Teletherapy for Washington, DC

Therapy is an incredible tool for anyone searching to foster insight, growth, overall well-being, and change. It can be a frightening and intimidating journey, so our initial goal is to create a comfortable, trusting, and collaborative relationship with you. We provide psychotherapy for adults and couples dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma, grief, sexual and gender identity, and adjustment challenges. In addition, Melissa Kilbride provides seminars to parents on talking to their children about their bodies and sex, consent, and on supporting anxiety in children.

Couples therapy is my calling and life passion. I created IntimacyMoons for Couples as an intensive transformation model and was voted Best Couples Retreat by Women's Health, Bustle, Livestrong, Matador Network, Madame Noire and Black Enterprise Magazines. Not only am I a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist but I am also a Certified Sex Therapist, and Certified Sexuality Educator by the American Association of Sexuality Educators and Therapists (AASECT).

People come for psychotherapy when they are hurting or feeling stuck in unproductive thinking and behavior. This can manifest in depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, issues with career and work performance and self deprecating behaviors. Loss, grief and illnesses can be hard to bear and cause feelings of aloneness. What is often needed is a safe environment for the cultivation of acceptance and compassion and the willingness to wisely explore in a trusting relationship. Developing space to have a new understanding of difficulties can open to greater awareness, sense of possibility and the capacity to live more fully.

Have you ever experienced a moment when you felt truly inspired by life? Through life coaching, I help people to create lives that allow them to stay connected to that feeling of awe and miraculousness every day! Do you desire a more meaningful career? Do you want more fulfilling relationships? Do you want to better understand yourself or feel more confident? If YES to any of these questions, life coaching with me can help.

Congratulations on taking this next step towards achieving your wellbeing goals! Life is filled with various turning points and anxiety provoking situations, especially during a global pandemic and televised racial inequality. Are you tired of living the day to day grind without much motivation? Do you feel stressed or overwhelmed from all the pressure to perform from family, friends, your child, partner, society, and/or work? Perhaps you’re feeling stuck, need advice about a problem, or a motivational push to reconnect with your whole self, and finally accomplish that goal you have been holding off?

Being a parent can be one of life’s greatest rewards. It also is one of life’s most challenging responsibilities. My goal is to assist parents and children through the transitions of divorce and beyond to achieve the best outcomes possible.

Relationships in Crisis: We Have Four 75 Minute Private Couples/Marriage Workshops & Individual Sessions, in order to Rapidly Accelerate Your Healing & Your Communication Process (Traditional 45 min. session Does Not Work). During these 4 to 6 weeks, we will see both of you Together & Individually, as well as Help each of you Learn the Art of Empathy, Sensitivity & Compassion. These Workshops are Informative & Powerful, in order to Accelerate the Healing Process & Stop any further Damage from Occurring. In Addition, Our Success RATE is 85% of Our Couples that have Successfully Completed Our Couples Workshops or Alcohol Treatment.

Life is too short and you only have one life to live!! No matter what life has thrown at you, you deserve a life full of peace, balance, abundance and joy; where you find excitement in waking up to new possibilities. I am here to help you map it out, so let’s talk about it! Therapy is interactional and not one-sided; you are the expert of your life, so let me know how I can help. We can work on achieving goals, dreams, aspirations, or solutions to aversive life situations and try to find ways to enjoy the process. Who knows, you may discover new potentials and possibilities within yourself.

Garrett LCSW & Consulting, L.L.C. offers culturally affirmative, linguistically accessible, and clinically competent social work services with and on behalf of diverse populations in Missouri, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.

I believe that resiliency is in each of us. You may have tried multiple ways to create change for yourself and found it difficulty to break out of unhealthy patterns. These feelings may be affecting your work, relationships, or health. I have worked with many individuals and couples who struggle with creating change long term. Whether you've tried therapy before or this is your first time, deciding to step outside your comfort zone and try something different is the first step to a more fulfilling life.

Does feeling guilt, shame, and unworthiness take up all your free time and you feel you can’t stop these thoughts? You are not alone. I understand how difficult this makes life for you- from difficulty concentrating, low energy, avoiding interactions with others, to issues with intimacy in dating/relationships and feeling like you don't fit in. With me, you will learn to identify unhealthy thoughts, habits, and patterns to safely challenge and replace those negative thoughts. You will experience relief from being your own worst critic, improved comfort in socializing with others and feel better about yourself overall.

I use psychotherapy to alleviate symptoms of emotional distress (such as anxiety or depression). I use life coaching to maximize personal and professional potential towards the results you want for your life and future. I help my clients to gain more fulfillment by living intentionally. My mission is to help people use emotional challenges as opportunities for self-growth and evolution. My holistic approach (includes yoga, somatic psychology, meditation and hypnosis) to help my clients improve confidence, relationships and career.

I work with a wide range of clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds in person and remotely. Clients learn to reduce stress and work with their feelings in ways that lead to personal growth and development of effective interpersonal skills. Feelings that cause stress, anxiety, depression, excessive self-criticism, perfectionism and emotional flooding are processed so that these problem feelings can lead to growth, greater empathy for self and others as well as greater kindness towards others in their life. Additionally, clients who employ detachment as a means of self-protection develop emotional awareness and intelligence.

Anxiety, depression, and other experiences that bring us to therapy are some of life's greatest challenges, but they are also valuable opportunities for growth. With a therapist's help our struggles can become an opening to deeper self-understanding, to new ways of living, and even to new beginnings. Our suffering requires us to seek help so that we may learn to better help ourselves. With proper support we can come to see that our symptoms and difficulties in a new way- as the first difficult steps on a journey of learning and growth.

The client has problems with depression and anxiety who wants to acquire coping tools to assist with decreasing their symptoms. Her goal would be to use the tools offered, to learn to become more emotionally stable with her mental health challenges.

Are you looking for relief from stress, worry, insomnia, or low mood? Has your partnership lost its sparkle? Does your body feel on edge and exhausted? Life doesn’t have to be so hard. Let’s work together and achieve the goals that have been just out of reach. E-mail me today and let's schedule a free consult. During that consult, we will discuss your strengths and the barriers that have held you back. Together, we will develop a customized program to meet your exact needs. All of our programs include top-tier, evidence-based interventions, like EMDR, Gottman Couple Method, Cognitive Processing, and more. Call to schedule!

Visit My Online Booking Calendar: witandreason.clientsecure.me/request/service I am accepting clients who are seeking Coaching services to enhance their dating/love life, relationship skills, and/or their self-care and wellness goals. In addition to working one-on-one in online coaching sessions, I provide mental health and wellness services to workspaces, community organizations, and media productions. My other coaching services include executive, media, and specialty coaching to help my clients master specific interpersonal and technical skills.

Overwhelmed?? Looking for a compassionate and experienced practitioner whose focus is on practical and creative solutions to life's everyday work/life problems? Whether your issues are personal or professional, large or small, unique or universal, I can make a thorough assessment based on your individual needs and through an integrative and collaborative approach bring you to a higher level of self regulation, empowerment and awareness.

I am so glad you stopped by my profile! Welcome to your healing phase. If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, shame, and hurt, you have found the right one. If you often put on a strong face for others or say you like yourself but don’t really feel that way there is help. I know you want to stop feeling anxious, avoiding people, and events. You want the bad thoughts to stop. You may want to get over the grief of losing a loved one, or a divorce. You want to be happy, and to know if you work at it you can be happy again. Your goal is to be whole, loved, and purposeful and that comes with loving yourself, flaws and all.