Play Therapy in Washington, DC
Welcome. My name is Kate, and I offer psychodynamically oriented, trauma-informed, compassionate, and affirming therapy to folks of all kinds. I work with people across the lifespan, many of whom identify as queer and/or neurodivergent and are trying to make sense of a world that can feel overwhelming. Some are living with long-term stress, trauma, anxiety, or depression, while others are seeking support with life transitions, relationships, or family dynamics. I also offer clinical supervision.
Welcome. My name is Kate, and I offer psychodynamically oriented, trauma-informed, compassionate, and affirming therapy to folks of all kinds. I work with people across the lifespan, many of whom identify as queer and/or neurodivergent and are trying to make sense of a world that can feel overwhelming. Some are living with long-term stress, trauma, anxiety, or depression, while others are seeking support with life transitions, relationships, or family dynamics. I also offer clinical supervision.
I am a therapist with experience working with diverse populations. I believe the therapeutic relationship is one of the most critical aspects of helping others with their healing process. I take a nonjudgmental approach and ensure your voice is honored, affirmed, and valued.
I am a therapist with experience working with diverse populations. I believe the therapeutic relationship is one of the most critical aspects of helping others with their healing process. I take a nonjudgmental approach and ensure your voice is honored, affirmed, and valued.
I support teenagers who are navigating big emotions, ongoing worries, or challenges with attention, motivation, and behavior. Many of the teens I work with are neurodivergent, including those with ADHD, anxiety, OCD, or sensory and social differences, and benefit from a space where they feel accepted without judgment. My work focuses on helping teens understand their emotions, build coping and regulation skills, and strengthen confidence they can use at school, at home, and with peers. I also partner with parents, offering practical guidance and tools to support their teen’s growth and independence.
I support teenagers who are navigating big emotions, ongoing worries, or challenges with attention, motivation, and behavior. Many of the teens I work with are neurodivergent, including those with ADHD, anxiety, OCD, or sensory and social differences, and benefit from a space where they feel accepted without judgment. My work focuses on helping teens understand their emotions, build coping and regulation skills, and strengthen confidence they can use at school, at home, and with peers. I also partner with parents, offering practical guidance and tools to support their teen’s growth and independence.
Growing Minds : Therapy for Tots to Teens
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LCPC, RPT-S
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20016
We are accepting new clients through TELE-therapy and TELE Play Therapy!
Growing Minds offers in-person and teletherapy for children, teens, and parents. Our playful, expressive, and evidence-based approach engages kids while building skills and resilience and also deepening your understanding of their emotions and behaviors. We provide practical parenting strategies to navigate challenges and build family connection. With a whole-child focus, we offer individual, family, and group therapy while collaborating with schools and specialists to support your child’s growth.
We can be by your side in school meetings & help you advocate for the support and rights your child deserves.
We are accepting new clients through TELE-therapy and TELE Play Therapy!
Growing Minds offers in-person and teletherapy for children, teens, and parents. Our playful, expressive, and evidence-based approach engages kids while building skills and resilience and also deepening your understanding of their emotions and behaviors. We provide practical parenting strategies to navigate challenges and build family connection. With a whole-child focus, we offer individual, family, and group therapy while collaborating with schools and specialists to support your child’s growth.
We can be by your side in school meetings & help you advocate for the support and rights your child deserves.
I take an individualized approach to therapy that’s tailored to your personal needs and goals. Within a warm and supportive environment, we examine the challenges you’re facing and the way forward. Using concrete skills and strategies, we'll work collaboratively to equip you with versatile tools to apply in your daily life.
I take an individualized approach to therapy that’s tailored to your personal needs and goals. Within a warm and supportive environment, we examine the challenges you’re facing and the way forward. Using concrete skills and strategies, we'll work collaboratively to equip you with versatile tools to apply in your daily life.
Holding certifications in trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma systems therapy, and child trauma play therapy!
First and foremost, I want to say you are not alone. You are not the first parent/caregiver to make the huge respective decision to ask for SUPPORT when it is needed. Isn’t that exactly what we teach our children to do? I feel your pain, I hear your sadness, and I am right here with you to help you through it all. You may feel you’ve exhausted everything in the book, or you just don't know what else to do, leaving you exhausted, burned out or ashamed – that’s where I step in! Parenting is no joke, no blissful forged social media post, nothing that we’re ever truly prepared for. But what we can do is work together and heal together.
Holding certifications in trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma systems therapy, and child trauma play therapy!
First and foremost, I want to say you are not alone. You are not the first parent/caregiver to make the huge respective decision to ask for SUPPORT when it is needed. Isn’t that exactly what we teach our children to do? I feel your pain, I hear your sadness, and I am right here with you to help you through it all. You may feel you’ve exhausted everything in the book, or you just don't know what else to do, leaving you exhausted, burned out or ashamed – that’s where I step in! Parenting is no joke, no blissful forged social media post, nothing that we’re ever truly prepared for. But what we can do is work together and heal together.
My ideal client is someone who is ready to do the work, even if they’re unsure where to start. They might be struggling with relationship patterns, family conflict, or major life changes that leave them feeling stuck or disconnected. Deep down, they want more peace, clarity, and connection with others and within themselves. They’re looking for a space that feels supportive but honest, where they can unpack what’s really going on and begin building the confidence and tools to move forward.
My ideal client is someone who is ready to do the work, even if they’re unsure where to start. They might be struggling with relationship patterns, family conflict, or major life changes that leave them feeling stuck or disconnected. Deep down, they want more peace, clarity, and connection with others and within themselves. They’re looking for a space that feels supportive but honest, where they can unpack what’s really going on and begin building the confidence and tools to move forward.
For fifty years, The Women’s Center has provided trauma informed, culturally appropriate mental health counseling services to women, men, families, teens, young adults, and children. We have over 50 clinicians that provide kind, caring and effective care both in person and online and we offer evening and Saturday appointments to meet scheduling challenges. We accept all major insurances and offer reduced fee/sliding scale. We ensure cost is never a barrier to receiving care.
For fifty years, The Women’s Center has provided trauma informed, culturally appropriate mental health counseling services to women, men, families, teens, young adults, and children. We have over 50 clinicians that provide kind, caring and effective care both in person and online and we offer evening and Saturday appointments to meet scheduling challenges. We accept all major insurances and offer reduced fee/sliding scale. We ensure cost is never a barrier to receiving care.
Hello, and welcome. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Board-Certified Supervisor, I bring over a decade of diverse clinical experience to my practice. I am a bilingual clinician (English/Spanish), committed to creating a safe and supportive space where you can explore your challenges and build a path toward healing and growth. My extensive background includes working with individuals, children, and families in a variety of settings, from private practice to emergency management and crisis response.
Hello, and welcome. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Board-Certified Supervisor, I bring over a decade of diverse clinical experience to my practice. I am a bilingual clinician (English/Spanish), committed to creating a safe and supportive space where you can explore your challenges and build a path toward healing and growth. My extensive background includes working with individuals, children, and families in a variety of settings, from private practice to emergency management and crisis response.
If traditional therapy is not for you, come and walk with me. I provide walk and talk and nature based therapy in and around Claremont as well as virtual sessions for clients who reside in California. I specialize in anxiety, life transitions, parenting, and religious trauma while utilizing a cognitive behavioral approach along with meditation and mindfulness. I strongly believe in the mind-body connection and explore this with my clients. Therapy works best when the therapist and client work together toward client-driven goals and will provide a safe and supportive place for you to focus on yourself and your well-being.
If traditional therapy is not for you, come and walk with me. I provide walk and talk and nature based therapy in and around Claremont as well as virtual sessions for clients who reside in California. I specialize in anxiety, life transitions, parenting, and religious trauma while utilizing a cognitive behavioral approach along with meditation and mindfulness. I strongly believe in the mind-body connection and explore this with my clients. Therapy works best when the therapist and client work together toward client-driven goals and will provide a safe and supportive place for you to focus on yourself and your well-being.
Mindology Counseling and Wellness
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20012
We also provide Expressive therapy, Play Therapy, Sand Therapy, Family System Therapy for our Child/Adolescent clients.
If you have been struggling for some time with negative thoughts and feelings that just won't seem to go away. You are in the right place. If you find it's been challenging to be a parent to your children or be a partner to your spouse, you're also in the right place! We're a professional and licensed private counseling practice that is specialized in trauma-informed treatment for various mental/behavioral disorders in adults, children and adolescents. Our experienced and licensed clinicians strive to empower and help our clients to overcome day-to-day life challenges; achieve personal goals and improve the qualities of life.
We also provide Expressive therapy, Play Therapy, Sand Therapy, Family System Therapy for our Child/Adolescent clients.
If you have been struggling for some time with negative thoughts and feelings that just won't seem to go away. You are in the right place. If you find it's been challenging to be a parent to your children or be a partner to your spouse, you're also in the right place! We're a professional and licensed private counseling practice that is specialized in trauma-informed treatment for various mental/behavioral disorders in adults, children and adolescents. Our experienced and licensed clinicians strive to empower and help our clients to overcome day-to-day life challenges; achieve personal goals and improve the qualities of life.
My ideal client may feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve them. They may be navigating anxiety, depression, emotional regulation challenges, or life transitions, and feel unsure where to begin. They often want relief from constant stress, greater emotional balance, and tools to better understand themselves. Many are seeking a supportive, nonjudgmental space where they can slow down, feel heard, and work toward meaningful change at their own pace.
My ideal client may feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve them. They may be navigating anxiety, depression, emotional regulation challenges, or life transitions, and feel unsure where to begin. They often want relief from constant stress, greater emotional balance, and tools to better understand themselves. Many are seeking a supportive, nonjudgmental space where they can slow down, feel heard, and work toward meaningful change at their own pace.
Dr. Shanelle Clay
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH
3 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20006
You’ve been strong for everyone else. Now it’s time to be supported.
As Black and Brown women, we often carry a quiet weight—always showing up, always pushing through. The world praises our strength, but rarely asks how we’re really doing.
This expectation known as the Superwoman Schema can leave us feeling isolated, emotionally exhausted, and unseen. It tells us we have to do it all, all the time.
You don’t have to live that way.
My counseling practice is a space where you can exhale.
Where you don’t have to explain your culture, code-switch your emotions, or shrink your truth.
Here, your whole self is welcomed.
You’ve been strong for everyone else. Now it’s time to be supported.
As Black and Brown women, we often carry a quiet weight—always showing up, always pushing through. The world praises our strength, but rarely asks how we’re really doing.
This expectation known as the Superwoman Schema can leave us feeling isolated, emotionally exhausted, and unseen. It tells us we have to do it all, all the time.
You don’t have to live that way.
My counseling practice is a space where you can exhale.
Where you don’t have to explain your culture, code-switch your emotions, or shrink your truth.
Here, your whole self is welcomed.
Erin Elizabeth McCarthy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LCSW-C
5 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20009
I have completed postgraduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma interventions, play therapy & group therapy.
As a therapist, my clearest purpose is to help clients to alleviate debilitating symptoms of anxiety, depression and confusion. We do that in two major ways: one, finding the sources of the symptom and exploring the origins together and two, treating the symptoms with personally tailored, evidence-based interventions. As we participate in the treasure hunt of therapy, we battle pirates, feel the rain on our faces and build new structures for shelter along the way. Imagine building a map together where X marks the spot. What is your X? If you don't know, let's find out together.
I have completed postgraduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma interventions, play therapy & group therapy.
As a therapist, my clearest purpose is to help clients to alleviate debilitating symptoms of anxiety, depression and confusion. We do that in two major ways: one, finding the sources of the symptom and exploring the origins together and two, treating the symptoms with personally tailored, evidence-based interventions. As we participate in the treasure hunt of therapy, we battle pirates, feel the rain on our faces and build new structures for shelter along the way. Imagine building a map together where X marks the spot. What is your X? If you don't know, let's find out together.
I am accepting new clients including individuals, couples, families, and friendships virtually (Illinois and Washington, DC) and in-person (Chicago). I am passionate about supporting clients with relationship struggles, family issues, self-exploration, anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, chronic illness or disability, financial difficulties, trauma and grief.
I'm here to join you on your journey – whether that’s solving a specific problem, healing from old wounds, or coping with life’s ups and downs. I focus on building a collaborative relationship with you through empathy and curiosity.
I am accepting new clients including individuals, couples, families, and friendships virtually (Illinois and Washington, DC) and in-person (Chicago). I am passionate about supporting clients with relationship struggles, family issues, self-exploration, anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, chronic illness or disability, financial difficulties, trauma and grief.
I'm here to join you on your journey – whether that’s solving a specific problem, healing from old wounds, or coping with life’s ups and downs. I focus on building a collaborative relationship with you through empathy and curiosity.
At PlayfulLeigh Psyched, our clinicians are certified in trauma interventions, such as EMDR, Play Therapy, CPP, and PCIT.
We work with individuals, families, and children. We specialize in trauma including generational trauma, perinatal, immigrants, parent-child relationship issues, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and family conflict. Our greatest intention is to help you understand yourself better and improve your quality of life and relationships. We tailor our approach to the needs of each person or family, responding to your unique problems, identities, and realities. This is not a one-size-fits-all practice because we are trauma-informed and social-emotional focused practices from a social justice framework.
At PlayfulLeigh Psyched, our clinicians are certified in trauma interventions, such as EMDR, Play Therapy, CPP, and PCIT.
We work with individuals, families, and children. We specialize in trauma including generational trauma, perinatal, immigrants, parent-child relationship issues, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and family conflict. Our greatest intention is to help you understand yourself better and improve your quality of life and relationships. We tailor our approach to the needs of each person or family, responding to your unique problems, identities, and realities. This is not a one-size-fits-all practice because we are trauma-informed and social-emotional focused practices from a social justice framework.
At Better Morning, we’ve been proudly supporting the mental health needs of Loudoun County and Washington DC for over 12 years. We're local in Loudoun County, VA, but we provide services for people all over VA, MD and DC!
At Better Morning, we’ve been proudly supporting the mental health needs of Loudoun County and Washington DC for over 12 years. We're local in Loudoun County, VA, but we provide services for people all over VA, MD and DC!
Does it feel like the same thing happens over and over? The same power struggles, the same arguments? You may wonder if things can get better. You may not even know what's wrong or maybe you do know but you can't figure out how to fix it. Maybe you feel like it's your fault. I work best with clients who need help figuring out how to get their needs met in a more effective way. I absolutely believe that any person can learn ways to function better and that you can become who you want to be. Not sure how this could work? Let's talk about it in a free in-person consultation.
Does it feel like the same thing happens over and over? The same power struggles, the same arguments? You may wonder if things can get better. You may not even know what's wrong or maybe you do know but you can't figure out how to fix it. Maybe you feel like it's your fault. I work best with clients who need help figuring out how to get their needs met in a more effective way. I absolutely believe that any person can learn ways to function better and that you can become who you want to be. Not sure how this could work? Let's talk about it in a free in-person consultation.
With over 25 years of clinical experience, Dr. Janon B. Wilson is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Master Social Worker, licensed in multiple states and nationally certified. She provides psychotherapy individuals, couples, families, and clinical supervision to clinicians pursuing licensure.Dr. Wilson specializes in treating depression, anxiety, bipolar, mood disorders, trauma, and complex life transitions. Her work is grounded in evidence-based care and informed by decades of clinical experience across diverse settings.
With over 25 years of clinical experience, Dr. Janon B. Wilson is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Master Social Worker, licensed in multiple states and nationally certified. She provides psychotherapy individuals, couples, families, and clinical supervision to clinicians pursuing licensure.Dr. Wilson specializes in treating depression, anxiety, bipolar, mood disorders, trauma, and complex life transitions. Her work is grounded in evidence-based care and informed by decades of clinical experience across diverse settings.
My name is Patricia Ortez Aparicio a bilingual therapist (Spanish/English) at Hola Counseling Services, LLC. I have my masters in Mental Health Counseling. I'm currently Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland, Licensed Professional Counselor in Washington DC, Mental Health Counselor in Hawaii. I have experience in providing counseling for areas such as; grief, loss, anxiety, trauma, family dynamics and relationship issues with a focus on increasing self-esteem and building onto current resiliency; from children (age 6) - adults (in their 60s) and to help you manage it effectively.
My name is Patricia Ortez Aparicio a bilingual therapist (Spanish/English) at Hola Counseling Services, LLC. I have my masters in Mental Health Counseling. I'm currently Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland, Licensed Professional Counselor in Washington DC, Mental Health Counselor in Hawaii. I have experience in providing counseling for areas such as; grief, loss, anxiety, trauma, family dynamics and relationship issues with a focus on increasing self-esteem and building onto current resiliency; from children (age 6) - adults (in their 60s) and to help you manage it effectively.
