Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists in Washington, DC
Dubry Counseling Group offers thoughtful, structured therapy that prioritizes clarity, emotional regulation, and practical change. We provide a grounded, affirming space to slow things down, understand patterns, and work through anxiety, mood concerns, relationship stress, and life transitions. Our approach blends insight with real-world tools, helping clients build stability, improve communication, and make decisions that align with their values and circumstances.
Dubry Counseling Group offers thoughtful, structured therapy that prioritizes clarity, emotional regulation, and practical change. We provide a grounded, affirming space to slow things down, understand patterns, and work through anxiety, mood concerns, relationship stress, and life transitions. Our approach blends insight with real-world tools, helping clients build stability, improve communication, and make decisions that align with their values and circumstances.
We use a strength-based, developmental approach in our work with clients. Rather than highlighting pathology in your life, we identify the ways in which you successfully navigate life's challenges and help you develop new tools to overcome any roadblocks you may encounter.
We use a strength-based, developmental approach in our work with clients. Rather than highlighting pathology in your life, we identify the ways in which you successfully navigate life's challenges and help you develop new tools to overcome any roadblocks you may encounter.
I am grounded in CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), and integrate other evidence-based treatments, such as ERP (exposure and response prevention), DBT and CPT for trauma.
Welcome to my practice. I help people make meaningful changes in their lives, with a warm and empathic style, using evidence-based treatments that work. My clients gain a more compassionate and realistic understanding of themselves as well as solid skills and strategies for improving their moods, their functioning, their relationships, and their sense of purpose. I work collaboratively with clients to set goals for their therapy, and I view myself as their partner. I strive to create a non-judgmental, caring and connected therapeutic relationship, where we can work with good humor and deep respect for your values and goals.
I am grounded in CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), and integrate other evidence-based treatments, such as ERP (exposure and response prevention), DBT and CPT for trauma.
Welcome to my practice. I help people make meaningful changes in their lives, with a warm and empathic style, using evidence-based treatments that work. My clients gain a more compassionate and realistic understanding of themselves as well as solid skills and strategies for improving their moods, their functioning, their relationships, and their sense of purpose. I work collaboratively with clients to set goals for their therapy, and I view myself as their partner. I strive to create a non-judgmental, caring and connected therapeutic relationship, where we can work with good humor and deep respect for your values and goals.
I believe that people can transform their thoughts, feelings, lives and relationships when provided with the right support. Newfound strength, resilience and growth often emerge from places where deep hurt and pain once existed. My therapeutic style incorporates compassion, kindness, hope, humor and spirituality. I strive to create a welcoming and safe environment which may reduce fear and make sharing easier. Seeking help is a sign of strength and courage that I acknowledge and celebrate. Therapy involves honesty, self-discovery, empowerment and accountability. It can help shift your perspective and supply relief and freedom.
I believe that people can transform their thoughts, feelings, lives and relationships when provided with the right support. Newfound strength, resilience and growth often emerge from places where deep hurt and pain once existed. My therapeutic style incorporates compassion, kindness, hope, humor and spirituality. I strive to create a welcoming and safe environment which may reduce fear and make sharing easier. Seeking help is a sign of strength and courage that I acknowledge and celebrate. Therapy involves honesty, self-discovery, empowerment and accountability. It can help shift your perspective and supply relief and freedom.
Hi! I'm Natalie. I am passionate about working with children, youth and families. In particular, I love working with BIPOC, neurodivergent, early childhood (3-6) and teen clients. I am also trained in adoption informed care and enjoy working with adoptees and children who are currently in the foster care system. Whenever working with clients, I always use a strengths-based approach and base the work I do off your goals. When I can, I love to engage the whole family to increase everyone's wellbeing and establish relationships.
Hi! I'm Natalie. I am passionate about working with children, youth and families. In particular, I love working with BIPOC, neurodivergent, early childhood (3-6) and teen clients. I am also trained in adoption informed care and enjoy working with adoptees and children who are currently in the foster care system. Whenever working with clients, I always use a strengths-based approach and base the work I do off your goals. When I can, I love to engage the whole family to increase everyone's wellbeing and establish relationships.
Welcome, my name is Madi and thank you for reading my profile! Taking the first step to begin therapy can be an intimidating process. My goal is to help support my clients through this process by creating an open, safe environment, while also empowering them on their therapeutic journey.
Welcome, my name is Madi and thank you for reading my profile! Taking the first step to begin therapy can be an intimidating process. My goal is to help support my clients through this process by creating an open, safe environment, while also empowering them on their therapeutic journey.
I take a behavioral approach, using aspects of Cognitive, Dialectical, and Radically-Open Behavioral Therapy (CBT, DBT, RO- DBT).
Is choosing a therapist starting to feel like swiping on a dating app? I get it. Finding a therapist is overwhelming. How can you know if someone will be the right fit for you just by reading a bit about them. After all, for most of us, the thought of being completely vulnerable with anyone, let alone a stranger you picked from the internet, is terrifying.
The truth is you probably can’t know from what you read here. My hope is that you will connect with something you see in one of the profiles here and begin to feel excited about starting or returning to therapy. Here is a bit about me to help you decide if we could be a fit.
I take a behavioral approach, using aspects of Cognitive, Dialectical, and Radically-Open Behavioral Therapy (CBT, DBT, RO- DBT).
Is choosing a therapist starting to feel like swiping on a dating app? I get it. Finding a therapist is overwhelming. How can you know if someone will be the right fit for you just by reading a bit about them. After all, for most of us, the thought of being completely vulnerable with anyone, let alone a stranger you picked from the internet, is terrifying.
The truth is you probably can’t know from what you read here. My hope is that you will connect with something you see in one of the profiles here and begin to feel excited about starting or returning to therapy. Here is a bit about me to help you decide if we could be a fit.
Parents and families seek out Dr. Griffin because of her expertise in serving the K-12 population. She partners with families to develop achievable goals that improve behaviors and relationships. Her expertise also includes serving adults navigating college and career transitions, anxiety, and depression. Individuals from communities of color know that Dr. Griffin is someone who genuinely cares about their overall well-being and offers a strengths-based approach to achieving their goals. She is keen on validating clients' experiences and helping them grow through challenging times.
Parents and families seek out Dr. Griffin because of her expertise in serving the K-12 population. She partners with families to develop achievable goals that improve behaviors and relationships. Her expertise also includes serving adults navigating college and career transitions, anxiety, and depression. Individuals from communities of color know that Dr. Griffin is someone who genuinely cares about their overall well-being and offers a strengths-based approach to achieving their goals. She is keen on validating clients' experiences and helping them grow through challenging times.
I am a licensed psychologist who works with adults, both individuals and couples. I am a PsyPact provider, meaning I can work with clients in most states (though most of my clients are located in MD and DC). I provide evidence-based treatment for anxiety, depression, trauma, gender-affirming care, body affirmation and wellness, and identity development. My collaborative approach with clients allows us to build a strong connection in treatment, creating a space where clients feel safe and understood. We will work together to identify goals for therapy, develop helpful coping skills, and process life events in meaningful ways.
I am a licensed psychologist who works with adults, both individuals and couples. I am a PsyPact provider, meaning I can work with clients in most states (though most of my clients are located in MD and DC). I provide evidence-based treatment for anxiety, depression, trauma, gender-affirming care, body affirmation and wellness, and identity development. My collaborative approach with clients allows us to build a strong connection in treatment, creating a space where clients feel safe and understood. We will work together to identify goals for therapy, develop helpful coping skills, and process life events in meaningful ways.
My ideal client is an individual looking to reclaim their voice in a world that often overlooks or misunderstands them. They’re navigating burnout, self-doubt, and the pressure to shrink or overperform. They want space to be seen, affirmed, and supported as their full selves. Their goal is to live with authenticity, set boundaries, and build a life rooted in joy, purpose, and self-trust—on their own terms. I specialize in helping women, LGBTQ+, and the BIPOC community. I am deeply committed to supporting the immigrant community and advocating for immigrants' rights. I strive to provide culturally sensitive care.
My ideal client is an individual looking to reclaim their voice in a world that often overlooks or misunderstands them. They’re navigating burnout, self-doubt, and the pressure to shrink or overperform. They want space to be seen, affirmed, and supported as their full selves. Their goal is to live with authenticity, set boundaries, and build a life rooted in joy, purpose, and self-trust—on their own terms. I specialize in helping women, LGBTQ+, and the BIPOC community. I am deeply committed to supporting the immigrant community and advocating for immigrants' rights. I strive to provide culturally sensitive care.
I provide a warm and supportive space for people who feel overwhelmed, stressed, or worn down from carrying a lot on their own. Many clients come to therapy wanting relief, clarity, or a steadier sense of balance. Therefore, our work together focuses on slowing things down and building tools that support true healing and growth. I believe therapy is most helpful when you feel safe, heard, and understood.
I provide a warm and supportive space for people who feel overwhelmed, stressed, or worn down from carrying a lot on their own. Many clients come to therapy wanting relief, clarity, or a steadier sense of balance. Therefore, our work together focuses on slowing things down and building tools that support true healing and growth. I believe therapy is most helpful when you feel safe, heard, and understood.
Hi, I’m Keira! I am a therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the DMV area. I believe kindness is a powerful tool for healing and growth. I work with clients navigating depression, anxiety, trauma, or life transitions who seek a safe, supportive space. Together, we’ll use compassion and evidence-based tools to heal, build resilience, and align your life with your values. With kindness as our foundation, you can thrive.
Hi, I’m Keira! I am a therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the DMV area. I believe kindness is a powerful tool for healing and growth. I work with clients navigating depression, anxiety, trauma, or life transitions who seek a safe, supportive space. Together, we’ll use compassion and evidence-based tools to heal, build resilience, and align your life with your values. With kindness as our foundation, you can thrive.
My approach in CBT & DBT focuses on helping clients better understand and accept their anxiety, while building practical skills to manage symptoms and develop a more positive, supportive mindset.
My passion is about supporting individuals who experience anxiety and depression, helping them cultivate self-acceptance and self-compassion in their healing journey, as well as offering guidance that empowers individuals to take control of their lives and navigate challenges with confidence.
My approach in CBT & DBT focuses on helping clients better understand and accept their anxiety, while building practical skills to manage symptoms and develop a more positive, supportive mindset.
My passion is about supporting individuals who experience anxiety and depression, helping them cultivate self-acceptance and self-compassion in their healing journey, as well as offering guidance that empowers individuals to take control of their lives and navigate challenges with confidence.
Welcome to my practice! I am a licensed psychologist specializing in clinical psychology, neuropsychology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation and offer telehealth services in 40 + states in the US. I bring considerable clinical experience, intelligent understanding, and thoughtful creativity to my clinical work with culturally diverse adults, couples, and families struggling with unproductive relationship, communication, and behavior patterns; unstable mood and emotional states; the pain of combined medical and psychological distress; and in helping individuals negotiate all forms of creative and emotional expression.
Welcome to my practice! I am a licensed psychologist specializing in clinical psychology, neuropsychology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation and offer telehealth services in 40 + states in the US. I bring considerable clinical experience, intelligent understanding, and thoughtful creativity to my clinical work with culturally diverse adults, couples, and families struggling with unproductive relationship, communication, and behavior patterns; unstable mood and emotional states; the pain of combined medical and psychological distress; and in helping individuals negotiate all forms of creative and emotional expression.
I have been a therapist since 2014 and became a therapist because of my own experience of being heard and seen with my own therapists. My approach is to help you create a safe space where you are able to share your thoughts and feelings without feeling judged. I like to work from a parts perspective with the belief that who we are, whether we like it or not, began its formation before we had language, in childhood. I encourage you to open up to feel your feelings.
I have been a therapist since 2014 and became a therapist because of my own experience of being heard and seen with my own therapists. My approach is to help you create a safe space where you are able to share your thoughts and feelings without feeling judged. I like to work from a parts perspective with the belief that who we are, whether we like it or not, began its formation before we had language, in childhood. I encourage you to open up to feel your feelings.
M&K Counseling Associates Inc
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-DC
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20036
Our staff are trained in evidence-based practices including the following therapeutic approaches: Phase Based Trauma Focused Therapy, DBT, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Internal Family Systems, and LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Therapy.
Hello everyone, I'm Maya! I am a therapist at M&K Counseling Associates inc., which is a group private practice offering office and video psychotherapy sessions in DMV area, with two offices in Washington DC. Our staff are highly trained professionals who operate from a holistic, trauma-informed, and systemically aware perspective. We partner with our clients by providing a safe comfortable space so they can explore their life challenges, and collectively establish goals that foster self-empowerment and self-betterment. We specialize in working with young adults and professionals in the DMV area.
Our staff are trained in evidence-based practices including the following therapeutic approaches: Phase Based Trauma Focused Therapy, DBT, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Internal Family Systems, and LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Therapy.
Hello everyone, I'm Maya! I am a therapist at M&K Counseling Associates inc., which is a group private practice offering office and video psychotherapy sessions in DMV area, with two offices in Washington DC. Our staff are highly trained professionals who operate from a holistic, trauma-informed, and systemically aware perspective. We partner with our clients by providing a safe comfortable space so they can explore their life challenges, and collectively establish goals that foster self-empowerment and self-betterment. We specialize in working with young adults and professionals in the DMV area.
My style is compassionate and supportive. I specialize in working with clients to enhance psychological growth, build satisfaction, and build community in their lives. I have over 20 years of experience facilitating change and self-integration. Clients often report feeling more alive, willing to take more risks, and feeling secure in their relationships with others following their therapy journey.
My style is compassionate and supportive. I specialize in working with clients to enhance psychological growth, build satisfaction, and build community in their lives. I have over 20 years of experience facilitating change and self-integration. Clients often report feeling more alive, willing to take more risks, and feeling secure in their relationships with others following their therapy journey.
In my practice I am guided by the belief that change is possible and that every person has the capacity for healthy growth and development but may at times need help in accessing inner resources for positive change. I believe a therapist-client relationship that is characterized by empathy, curiosity, acceptance and caring is what facilitates the therapeutic process. I aim to provide an environment where my clients feel safe and free to explore their feelings, thoughts, needs and goals - an environment where we can work together at understanding what is keeping them from living a more fulfilling life.
In my practice I am guided by the belief that change is possible and that every person has the capacity for healthy growth and development but may at times need help in accessing inner resources for positive change. I believe a therapist-client relationship that is characterized by empathy, curiosity, acceptance and caring is what facilitates the therapeutic process. I aim to provide an environment where my clients feel safe and free to explore their feelings, thoughts, needs and goals - an environment where we can work together at understanding what is keeping them from living a more fulfilling life.
I have 10+ years of experience working with clients who are in an acute to mild phase of a mental health issue, major life stressor, or life transition. I have specialized experience working with psychosis, depersonalization/derealization, dissociation, delusions, Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective, Delusional Disorder.
I offer an active, collaborative approach to therapy and provide an environment of acceptance, warmth and respect that allows my clients to gain insight, self-efficacy, and empowerment while working toward an ultimate goal of taking control of their mental health and achieving sustained well-being and stability.
I have 10+ years of experience working with clients who are in an acute to mild phase of a mental health issue, major life stressor, or life transition. I have specialized experience working with psychosis, depersonalization/derealization, dissociation, delusions, Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective, Delusional Disorder.
I offer an active, collaborative approach to therapy and provide an environment of acceptance, warmth and respect that allows my clients to gain insight, self-efficacy, and empowerment while working toward an ultimate goal of taking control of their mental health and achieving sustained well-being and stability.
You deserve a space where you feel understood, supported, and empowered to grow. You may be tired of feeling unseen, unheard, or misunderstood. Perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed and disconnected from yourself. These are experiences from childhood that may be repeating themselves in your daily life. Together, we will explore your attachment needs that developed from your earliest relationships and examine the behaviors and patterns that are keeping you and your current relationships stuck. I support individuals and couples to improve their ability to connect with themselves and others and to navigate conflict more effectively.
You deserve a space where you feel understood, supported, and empowered to grow. You may be tired of feeling unseen, unheard, or misunderstood. Perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed and disconnected from yourself. These are experiences from childhood that may be repeating themselves in your daily life. Together, we will explore your attachment needs that developed from your earliest relationships and examine the behaviors and patterns that are keeping you and your current relationships stuck. I support individuals and couples to improve their ability to connect with themselves and others and to navigate conflict more effectively.
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Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behavior and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behavior, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioral change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behavior; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.