, and what gives you meaning. I specialize in supporting people with attachment and relationship struggles, trauma, and and all forms of grief and loss.
I hold sacred space for Black, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, ENM, child-free, intuitive, empathic, and highly sensitive souls seeking deeper healing. You’re the strong one: always doing, always achieving; yet secretly exhausted. You’ve survived childhood and complex trauma, and your ability to overfunction helped you survive. But now, you're in cycles of anxiety, overwhelm, & negative self-talk because your nervous system never experienced what it's like to truly rest and feel like you're enough. But the time is now to come home to yourself. Together, we’ll work to calm your body, quiet the inner critic, and build a grounded sense of self.
I hold sacred space for Black, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, ENM, child-free, intuitive, empathic, and highly sensitive souls seeking deeper healing. You’re the strong one: always doing, always achieving; yet secretly exhausted. You’ve survived childhood and complex trauma, and your ability to overfunction helped you survive. But now, you're in cycles of anxiety, overwhelm, & negative self-talk because your nervous system never experienced what it's like to truly rest and feel like you're enough. But the time is now to come home to yourself. Together, we’ll work to calm your body, quiet the inner critic, and build a grounded sense of self.
