Divorce Therapists in Washington, DC
I view therapy as an opportunity for every person to have a confidential, supportive, and guided experience towards personal growth and facing life’s unending challenges. My style of therapy is very much like my personality: down to earth, humble, funny, compassionate, slightly sarcastic, direct, and blunt in a loving way. I have a sense of humor about myself, and I encourage my clients to adopt the same attitude. Each client who walks into my office comes with a unique history of experiences. To personalize treatment I use a combination of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to best support, explore, interpret, and solve.
I view therapy as an opportunity for every person to have a confidential, supportive, and guided experience towards personal growth and facing life’s unending challenges. My style of therapy is very much like my personality: down to earth, humble, funny, compassionate, slightly sarcastic, direct, and blunt in a loving way. I have a sense of humor about myself, and I encourage my clients to adopt the same attitude. Each client who walks into my office comes with a unique history of experiences. To personalize treatment I use a combination of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to best support, explore, interpret, and solve.
Are you suffering from low self-esteem, feelings of inadequacy, shame or perhaps even self-loathing? These feelings can make it extremely difficult to seek the very treatment which might offer relief and change. It can feel risky and sometimes exquisitely shameful to reveal oneself to a another person. I can help reduce your shame and make the therapeutic process more bearable and productive. Together we will look honestly and fully at your conflicts, strengths, relationships and experiences - in a manner that is gentle, yet steadfast; warm, yet serious; and attentive to you in all your individual complexity.
Are you suffering from low self-esteem, feelings of inadequacy, shame or perhaps even self-loathing? These feelings can make it extremely difficult to seek the very treatment which might offer relief and change. It can feel risky and sometimes exquisitely shameful to reveal oneself to a another person. I can help reduce your shame and make the therapeutic process more bearable and productive. Together we will look honestly and fully at your conflicts, strengths, relationships and experiences - in a manner that is gentle, yet steadfast; warm, yet serious; and attentive to you in all your individual complexity.
Courtney Fraser
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCPC, PhD, CST
3 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20009
I am a therapist and clinical sexologist who has worked for over 15 years with clients across the lifespan. Currently, I work with cis-het and LGBTQIA+ adults and couples in all relationship styles. My first goal in working with a new client or couple is to understand their experience and concerns. From there, we collaboratively determine how I can best assist them in the therapy process. I pride myself on my ability to meet people where they are at, build a supportive relationship, and help them work towards their goals. Over the years, my clients have told me they value my direct and compassionate therapeutic style.
I am a therapist and clinical sexologist who has worked for over 15 years with clients across the lifespan. Currently, I work with cis-het and LGBTQIA+ adults and couples in all relationship styles. My first goal in working with a new client or couple is to understand their experience and concerns. From there, we collaboratively determine how I can best assist them in the therapy process. I pride myself on my ability to meet people where they are at, build a supportive relationship, and help them work towards their goals. Over the years, my clients have told me they value my direct and compassionate therapeutic style.
Are you experiencing racing thoughts, feeling like you are stuck in a loop or on the edge of a cliff? Do you feel like you are in a "fight or flight" mode? Do you feel a sense of emptiness, numbness, or heaviness in your heart that makes it difficult to find motivation and interest in life? Using a trauma-informed integrative approach to self-discovery and healing, I invite you on a journey to explore how your lived experiences shaped your perception of yourself and the world around you, your pattern of communication, and the relationship that you have with yourself and others.
Are you experiencing racing thoughts, feeling like you are stuck in a loop or on the edge of a cliff? Do you feel like you are in a "fight or flight" mode? Do you feel a sense of emptiness, numbness, or heaviness in your heart that makes it difficult to find motivation and interest in life? Using a trauma-informed integrative approach to self-discovery and healing, I invite you on a journey to explore how your lived experiences shaped your perception of yourself and the world around you, your pattern of communication, and the relationship that you have with yourself and others.
I work with adults and couples who are outwardly capable but privately strained by repeated relationship conflict, emotional disconnection, sexual concerns, or the impact of infidelity. Many clients feel stuck in patterns that don’t change despite insight or effort. My approach is relational and direct, with close attention to how conflict, withdrawal, and repair unfold between people in real time. Sessions are structured, thoughtful, and focused on clarity, accountability, and restoring trust and intimacy in a grounded, sustainable way.
I work with adults and couples who are outwardly capable but privately strained by repeated relationship conflict, emotional disconnection, sexual concerns, or the impact of infidelity. Many clients feel stuck in patterns that don’t change despite insight or effort. My approach is relational and direct, with close attention to how conflict, withdrawal, and repair unfold between people in real time. Sessions are structured, thoughtful, and focused on clarity, accountability, and restoring trust and intimacy in a grounded, sustainable way.
I am a mental health professional with a deep commitment to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges and heal from emotional pain. I specialize in working with people experiencing anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, trauma histories, and difficult life transitions. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of your next step, I aim to provide a safe, supportive space where you can feel seen and understood.
I am a mental health professional with a deep commitment to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges and heal from emotional pain. I specialize in working with people experiencing anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, trauma histories, and difficult life transitions. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of your next step, I aim to provide a safe, supportive space where you can feel seen and understood.
As children, we are learning from interactions with our parents who we are and how to fit into the world around us. After we leave home, we become our own parents as we continue to learn about ourselves and how to find our own place in life. And when we have families of our own, we are now parents both for our children and for ourselves, as we continue to understand more about who we are. I provide a warm, empathic and accepting environment where you can explore your current life challenges, as well as address past issues that impact your everyday life.
As children, we are learning from interactions with our parents who we are and how to fit into the world around us. After we leave home, we become our own parents as we continue to learn about ourselves and how to find our own place in life. And when we have families of our own, we are now parents both for our children and for ourselves, as we continue to understand more about who we are. I provide a warm, empathic and accepting environment where you can explore your current life challenges, as well as address past issues that impact your everyday life.
Feeling stuck? Want to change, but not sure where to start? Need help navigating change?
Together, we’ll uncover your strengths, work through the barriers holding you back, and build a path toward the life you desire. It's never too late to start a new chapter.
Feeling stuck? Want to change, but not sure where to start? Need help navigating change?
Together, we’ll uncover your strengths, work through the barriers holding you back, and build a path toward the life you desire. It's never too late to start a new chapter.
New Hope Counseling Group, LLC, is a group of diverse licensed therapists who take great pride in providing a safe and comfortable space to explore a range of challenges with each client we work with. We strive to empower our clients to navigate life's challenges through individualized, collaborative, trauma-informed treatment modalities. We seek to match you with the best fit therapist based on your presenting needs or personal goals.
New Hope Counseling Group, LLC, is a group of diverse licensed therapists who take great pride in providing a safe and comfortable space to explore a range of challenges with each client we work with. We strive to empower our clients to navigate life's challenges through individualized, collaborative, trauma-informed treatment modalities. We seek to match you with the best fit therapist based on your presenting needs or personal goals.
Life can feel overwhelming at times. Have you ever felt lonely, lost, or as if you’re not fully living the life you were meant to?
I help women step into the life of their dreams by equipping them with the tools they need to thrive. Sometimes, it’s not about knowing all the answers—it’s about discovering who you truly are and embracing the life God intended for you.
I specialize in helping women and girls set healthy boundaries, take empowered risks, and focus on what truly matters to them.
Let’s begin exactly where you are and grow into your next chapter with clarity and purpose.
Schedule a consultation today.
Life can feel overwhelming at times. Have you ever felt lonely, lost, or as if you’re not fully living the life you were meant to?
I help women step into the life of their dreams by equipping them with the tools they need to thrive. Sometimes, it’s not about knowing all the answers—it’s about discovering who you truly are and embracing the life God intended for you.
I specialize in helping women and girls set healthy boundaries, take empowered risks, and focus on what truly matters to them.
Let’s begin exactly where you are and grow into your next chapter with clarity and purpose.
Schedule a consultation today.
Our trauma-informed and culturally sensitive clinicians provide professional services with respect, sensitivity, and responsiveness. We treat each client, couple, and group with compassion and work collaboratively to alleviate distress and promote optimal growth. Therapy offers you an opportunity to know yourself better; address and identify current and long-standing difficulties; optimize your innate strengths; experience less pain and suffering; alleviate self-defeating behaviors; build and maintain healthier relationships; become more resilient and adaptable to change; and feel more equipped to manage and enjoy your life.
Our trauma-informed and culturally sensitive clinicians provide professional services with respect, sensitivity, and responsiveness. We treat each client, couple, and group with compassion and work collaboratively to alleviate distress and promote optimal growth. Therapy offers you an opportunity to know yourself better; address and identify current and long-standing difficulties; optimize your innate strengths; experience less pain and suffering; alleviate self-defeating behaviors; build and maintain healthier relationships; become more resilient and adaptable to change; and feel more equipped to manage and enjoy your life.
Maribeth Hilliard Hager
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20015
I provide a supportive therapeutic environment helping individuals and families attain a greater understanding into their thoughts, feelings, and actions. Through this understanding, clients will make choices and decisions that will put them on a path to what they really want out of their lives, their families, and their relationships.
I provide a supportive therapeutic environment helping individuals and families attain a greater understanding into their thoughts, feelings, and actions. Through this understanding, clients will make choices and decisions that will put them on a path to what they really want out of their lives, their families, and their relationships.
I've been providing psychotherapy for twenty-nine years. I work with preteens, teens, and adults of all ages. I am passionate about this work and have helped many people change their lives for the better. I believe in a person's ability to make their life as full and rich as they want it to be. Therapy can help you get what you need and want in your relationships, work, and other areas of life. I am easy to talk to and bring a lot of warmth and caring to therapy. I sometimes use innovative approaches including walking in nature with clients, hypnotherapy, pet therapy, and writing/art therapy.
I've been providing psychotherapy for twenty-nine years. I work with preteens, teens, and adults of all ages. I am passionate about this work and have helped many people change their lives for the better. I believe in a person's ability to make their life as full and rich as they want it to be. Therapy can help you get what you need and want in your relationships, work, and other areas of life. I am easy to talk to and bring a lot of warmth and caring to therapy. I sometimes use innovative approaches including walking in nature with clients, hypnotherapy, pet therapy, and writing/art therapy.
*Accepting new clients for in-person and virtual* I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Registered Art Therapist providing individual therapy to children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and trauma. The therapeutic relationship is one of the most essential aspects of my clinical work and I cater my approaches to each unique individual based on their strengths and needs. I am dedicated to creating a safe, genuine, and empathetic environment where my clients feel supported in their healing process and where we can work together to overcome obstacles.
*Accepting new clients for in-person and virtual* I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Registered Art Therapist providing individual therapy to children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and trauma. The therapeutic relationship is one of the most essential aspects of my clinical work and I cater my approaches to each unique individual based on their strengths and needs. I am dedicated to creating a safe, genuine, and empathetic environment where my clients feel supported in their healing process and where we can work together to overcome obstacles.
There are times in life when we feel "stuck" and unable to move forward to live the life that we desire and deserve. While it takes strength and courage to reach out for help, the rewards of therapy are life-changing. I assist clients in identifying what may be holding them back. I empower clients to gain insight into underlying issues, heal deep wounds, and master the tools to create a satisfying life. I am passionate about the therapeutic work I do and enjoy forming strong alliances with my clients, partnering with them throughout their personal journey of growth and discovery.
There are times in life when we feel "stuck" and unable to move forward to live the life that we desire and deserve. While it takes strength and courage to reach out for help, the rewards of therapy are life-changing. I assist clients in identifying what may be holding them back. I empower clients to gain insight into underlying issues, heal deep wounds, and master the tools to create a satisfying life. I am passionate about the therapeutic work I do and enjoy forming strong alliances with my clients, partnering with them throughout their personal journey of growth and discovery.
There are times when things are not going as well as we'd like in our family, social or work relationships, particularly post-Covid. You may feel alone, depressed, anxious, or have conflict or discomfort with those you care about. In my psychotherapy practice I help couples, individuals & families restore their sense of well being and connection. People learn how to be more present and intentional in accordance with their values. Partners learn to be safely available to each other through a dialogue process that teaches more effective listening, deeper understanding and empathy. In person and Telehealth meetings are offered.
There are times when things are not going as well as we'd like in our family, social or work relationships, particularly post-Covid. You may feel alone, depressed, anxious, or have conflict or discomfort with those you care about. In my psychotherapy practice I help couples, individuals & families restore their sense of well being and connection. People learn how to be more present and intentional in accordance with their values. Partners learn to be safely available to each other through a dialogue process that teaches more effective listening, deeper understanding and empathy. In person and Telehealth meetings are offered.
I have a passion for working with clients through intrapersonal and relational concerns related to attachment. By using Emotionally Focused Therapy, Person centered therapy, Mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, I hope to empower my clients with tools to create authentic connections with others, while also prioritizing self-exploration and self-acceptance. I have a special interest in working with couples, burnout, depression and anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, relationship issues, and effective communication.
I have a passion for working with clients through intrapersonal and relational concerns related to attachment. By using Emotionally Focused Therapy, Person centered therapy, Mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, I hope to empower my clients with tools to create authentic connections with others, while also prioritizing self-exploration and self-acceptance. I have a special interest in working with couples, burnout, depression and anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, relationship issues, and effective communication.
I’m a Yale- and Northwestern-trained psychologist in full-time private practice outside Washington, DC. My practice is mostly virtual, and I work with adults from DC, MD, VA, NY, and 40+ PSYPACT states. I’m a member of the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, where I'm Chair of the Institutional Review Board, which ensures that research participants are protected and treated ethically. I guest-lecture on couples therapy at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. And to complement the deeper psychodynamic work I do with couples, I completed specialized training at The Gottman Institute.
I’m a Yale- and Northwestern-trained psychologist in full-time private practice outside Washington, DC. My practice is mostly virtual, and I work with adults from DC, MD, VA, NY, and 40+ PSYPACT states. I’m a member of the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, where I'm Chair of the Institutional Review Board, which ensures that research participants are protected and treated ethically. I guest-lecture on couples therapy at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. And to complement the deeper psychodynamic work I do with couples, I completed specialized training at The Gottman Institute.
Life is unavoidably full of transitions, stressors, disappointments, and losses that create blocks to the life you want to lead. I provide a break from the busyness, to explore where you are and where you want to go. That path to change may include new ways of relating to relationships, work demands, past trauma or other external factors. Additionally, growth may be shifts in internal dialogues that lead to challenges, like anxiety and depression. Whatever your goals, my role is to hold a compassionate space to be curious about your needs, to connect your past to your present, and to find a way forward towards the change you desire.
Life is unavoidably full of transitions, stressors, disappointments, and losses that create blocks to the life you want to lead. I provide a break from the busyness, to explore where you are and where you want to go. That path to change may include new ways of relating to relationships, work demands, past trauma or other external factors. Additionally, growth may be shifts in internal dialogues that lead to challenges, like anxiety and depression. Whatever your goals, my role is to hold a compassionate space to be curious about your needs, to connect your past to your present, and to find a way forward towards the change you desire.
Accepting new clients- Life is hard. Most of us want to think that it gets easier but that only occurs when our skills (emotional, mental, physical, spiritual) improve. Therapy is the perfect place to learn and practice new skills while getting the encouragement to make it through life's toughest moments. And I am ready for you. I work with all clients and specialize in the Black/Brown communities, LGBTQ population, couples, and adolescents. I value intersectionality, solutions-focused work, and holistic practices.
Accepting new clients- Life is hard. Most of us want to think that it gets easier but that only occurs when our skills (emotional, mental, physical, spiritual) improve. Therapy is the perfect place to learn and practice new skills while getting the encouragement to make it through life's toughest moments. And I am ready for you. I work with all clients and specialize in the Black/Brown communities, LGBTQ population, couples, and adolescents. I value intersectionality, solutions-focused work, and holistic practices.
