Emotionally Focused Therapists in Washington, DC
You may feel like you are carrying more than you can hold. Maybe you are living with PTSD or trauma, including childhood trauma, neglect, or family and relationship abuse. Maybe anxiety has taken over your days, or old family patterns keep showing up in your relationships. If you come from an immigrant family or are navigating more than one culture, you may be carrying family expectations and responsibilities in more than one language and world. Whatever brought you here, you do not have to carry it alone.
You may feel like you are carrying more than you can hold. Maybe you are living with PTSD or trauma, including childhood trauma, neglect, or family and relationship abuse. Maybe anxiety has taken over your days, or old family patterns keep showing up in your relationships. If you come from an immigrant family or are navigating more than one culture, you may be carrying family expectations and responsibilities in more than one language and world. Whatever brought you here, you do not have to carry it alone.
It gets much better from here. No matter what you're going through, our expert providers are here to help with online mental health care tailored to you. Brightside Health offers personalized psychiatry, proven therapy, or both to help you feel better. Get started right from home, with appointments in as little as 2 days.
It gets much better from here. No matter what you're going through, our expert providers are here to help with online mental health care tailored to you. Brightside Health offers personalized psychiatry, proven therapy, or both to help you feel better. Get started right from home, with appointments in as little as 2 days.
My training in Emotionally Focused Therapy and Imago Couples Therapy will help you move past stuck points and conflict with your partner.
Do you long to move past circular fights with your partner about the dishes and who does more? Are you exhausted from pushing down your own feelings and needs due to feelings of guilt? Do you desire to move past the surface level conflict and get to the heart of your repeat arguments and feel deeply emotionally connected and best friends with your partner again? Welcome, you're in the right place. I offer traditional, weekly therapy for women as well as customized Intensive (Extended) Therapy options for Premarital Counseling and Couples Counseling for busy couples who want to skip the start/stop of weekly therapy and see change.
My training in Emotionally Focused Therapy and Imago Couples Therapy will help you move past stuck points and conflict with your partner.
Do you long to move past circular fights with your partner about the dishes and who does more? Are you exhausted from pushing down your own feelings and needs due to feelings of guilt? Do you desire to move past the surface level conflict and get to the heart of your repeat arguments and feel deeply emotionally connected and best friends with your partner again? Welcome, you're in the right place. I offer traditional, weekly therapy for women as well as customized Intensive (Extended) Therapy options for Premarital Counseling and Couples Counseling for busy couples who want to skip the start/stop of weekly therapy and see change.
Parenting has you feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or entirely unsure of yourself. You love your child deeply, but navigating tantrums, sleep struggles, and the invisible mental load has left you exhausted. You want to break generational cycles and raise emotionally secure children, but you find yourself reacting in ways you didn't expect, wondering how to tend to their big emotions when your own nervous system is entirely maxed out.
Parenting has you feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or entirely unsure of yourself. You love your child deeply, but navigating tantrums, sleep struggles, and the invisible mental load has left you exhausted. You want to break generational cycles and raise emotionally secure children, but you find yourself reacting in ways you didn't expect, wondering how to tend to their big emotions when your own nervous system is entirely maxed out.
Current Telehealth Openings: Do you feel stressed, overwhelmed, or dissatisfied with life? Are you trying to adjust to a change (e.g., break up, job change, grief)? Are you haunted by trauma or experiencing PTSD symptoms? Any of these can make daily life incredibly challenging and emotionally painful or lead to numbness. Perhaps you’ve tried different strategies on your own but still don’t feel better. I can help you work through your situation so that you feel less overwhelmed, more at peace and in control, and better able to focus on the best path forward for you. We can work together to help you feel better.
Current Telehealth Openings: Do you feel stressed, overwhelmed, or dissatisfied with life? Are you trying to adjust to a change (e.g., break up, job change, grief)? Are you haunted by trauma or experiencing PTSD symptoms? Any of these can make daily life incredibly challenging and emotionally painful or lead to numbness. Perhaps you’ve tried different strategies on your own but still don’t feel better. I can help you work through your situation so that you feel less overwhelmed, more at peace and in control, and better able to focus on the best path forward for you. We can work together to help you feel better.
Prior to opening my private practice in Georgetown, I worked at the Kolmac Clinic on K Street in Washington, DC, an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction. I work with clients to improve self-esteem, identify what it is that they really want in their lives and help them to improve the overall quality of their lives and thrive more fully.
Prior to opening my private practice in Georgetown, I worked at the Kolmac Clinic on K Street in Washington, DC, an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction. I work with clients to improve self-esteem, identify what it is that they really want in their lives and help them to improve the overall quality of their lives and thrive more fully.
Welcome! I’m Ariel Batiste, a therapist dedicated to supporting individuals who are navigating life's challenges and seeking personal growth. Life can often feel overwhelming, and whether you’re struggling with anxiety, relationship stress, or past traumas, it’s important to know that healing is possible. As a therapist, my goal is to provide a warm, affirming space where you can explore your thoughts and emotions without judgment. I believe in your ability to build resilience, to find balance and move forward with more clarity and confidence.
Welcome! I’m Ariel Batiste, a therapist dedicated to supporting individuals who are navigating life's challenges and seeking personal growth. Life can often feel overwhelming, and whether you’re struggling with anxiety, relationship stress, or past traumas, it’s important to know that healing is possible. As a therapist, my goal is to provide a warm, affirming space where you can explore your thoughts and emotions without judgment. I believe in your ability to build resilience, to find balance and move forward with more clarity and confidence.
Currently accepting clients, especially couples! I believe change is possible - let me show you that it really is. Instead of leaving you with temporary band-aids, I offer you the space to make meaningful, lasting shifts in perspective, coping, and patterns.
Currently accepting clients, especially couples! I believe change is possible - let me show you that it really is. Instead of leaving you with temporary band-aids, I offer you the space to make meaningful, lasting shifts in perspective, coping, and patterns.
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself or others? You don’t have to navigate it alone.
I help young professionals and adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. Whether you’re feeling burned out, caught in old patterns, or navigating cultural or identity-based stress, therapy can be a space to slow down, gain clarity, and create meaningful change.
If you’re ready to feel more grounded, confident, and connected to yourself and the people in your life, I’d be honored to support you.
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself or others? You don’t have to navigate it alone.
I help young professionals and adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. Whether you’re feeling burned out, caught in old patterns, or navigating cultural or identity-based stress, therapy can be a space to slow down, gain clarity, and create meaningful change.
If you’re ready to feel more grounded, confident, and connected to yourself and the people in your life, I’d be honored to support you.
As a clinical mental health counseling graduate intern, I am deeply committed to creating culturally responsive, affirming spaces where clients, especially adolescents from underserved communities, can safely explore their identity, navigate emotional struggles, and develop a stronger sense of self. My goal as a counselor is to help others feel seen and supported, particularly those who have internalized shame, anxiety, or low self-worth due to systemic neglect or personal hardship.I understand these challenges intimately, having navigated many of them myself.
As a clinical mental health counseling graduate intern, I am deeply committed to creating culturally responsive, affirming spaces where clients, especially adolescents from underserved communities, can safely explore their identity, navigate emotional struggles, and develop a stronger sense of self. My goal as a counselor is to help others feel seen and supported, particularly those who have internalized shame, anxiety, or low self-worth due to systemic neglect or personal hardship.I understand these challenges intimately, having navigated many of them myself.
You might be navigating anxiety, a life transition, relationship stress, or feeling unsure about who you are in this season of life. I work with individuals and couples who are used to pushing through but are starting to feel overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck, or emotionally exhausted. You may be carrying a lot on your own, struggling to communicate with your partner, or unsure how to move forward together. In our work, we’ll create space to process what you’re experiencing, better understand patterns, strengthen communication, and build tools that help you feel more grounded, connected, and supported.
You might be navigating anxiety, a life transition, relationship stress, or feeling unsure about who you are in this season of life. I work with individuals and couples who are used to pushing through but are starting to feel overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck, or emotionally exhausted. You may be carrying a lot on your own, struggling to communicate with your partner, or unsure how to move forward together. In our work, we’ll create space to process what you’re experiencing, better understand patterns, strengthen communication, and build tools that help you feel more grounded, connected, and supported.
My clients are often facing a full range of personal and professional challenges - I offer them a space for processing with dignity, strength and maturity. 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.
My clients are often facing a full range of personal and professional challenges - I offer them a space for processing with dignity, strength and maturity. 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.
Does it ever feel like you're caught between worlds? Whether you're adapting to life in a new country, reconciling your family's expectations with your own, feeling the weight of being "the first" to figure it all out, or navigating a new stage of life later in life, it can feel overwhelming. Maybe you're an immigrant building a new chapter far from home, a first-gen juggling cultures and identities, or someone facing a life transition and wondering who you are now. You're doing your best, but inside, the self-doubt, anxiety, and disconnection are exhausting. You're longing for clarity, connection, and a life that feels like you.
Does it ever feel like you're caught between worlds? Whether you're adapting to life in a new country, reconciling your family's expectations with your own, feeling the weight of being "the first" to figure it all out, or navigating a new stage of life later in life, it can feel overwhelming. Maybe you're an immigrant building a new chapter far from home, a first-gen juggling cultures and identities, or someone facing a life transition and wondering who you are now. You're doing your best, but inside, the self-doubt, anxiety, and disconnection are exhausting. You're longing for clarity, connection, and a life that feels like you.
The Wake Kendall Group, PLLC is a private practice in Washington, DC offering a wide variety of psychological services to our community. Our services include psychotherapy for children, adults and couples, comprehensive outpatient DBT for adults, and psychological and neuropsychological evaluations. Our team of highly skilled clinicians sees clients of all ages and stages of life for a broad range of concerns.
The Wake Kendall Group, PLLC is a private practice in Washington, DC offering a wide variety of psychological services to our community. Our services include psychotherapy for children, adults and couples, comprehensive outpatient DBT for adults, and psychological and neuropsychological evaluations. Our team of highly skilled clinicians sees clients of all ages and stages of life for a broad range of concerns.
At Echoes of Helen, we believe every person, youth, and family deserves a safe space for healing, growth, and transformation. Our ideal clients are those who are ready to take steps toward change but may feel weighed down by challenges beyond their control.
Challenges You May Be Facing
Feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or unresolved grief.
Navigating trauma from past or ongoing experiences.
Struggling with family conflict, communication breakdowns, or intergenerational pain.
Young people experiencing self-esteem issues, identity questions, or pressures from school and community
At Echoes of Helen, we believe every person, youth, and family deserves a safe space for healing, growth, and transformation. Our ideal clients are those who are ready to take steps toward change but may feel weighed down by challenges beyond their control.
Challenges You May Be Facing
Feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or unresolved grief.
Navigating trauma from past or ongoing experiences.
Struggling with family conflict, communication breakdowns, or intergenerational pain.
Young people experiencing self-esteem issues, identity questions, or pressures from school and community
Finding your world in a state of change? From technology disruption to political disruption, or simply internal stress, everyone faces challenges along the journey. I specialize in psychotherapy with adults and couples dealing with anxiety, depression, navigating emotions, trauma, grief and loss, human sexuality and relationship issues.
Finding your world in a state of change? From technology disruption to political disruption, or simply internal stress, everyone faces challenges along the journey. I specialize in psychotherapy with adults and couples dealing with anxiety, depression, navigating emotions, trauma, grief and loss, human sexuality and relationship issues.
McKenzie Green, Ed.D., LPC, LPC-S Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor Specialty Area(s): School Age Children, Young Adolescents, Adults Dr. McKenzie Green is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor with licenses in North Carolina, South Carolina, District of Columbia, and Virginia. Dr. Green earned a Master of Arts degree in the area of Professional Counseling at Webster University. She earned her Doctorate in the area of Education with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction at Northcentral University. Dr. Green has been in the field of Mental Health for
McKenzie Green, Ed.D., LPC, LPC-S Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor Specialty Area(s): School Age Children, Young Adolescents, Adults Dr. McKenzie Green is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor with licenses in North Carolina, South Carolina, District of Columbia, and Virginia. Dr. Green earned a Master of Arts degree in the area of Professional Counseling at Webster University. She earned her Doctorate in the area of Education with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction at Northcentral University. Dr. Green has been in the field of Mental Health for
Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and you don't know how to react. Perhaps you are feeling sad or anxious. You realize that you need to make changes but you're struggling on your own. I can help you discover new ways of thinking and acting to change your life. You can learn to make better decisions for your life. We will work together to get you back on track. My approach is supportive and practical, caring and challenging. Your success is my success.
Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and you don't know how to react. Perhaps you are feeling sad or anxious. You realize that you need to make changes but you're struggling on your own. I can help you discover new ways of thinking and acting to change your life. You can learn to make better decisions for your life. We will work together to get you back on track. My approach is supportive and practical, caring and challenging. Your success is my success.
Mental health is more than a profession to me it is personal. Meeting people where they are and helping them get to where they want to be is my passion. I use motivational interviewing to connect with and engage my clients in a safe space of acceptance and compassion. With this evidence-based practice we work together to find internal motivation to assist with making changes they want to see in their lives. Life is hard, change is harder, but I know with support and the right tools anything is possible.
Mental health is more than a profession to me it is personal. Meeting people where they are and helping them get to where they want to be is my passion. I use motivational interviewing to connect with and engage my clients in a safe space of acceptance and compassion. With this evidence-based practice we work together to find internal motivation to assist with making changes they want to see in their lives. Life is hard, change is harder, but I know with support and the right tools anything is possible.
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.
