Female Therapists in Washington, DC

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Johanna M. Arenaza
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Washington, DC 20036
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck in painful patterns, emotionally exhausted, or simply not like yourself anymore. Therapy can offer a space to better understand what is happening beneath the surface, while also helping you feel more grounded, connected, and empowered in your daily life. My approach is warm, thoughtful, and deeply attuned to each person’s unique experience. Clients often describe feeling genuinely understood—sometimes for the first time—in ways that lead to meaningful and lasting change.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck in painful patterns, emotionally exhausted, or simply not like yourself anymore. Therapy can offer a space to better understand what is happening beneath the surface, while also helping you feel more grounded, connected, and empowered in your daily life. My approach is warm, thoughtful, and deeply attuned to each person’s unique experience. Clients often describe feeling genuinely understood—sometimes for the first time—in ways that lead to meaningful and lasting change.
(833) 721-1115 View (833) 721-1115
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Margo Beth Rowles
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW
Washington, DC 20006
Having been a clinical psychotherapist in DC for over thirty years, I am adept at helping adults with practical solutions to current troubling situations. With a nod to exploring your past life experiences and history, we together can identify patterns which are leading you to make personal and professional choices which may not be serving your best interests. I assist people with improving their personal and professional relationships, while managing a wide range of emotions in a relaxed and collaborative environment.
Having been a clinical psychotherapist in DC for over thirty years, I am adept at helping adults with practical solutions to current troubling situations. With a nod to exploring your past life experiences and history, we together can identify patterns which are leading you to make personal and professional choices which may not be serving your best interests. I assist people with improving their personal and professional relationships, while managing a wide range of emotions in a relaxed and collaborative environment.
(202) 751-3715 View (202) 751-3715
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Allison Miller
Psychological Associate, PsyD
Online Only
There are many challenges we face throughout life and I aim to create a safe, supportive space to process and find solutions for them together. I aim to use empirically supported methods for treatment. I take an integrated approach to therapy, drawing from my training in Cognitive-Behavioral therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and relational approaches. I also incorporate methods from Acceptance and Commitment therapy and mindfulness. I work with adults; individuals and couples.
There are many challenges we face throughout life and I aim to create a safe, supportive space to process and find solutions for them together. I aim to use empirically supported methods for treatment. I take an integrated approach to therapy, drawing from my training in Cognitive-Behavioral therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and relational approaches. I also incorporate methods from Acceptance and Commitment therapy and mindfulness. I work with adults; individuals and couples.
(434) 215-0225 View (434) 215-0225
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Regina Anne Petsche
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LLC
Washington, DC 20016
Clients that I lend a hand to are looking for help getting their thinking going in the face of life's pressures. Those pressures could be coming from relationship challenges with partners, children, parents, other family members, colleagues or friends. Those pressures could be dealing with emotional symptoms like anxiety and depression or physical symptoms like acute and chronic illness in oneself or a family member. My client's goals are to understand the part they are playing in their challenges and develop agency in coping more effectively.
Clients that I lend a hand to are looking for help getting their thinking going in the face of life's pressures. Those pressures could be coming from relationship challenges with partners, children, parents, other family members, colleagues or friends. Those pressures could be dealing with emotional symptoms like anxiety and depression or physical symptoms like acute and chronic illness in oneself or a family member. My client's goals are to understand the part they are playing in their challenges and develop agency in coping more effectively.
(202) 915-3903 View (202) 915-3903
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Trina Dolenz
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20002
I am a British Couples Psychotherapist specializing in relationship and sexual issues. If you want positive change in your communication, conflicts, sexual difficulties, an affair and its aftermath, divorce or separation or loss of intimacy, I can help you. I truly understand the need for a safe, confidential and empathic environment, to be able to trust your therapist, to be listened to and understood, so that together we are able to resolve or manage the problems and issues you are having with your partner. Take the first step to getting the relationship you deserve - call me to make an appointment.
I am a British Couples Psychotherapist specializing in relationship and sexual issues. If you want positive change in your communication, conflicts, sexual difficulties, an affair and its aftermath, divorce or separation or loss of intimacy, I can help you. I truly understand the need for a safe, confidential and empathic environment, to be able to trust your therapist, to be listened to and understood, so that together we are able to resolve or manage the problems and issues you are having with your partner. Take the first step to getting the relationship you deserve - call me to make an appointment.
(202) 759-8167 View (202) 759-8167
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Kara Gruszewski
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Washington, DC 20006
Some reasons you might seek therapy with me include the following: if you are struggling with anxiety or depression; if you lack motivation or feel overwhelmed by stress; if you are having trouble in your romantic or social relationships; if you are grieving the loss of a loved one; if you are navigating challenging workplace relationships; or if you are having strong emotional responses you don't understand.
Some reasons you might seek therapy with me include the following: if you are struggling with anxiety or depression; if you lack motivation or feel overwhelmed by stress; if you are having trouble in your romantic or social relationships; if you are grieving the loss of a loved one; if you are navigating challenging workplace relationships; or if you are having strong emotional responses you don't understand.
(202) 804-9938 View (202) 804-9938
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Zoé R Fiske
Psychologist, PsyD
Washington, DC 20015
Dr. Zoé Fiske is a licensed psychologist with experience providing therapy and forensic assessment services to adolescents and adults. Dr. Fiske has training in cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy and works with individuals with a range of presenting problems. Dr. Fiske also conducts adult forensic assessments in a variety of areas including competency to stand trial, insanity, mitigation, parenting capacity, and psychosexual evaluations. Dr. Fiske is licensed in DC and also has her PSYPACT certification allowing her to provide telehealth services in most states.
Dr. Zoé Fiske is a licensed psychologist with experience providing therapy and forensic assessment services to adolescents and adults. Dr. Fiske has training in cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy and works with individuals with a range of presenting problems. Dr. Fiske also conducts adult forensic assessments in a variety of areas including competency to stand trial, insanity, mitigation, parenting capacity, and psychosexual evaluations. Dr. Fiske is licensed in DC and also has her PSYPACT certification allowing her to provide telehealth services in most states.
(202) 931-0542 x07 View (202) 931-0542 x07
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Belinda Lehman
Psychologist, PhD
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the District of Columbia and Maryland. I work with young adults and adults struggling with life transitions, relationship issues, women's health issues, infertility, anxiety, depression and loss. I also work with couples seeking help with communication and better understanding one another. My work is informed by psychodynamic principles. I would be happy to speak with you by phone and answer any questions you might have about my approach and practice.
I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the District of Columbia and Maryland. I work with young adults and adults struggling with life transitions, relationship issues, women's health issues, infertility, anxiety, depression and loss. I also work with couples seeking help with communication and better understanding one another. My work is informed by psychodynamic principles. I would be happy to speak with you by phone and answer any questions you might have about my approach and practice.
(202) 738-4862 View (202) 738-4862
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Lexie Beckstrand
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Online Only
Life has a way of showing us that what used to work suddenly does not anymore. Maybe you are navigating a major change, or you have realized that the beliefs and patterns you have carried for years no longer fit. You might feel exhausted from trying to hold everything together, unsure of your direction, or aware that the ways you have been coping are now getting in the way.
Life has a way of showing us that what used to work suddenly does not anymore. Maybe you are navigating a major change, or you have realized that the beliefs and patterns you have carried for years no longer fit. You might feel exhausted from trying to hold everything together, unsure of your direction, or aware that the ways you have been coping are now getting in the way.
(571) 240-4532 View (571) 240-4532
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Dr. Jessica Grove
Psychologist, PsyD
10 Endorsed
Online Only
Living with a medical condition is exhausting. You've probably learned that even getting the care you need feels like a full-time job - appointments, advocating for yourself, and explaining your story over and over. You don't need to carry the weight of it on your own. I help people with chronic pain, chronic illness and complex medical disorders navigate the stress that symptoms place on the mind and body. My approach focuses on the nervous system and how patterns of stress can amplify symptoms. Together we work to calm the system, process what you’ve been through, and help your body move out of constant high alert.
Living with a medical condition is exhausting. You've probably learned that even getting the care you need feels like a full-time job - appointments, advocating for yourself, and explaining your story over and over. You don't need to carry the weight of it on your own. I help people with chronic pain, chronic illness and complex medical disorders navigate the stress that symptoms place on the mind and body. My approach focuses on the nervous system and how patterns of stress can amplify symptoms. Together we work to calm the system, process what you’ve been through, and help your body move out of constant high alert.
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Michelle Sinkgraven
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Washington, DC 20036
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious or hopeless from a trauma or series of traumas in your life? Curious about what it could mean for you to learn to differentiate between a trauma response and trusting your intuition? I aim to support you in processing your trauma(s), identifying and integrating a positive belief about yourself, making space for all emotions, creating healthy flexible boundaries and resourcing you with tools to regulate your nervous system. I specialize in traumas of all kinds (i.e. grief and loss, developmental trauma, abuse, neglect, PTSD). Together we co-create a space for self-awareness, self-compassion and healing.
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious or hopeless from a trauma or series of traumas in your life? Curious about what it could mean for you to learn to differentiate between a trauma response and trusting your intuition? I aim to support you in processing your trauma(s), identifying and integrating a positive belief about yourself, making space for all emotions, creating healthy flexible boundaries and resourcing you with tools to regulate your nervous system. I specialize in traumas of all kinds (i.e. grief and loss, developmental trauma, abuse, neglect, PTSD). Together we co-create a space for self-awareness, self-compassion and healing.
(202) 946-8131 View (202) 946-8131
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Peak Couples and Sex Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdS, LPC
5 Endorsed
Online Only
Sex, though so often experienced in silence, is can be impacted by and impact all facets of life. Because of that, my clients are often feeling disconnected, anxious about their desire, or unsure how to communicate what they really need in sex or relationships. They want to understand why things feel “off,” why intimacy feels harder than it used to, or why they can’t seem to get on the same page with their partner. They’re seeking clarity, confidence, and a way back to feeling chosen, desired, and understood. Most of all, they want a safe place to explore their sexual self without shame.
Sex, though so often experienced in silence, is can be impacted by and impact all facets of life. Because of that, my clients are often feeling disconnected, anxious about their desire, or unsure how to communicate what they really need in sex or relationships. They want to understand why things feel “off,” why intimacy feels harder than it used to, or why they can’t seem to get on the same page with their partner. They’re seeking clarity, confidence, and a way back to feeling chosen, desired, and understood. Most of all, they want a safe place to explore their sexual self without shame.
(202) 949-3779 View (202) 949-3779
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Stephanie Prymas
Counselor, MA, LPC
Online Only
Just as you don't click with every person you meet in the world, you won't mesh with every therapist. And I want to make sure you have a good experience in therapy! As a career changer myself, I work well with professionals who are feeling stuck in certain areas of their life and can't seem to figure it out with the same tools they have used in the past. I love to assist people in mobilizing strengths they already have (like being analytical) and building new capacities (like sitting with tough emotions and listening to the body). Trauma, relationships, family dynamics, identity, and sexual concerns come up a lot in our sessions.
Just as you don't click with every person you meet in the world, you won't mesh with every therapist. And I want to make sure you have a good experience in therapy! As a career changer myself, I work well with professionals who are feeling stuck in certain areas of their life and can't seem to figure it out with the same tools they have used in the past. I love to assist people in mobilizing strengths they already have (like being analytical) and building new capacities (like sitting with tough emotions and listening to the body). Trauma, relationships, family dynamics, identity, and sexual concerns come up a lot in our sessions.
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Yolanda Pearson
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCPC, C-DBT
Online Only
I help clients who feel overwhelmed with anxiety, depression, life changes, transitions, and career issues. I am committed to helping you reconnect with your strengths and establish resilience towards navigating the challenges of life. It is incredibly important to establish a therapeutic rapport with you. My role is to provide authentic, empathy, and positive regard to assist you with developing the skills necessary for change and growth. As your therapist, my mission is to provide you with tools to reach your therapy goals. I will work collaboratively with you to discover the most resilient and confident version of yourself.
I help clients who feel overwhelmed with anxiety, depression, life changes, transitions, and career issues. I am committed to helping you reconnect with your strengths and establish resilience towards navigating the challenges of life. It is incredibly important to establish a therapeutic rapport with you. My role is to provide authentic, empathy, and positive regard to assist you with developing the skills necessary for change and growth. As your therapist, my mission is to provide you with tools to reach your therapy goals. I will work collaboratively with you to discover the most resilient and confident version of yourself.
(202) 937-0530 View (202) 937-0530
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Savannah McCabe
Psychological Associate, MS
Washington, DC 20001
My therapeutic approach is deeply rooted in building a genuine connection and honoring each client's individual needs and values. I believe in the power of cultivating a trusting therapeutic relationship with my clients as we embark on this journey together toward achieving their goals. Establishing a safe and secure environment is at the heart of the work, providing a solid foundation for us to navigate through challenges, uncover profound insights, and create positive change in cognitions and behaviors.
My therapeutic approach is deeply rooted in building a genuine connection and honoring each client's individual needs and values. I believe in the power of cultivating a trusting therapeutic relationship with my clients as we embark on this journey together toward achieving their goals. Establishing a safe and secure environment is at the heart of the work, providing a solid foundation for us to navigate through challenges, uncover profound insights, and create positive change in cognitions and behaviors.
(855) 834-0953 View (855) 834-0953
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Dawn Adler
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Online Only
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or struggling with negative thoughts? I specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you break free from patterns of anxiety, depression, and stress. Together, we’ll work on identifying unhelpful thoughts and replacing them with healthier, more positive ones.
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or struggling with negative thoughts? I specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you break free from patterns of anxiety, depression, and stress. Together, we’ll work on identifying unhelpful thoughts and replacing them with healthier, more positive ones.
(330) 967-5832 View (330) 967-5832
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Karen Garman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Washington, DC 20015
I work with adults, adolescents and children to create a safe space in which to explore and understand struggles, develop healthy coping skills, and cultivate fulfilling relationships. I bring my understanding of development across the life span, listening skills, and a commitment to help each individual feel understood, supported, and challenged to move toward healing, growth, and the change they desire.
I work with adults, adolescents and children to create a safe space in which to explore and understand struggles, develop healthy coping skills, and cultivate fulfilling relationships. I bring my understanding of development across the life span, listening skills, and a commitment to help each individual feel understood, supported, and challenged to move toward healing, growth, and the change they desire.
(202) 729-9092 View (202) 729-9092
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Andrea Levine
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, MSW, LGSW
Washington, DC 20016
Are you navigating a major life change, coping with illness, or carrying the weight of grief and loss? Do you find yourself feeling stuck in patterns that don’t serve you, or struggling with the challenges of relationships, parenting, or young adulthood? I offer a warm, empathic space where you can feel understood and supported as you make sense of your experiences and discover new ways forward. I work with adults across the lifespan, including adolescents and young adults, and have particular experience supporting people facing cancer and chronic illness, bereavement, and difficult transitions.
Are you navigating a major life change, coping with illness, or carrying the weight of grief and loss? Do you find yourself feeling stuck in patterns that don’t serve you, or struggling with the challenges of relationships, parenting, or young adulthood? I offer a warm, empathic space where you can feel understood and supported as you make sense of your experiences and discover new ways forward. I work with adults across the lifespan, including adolescents and young adults, and have particular experience supporting people facing cancer and chronic illness, bereavement, and difficult transitions.
(202) 851-9165 View (202) 851-9165
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Metropolitan Family Connect PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LICSW-C
Online Only
Explore Balance, Wellness and Growth for Every Stage of Life! Metropolitan Family Connect’s dedicated mental health and wellness professionals are here to support you on your path to well-being. Start your journey today by connecting with us.
Explore Balance, Wellness and Growth for Every Stage of Life! Metropolitan Family Connect’s dedicated mental health and wellness professionals are here to support you on your path to well-being. Start your journey today by connecting with us.
(202) 519-1238 View (202) 519-1238
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The Healing Collective Therapy & Wellness
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20002
We all reach moments when the weight we carry feels too heavy, when old patterns no longer serve us, or when we’re simply longing for more peace, connection, or clarity. Sometimes we feel stuck between who we’ve been and who we’re becoming. At The Healing Collective, we honor these moments as sacred turning points. We walk this path too; navigating healing, holding space for each other, and creating room to breathe, feel, and begin again. Healing is a shared process, and you don’t have to do it alone.
We all reach moments when the weight we carry feels too heavy, when old patterns no longer serve us, or when we’re simply longing for more peace, connection, or clarity. Sometimes we feel stuck between who we’ve been and who we’re becoming. At The Healing Collective, we honor these moments as sacred turning points. We walk this path too; navigating healing, holding space for each other, and creating room to breathe, feel, and begin again. Healing is a shared process, and you don’t have to do it alone.
(833) 766-5098 View (833) 766-5098

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