Career Counseling Therapists in Washington, DC
I also help clients navigate specific life transitions -- for example, to a new school, job, relationship, or parenthood.
As a therapist with broad and intensive training, I employ an integrative approach, tailored to the individual. I keep a close eye on emerging theory and treatment research. I strive to build therapeutic relationships characterized by warmth, openness, thoughtfulness, firmness, direct communication, teaching, learning, and collaboration.
I also help clients navigate specific life transitions -- for example, to a new school, job, relationship, or parenthood.
As a therapist with broad and intensive training, I employ an integrative approach, tailored to the individual. I keep a close eye on emerging theory and treatment research. I strive to build therapeutic relationships characterized by warmth, openness, thoughtfulness, firmness, direct communication, teaching, learning, and collaboration.
I specialize in working with individuals and couples through life adjustments, job changes, and finding meaning in your day-to-day.
I often work with clients dealing with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, or people coping with change. I also specifically work with families impacted by the child welfare triad (Birth Family, Foster/ Adoptive Parents/ Child). I am body-positive and LGBTQ+ friendly.
I specialize in working with individuals and couples through life adjustments, job changes, and finding meaning in your day-to-day.
I often work with clients dealing with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, or people coping with change. I also specifically work with families impacted by the child welfare triad (Birth Family, Foster/ Adoptive Parents/ Child). I am body-positive and LGBTQ+ friendly.
Alcohol & Drug Abuse, Depression and Anxiety, Uncertainty about Your Career Path, LGBTQ, Relationship Ambivalence,Parenting, Wondering If you are Gay?
You've always prided yourself as a confident and determined individual. The one who delivers. Yet, lately, the pressure feels heavier, the anxiety sharper and the thoughts of failure harder to silence. It's as if the balance you worked so hard to maintain is slipping and the weight of it all feels impossible to carry alone. Even the most capable professionals face moments like this. Seeking support is a strategic step toward regaining control. Life's challenges are tough but you don't have to navigate them alone. If you are ready, I am here to help. Make the call. " Let Thoughts Come and Go. Just don't Serve them Tea."
Alcohol & Drug Abuse, Depression and Anxiety, Uncertainty about Your Career Path, LGBTQ, Relationship Ambivalence,Parenting, Wondering If you are Gay?
You've always prided yourself as a confident and determined individual. The one who delivers. Yet, lately, the pressure feels heavier, the anxiety sharper and the thoughts of failure harder to silence. It's as if the balance you worked so hard to maintain is slipping and the weight of it all feels impossible to carry alone. Even the most capable professionals face moments like this. Seeking support is a strategic step toward regaining control. Life's challenges are tough but you don't have to navigate them alone. If you are ready, I am here to help. Make the call. " Let Thoughts Come and Go. Just don't Serve them Tea."
I specialize in working with individuals and couples through life adjustments, job changes, and finding meaning in your day-to-day.
I often work with clients dealing with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, or people coping with change. I also specifically work with families impacted by the child welfare triad (Birth Family, Foster/ Adoptive Parents/ Child). I am body-positive and LGBTQ+ friendly.
I specialize in working with individuals and couples through life adjustments, job changes, and finding meaning in your day-to-day.
I often work with clients dealing with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, or people coping with change. I also specifically work with families impacted by the child welfare triad (Birth Family, Foster/ Adoptive Parents/ Child). I am body-positive and LGBTQ+ friendly.
NOTE: if you have been recently terminated from your government job, a steep discounted fee will be offered to you until you have work and job security again - whenever down the road that may be.
NOTE: I am willing to adjust my fee, hopefully making therapy more affordable, especially right now. I am a complex trauma and ADHD specialist. If you’re struggling with: relationship problems; memory; brain fog; low self-esteem; people pleasing; trusting yourself and others; high anxiety and panic; social isolation; mood changes: fear and despair about our country’s future - I will listen, validate, support, and help you process these experiences as well as tackle any mental roadblocks that come up and set a course of action tailored to your specific therapeutic needs. And then we get to work.
NOTE: if you have been recently terminated from your government job, a steep discounted fee will be offered to you until you have work and job security again - whenever down the road that may be.
NOTE: I am willing to adjust my fee, hopefully making therapy more affordable, especially right now. I am a complex trauma and ADHD specialist. If you’re struggling with: relationship problems; memory; brain fog; low self-esteem; people pleasing; trusting yourself and others; high anxiety and panic; social isolation; mood changes: fear and despair about our country’s future - I will listen, validate, support, and help you process these experiences as well as tackle any mental roadblocks that come up and set a course of action tailored to your specific therapeutic needs. And then we get to work.
Losing a loved one - (or a home, or a job, or a relationship) - hurts.
Grief is a natural response to a bereavement or a loss of any kind, but the distress you understandably feel today need not be incapacitating or unnecessarily prolonged. My approach will help you come to terms with your new reality, while retaining a healthy and positive psychological relationship with the loved ones you have cherished, but who are now no longer physically present. We will work together to establish new strategies for living a fulfilling and joyful life - a life that can be continually enriched by the happy memories of times gone by. A life of gratitude, rather than regret.
Losing a loved one - (or a home, or a job, or a relationship) - hurts.
Grief is a natural response to a bereavement or a loss of any kind, but the distress you understandably feel today need not be incapacitating or unnecessarily prolonged. My approach will help you come to terms with your new reality, while retaining a healthy and positive psychological relationship with the loved ones you have cherished, but who are now no longer physically present. We will work together to establish new strategies for living a fulfilling and joyful life - a life that can be continually enriched by the happy memories of times gone by. A life of gratitude, rather than regret.
Clients experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, job issues, or really any other type of discomfort will benefit from my integration of mindfulness and meditative practices into their treatment, alongside the use of building the psychological tools that empower them to create measurable changes to their circumstances.
I believe in the inherent wisdom and strength within all human beings and I utilize a number of approaches to reveal that wisdom and strength within my clients. My person centered approach includes buddhist psychotherapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psycho-dynamic therapy, and existential therapy.
Clients experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, job issues, or really any other type of discomfort will benefit from my integration of mindfulness and meditative practices into their treatment, alongside the use of building the psychological tools that empower them to create measurable changes to their circumstances.
I believe in the inherent wisdom and strength within all human beings and I utilize a number of approaches to reveal that wisdom and strength within my clients. My person centered approach includes buddhist psychotherapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psycho-dynamic therapy, and existential therapy.
Brenda Edmonds – Addictions, Anxiety, Depression
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LGSW
Verified Verified
Online Only
Brenda Edmonds is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker in DC that specializes in Addiction, Adoption, Alcohol Use, Alzheimer’s, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Career Counseling, Child & Parenting Needs, Coping Skills, Depression, Domestic Violence & Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Intellectual & Learning Disabilities, Medication Management, Self-Harming, Stress, Trauma & PTSD, Mental Health, Mood Disorders, and many other areas. Brenda’s 20 years of clinical experience has been widely dedicated to working with children and adults experiencing low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance abuse.
Brenda Edmonds is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker in DC that specializes in Addiction, Adoption, Alcohol Use, Alzheimer’s, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Career Counseling, Child & Parenting Needs, Coping Skills, Depression, Domestic Violence & Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Intellectual & Learning Disabilities, Medication Management, Self-Harming, Stress, Trauma & PTSD, Mental Health, Mood Disorders, and many other areas. Brenda’s 20 years of clinical experience has been widely dedicated to working with children and adults experiencing low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance abuse.
Corinne Partelow
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I have experience working with clients in a number of different areas including trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship abuse, family conflict, and career and life transitions.
I believe that the foundation of therapy starts with a trusting relationship characterized by honesty, warmth, and empathy. Once this foundation is established, we will work together to confront personal challenges, explore your strengths, and set therapeutic goals. I will use a variety of techniques tailored to your specific needs in order to guide our sessions. My hope is that our work together will leave you feeling a greater sense of empowerment and self-compassion and provide you with a useful set of tools that you can implement outside of the therapeutic setting.
I have experience working with clients in a number of different areas including trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship abuse, family conflict, and career and life transitions.
I believe that the foundation of therapy starts with a trusting relationship characterized by honesty, warmth, and empathy. Once this foundation is established, we will work together to confront personal challenges, explore your strengths, and set therapeutic goals. I will use a variety of techniques tailored to your specific needs in order to guide our sessions. My hope is that our work together will leave you feeling a greater sense of empowerment and self-compassion and provide you with a useful set of tools that you can implement outside of the therapeutic setting.
Ryan Maddock
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Have you experienced a loss of a job or a loved one or are currently in crisis?
I believe in a strength-based approach to empower you to navigate through life's challenges. One of my specializations is assisting individuals work through their grief/loss experiences. Loss in life does not only mean loss of a loved one, it can also be of the life you thought you would have. I also have experience working with other experiencing trauma.
Have you experienced a loss of a job or a loved one or are currently in crisis?
I believe in a strength-based approach to empower you to navigate through life's challenges. One of my specializations is assisting individuals work through their grief/loss experiences. Loss in life does not only mean loss of a loved one, it can also be of the life you thought you would have. I also have experience working with other experiencing trauma.
I have particular specialties with clients struggling with: distressed or unrewarding work and family relationships; relationship coaching for executives; life and career transitions; prenuptial agreement counseling; financial therapy; inherited-wealth counseling; infidelity; discernment counseling (deciding to divorce or not); and divorce counseling;
Please note that all sessions are via tele-medicine. I believe that clients seeking counseling services desire tools for living a better life, and I strive to provide those tools. I do not push change on clients, but rather helps them articulate how they want their lives to be, and then collaboratively set out to put the foundation in place to create that life. I feel that clients gain the most from the counseling experience when they feel supported, encouraged, and understood by their therapist. This process works best in a warm, empathetic, and non-judgmental space, which I provide.
I have particular specialties with clients struggling with: distressed or unrewarding work and family relationships; relationship coaching for executives; life and career transitions; prenuptial agreement counseling; financial therapy; inherited-wealth counseling; infidelity; discernment counseling (deciding to divorce or not); and divorce counseling;
Please note that all sessions are via tele-medicine. I believe that clients seeking counseling services desire tools for living a better life, and I strive to provide those tools. I do not push change on clients, but rather helps them articulate how they want their lives to be, and then collaboratively set out to put the foundation in place to create that life. I feel that clients gain the most from the counseling experience when they feel supported, encouraged, and understood by their therapist. This process works best in a warm, empathetic, and non-judgmental space, which I provide.
Meet Our Career Counseling Therapists
I bring to my clients objectivity, insight, candor, resourcefulness, commitment and compassion so that they work safely to relieve anxiety or stress, improve mood and physical health, re-examine career goals, enhance personal relationships, address and heal from trauma injuries, resolve serious impairment of work performance and emotional stability from addictive behaviors, strengthen personal interests and reengage in life.
Psychotherapy is a personal and unique journey, built upon a solid and trusting relationship with a therapist. I offer my clients compassion, non-judgment and curiosity as well as unique professional and personal experience which encourages them to reflect upon beliefs and feelings so that they can experience richer lives.
I bring to my clients objectivity, insight, candor, resourcefulness, commitment and compassion so that they work safely to relieve anxiety or stress, improve mood and physical health, re-examine career goals, enhance personal relationships, address and heal from trauma injuries, resolve serious impairment of work performance and emotional stability from addictive behaviors, strengthen personal interests and reengage in life.
Psychotherapy is a personal and unique journey, built upon a solid and trusting relationship with a therapist. I offer my clients compassion, non-judgment and curiosity as well as unique professional and personal experience which encourages them to reflect upon beliefs and feelings so that they can experience richer lives.
I specialize in working with individuals and couples through life adjustments, job changes, and finding meaning in your day-to-day.
I often work with clients dealing with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, or people coping with change. I also specifically work with families impacted by the child welfare triad (Birth Family, Foster/ Adoptive Parents/ Child). I am body-positive and LGBTQ+ friendly.
I specialize in working with individuals and couples through life adjustments, job changes, and finding meaning in your day-to-day.
I often work with clients dealing with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, or people coping with change. I also specifically work with families impacted by the child welfare triad (Birth Family, Foster/ Adoptive Parents/ Child). I am body-positive and LGBTQ+ friendly.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, my job is to be the catalyst to assist you in the decision making and healing process and to support you in achieving those goals.
My practice specialties include anxiety, depression, grief, chronic stress, and issues concerning women and children. I utilize a variety of therapy modalities such as CBT, Eclectic, Mindfulness Based, and Solutions Focused Brief Therapy to meet each client’s unique needs.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, my job is to be the catalyst to assist you in the decision making and healing process and to support you in achieving those goals.
My practice specialties include anxiety, depression, grief, chronic stress, and issues concerning women and children. I utilize a variety of therapy modalities such as CBT, Eclectic, Mindfulness Based, and Solutions Focused Brief Therapy to meet each client’s unique needs.
They are more productive with greater clarity in their relationships, career, and life.
Do you want a better life with more choices and success- every day? I am honored to work with clients to help them address life issues, trauma, anxiety, depression, medical illness & pain, relationship and general life issues to better live the life they chose. I work with you in a collaborative and interactive way. We work to help you understand what has happened in your life, but more importantly, how to address and create the meaningful changes, the life success, and happiness, that is most important to you to have your best life.
They are more productive with greater clarity in their relationships, career, and life.
Do you want a better life with more choices and success- every day? I am honored to work with clients to help them address life issues, trauma, anxiety, depression, medical illness & pain, relationship and general life issues to better live the life they chose. I work with you in a collaborative and interactive way. We work to help you understand what has happened in your life, but more importantly, how to address and create the meaningful changes, the life success, and happiness, that is most important to you to have your best life.
, a recent move, graduation, or job change), grief (e.
I currently work with adolescents and adults of all ages in individual therapy and specialize in working with clients with marginalized identities (e.g., racial/ethnic, sexual, and gender minorities). My ideal client is willing to bring as much of themselves into the room (e.g., social/cultural identities, personal experiences, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors) to foster more self-awareness and growth and make meaningful life changes.
, a recent move, graduation, or job change), grief (e.
I currently work with adolescents and adults of all ages in individual therapy and specialize in working with clients with marginalized identities (e.g., racial/ethnic, sexual, and gender minorities). My ideal client is willing to bring as much of themselves into the room (e.g., social/cultural identities, personal experiences, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors) to foster more self-awareness and growth and make meaningful life changes.
Quarterlife Center
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LICSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Our therapists and career coaches specialize in helping young adults survive their quarterlife crisis and thrive in their lives.
We are dedicated to helping you successfully navigate life transitions, live life to the fullest, and build the life you want. We will help you discover what you truly want out of life and your relationships, to tap into your ultimate potential, and to do this in a way that honors your core values.
Our therapists and career coaches specialize in helping young adults survive their quarterlife crisis and thrive in their lives.
We are dedicated to helping you successfully navigate life transitions, live life to the fullest, and build the life you want. We will help you discover what you truly want out of life and your relationships, to tap into your ultimate potential, and to do this in a way that honors your core values.
Patients in business tell me they find my background in business administration (I have an MBA) helps when it comes to working through career difficulties and in office relationships.
I see patients suffering from anxiety, depression, self-destructive patterns, relationship issues, sexual difficulties, identity, adjustment problems in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and couple's counseling. My aim is to relieve mental distress and interpersonal conflict by deepening self-understanding and self-control. After 36 years in practice, my clinical experience is broad and deep. My reputation and publications on relational, religious and ethical topics sometimes attracts patients with these difficulties. A graduate of Harvard University (MBA,PhD) and Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, I practice in Washington, DC.
Patients in business tell me they find my background in business administration (I have an MBA) helps when it comes to working through career difficulties and in office relationships.
I see patients suffering from anxiety, depression, self-destructive patterns, relationship issues, sexual difficulties, identity, adjustment problems in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and couple's counseling. My aim is to relieve mental distress and interpersonal conflict by deepening self-understanding and self-control. After 36 years in practice, my clinical experience is broad and deep. My reputation and publications on relational, religious and ethical topics sometimes attracts patients with these difficulties. A graduate of Harvard University (MBA,PhD) and Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, I practice in Washington, DC.
I have considerable experience working with emerging adults, early career professionals, and those in life transitions.
Finding the right therapist is like any other relationship in our lives, it's important that it's the right fit. My therapeutic style is warm, engaging, and collaborative. My priority is making sure the therapeutic relationship is a space where you can feel open to share your fears, dreams, goals, and authentic self while being supportively challenged on the things that are impeding your happiness and contributing to your distress. Throughout this process we will consider the role of your unique cultural identities and how your life experiences have influenced the person you are and hope to be.
I have considerable experience working with emerging adults, early career professionals, and those in life transitions.
Finding the right therapist is like any other relationship in our lives, it's important that it's the right fit. My therapeutic style is warm, engaging, and collaborative. My priority is making sure the therapeutic relationship is a space where you can feel open to share your fears, dreams, goals, and authentic self while being supportively challenged on the things that are impeding your happiness and contributing to your distress. Throughout this process we will consider the role of your unique cultural identities and how your life experiences have influenced the person you are and hope to be.
I work with early career professionals struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and difficult career changes.
Therapy works best when you’re feeling understood. By processing and understanding the events of your life and your reaction to them, we will identify healthy coping strategies to manage stress and strong emotions. Have you experienced a loss that feels overwhelming? Feeling “stuck” or alone in your grief? Together, we can work to help you feel better. Our lives and problems can be more deeply understood through a structured reflection of the past. I use a mix of psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) to help people notice and be curious about their feelings, thoughts, behaviors.
I work with early career professionals struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and difficult career changes.
Therapy works best when you’re feeling understood. By processing and understanding the events of your life and your reaction to them, we will identify healthy coping strategies to manage stress and strong emotions. Have you experienced a loss that feels overwhelming? Feeling “stuck” or alone in your grief? Together, we can work to help you feel better. Our lives and problems can be more deeply understood through a structured reflection of the past. I use a mix of psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) to help people notice and be curious about their feelings, thoughts, behaviors.
