Psychoanalytic Therapists in Washington, DC
Are you feeling stuck or overwhelmed and are ready to have more ease in your life? Are you looking for a supportive, judgment-free space to help figure out what's getting in the way of having a life that feels like you? I focus on helping you to explore the thoughts and feelings that are creating frustration, sadness, overwhelm, or resentment and to help you get back in touch with a version of you lets your best qualities shine through. With a compassionate ear, you can figure out how to let go of whatever is weighing you down so you can feel like yourself again.
Are you feeling stuck or overwhelmed and are ready to have more ease in your life? Are you looking for a supportive, judgment-free space to help figure out what's getting in the way of having a life that feels like you? I focus on helping you to explore the thoughts and feelings that are creating frustration, sadness, overwhelm, or resentment and to help you get back in touch with a version of you lets your best qualities shine through. With a compassionate ear, you can figure out how to let go of whatever is weighing you down so you can feel like yourself again.
Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in old patterns, or unsure about your next step in life can be incredibly hard, but you don’t have to figure it all out alone. I work collaboratively with adults to help you understand what’s driving your thoughts and emotions, build practical tools that support real change, strengthen relationships with yourself and others, and move forward with clarity, confidence, and resilience
I specialize in anxiety, grief, life transitions, and challenges tied to perfectionism, trauma, or spiritual values, using evidence-based practices and relational support to help you feel understood and empowered.
Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in old patterns, or unsure about your next step in life can be incredibly hard, but you don’t have to figure it all out alone. I work collaboratively with adults to help you understand what’s driving your thoughts and emotions, build practical tools that support real change, strengthen relationships with yourself and others, and move forward with clarity, confidence, and resilience
I specialize in anxiety, grief, life transitions, and challenges tied to perfectionism, trauma, or spiritual values, using evidence-based practices and relational support to help you feel understood and empowered.
I believe that most people are striving to do the best they can. At certain points in life each of us may become stuck. I see my work as trying to help identify the barriers which are creating stumbling blocks so that they can be dealt with, removed or modified so that life's journey will proceed in a happier healthier way.
I believe that most people are striving to do the best they can. At certain points in life each of us may become stuck. I see my work as trying to help identify the barriers which are creating stumbling blocks so that they can be dealt with, removed or modified so that life's journey will proceed in a happier healthier way.
If you want to know more about psychoanalytic psychotherapy, search "The 7 Principles Of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy" on YouTube
Therapy looks different for everyone, because everyone comes into therapy with different needs. In general, therapy works by us having lots of (often weekly, sometimes more often, just shy of an hour-long) conversations in which we get to know your mind and heart to help you find answers to what you are struggling with. To get to know you better, I will encourage you to share with me thoughts, emotions, images… everything that comes to your mind. Nothing is off limits, and the hardest or most awkward things to talk about can yield the biggest benefits.
If you want to know more about psychoanalytic psychotherapy, search "The 7 Principles Of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy" on YouTube
Therapy looks different for everyone, because everyone comes into therapy with different needs. In general, therapy works by us having lots of (often weekly, sometimes more often, just shy of an hour-long) conversations in which we get to know your mind and heart to help you find answers to what you are struggling with. To get to know you better, I will encourage you to share with me thoughts, emotions, images… everything that comes to your mind. Nothing is off limits, and the hardest or most awkward things to talk about can yield the biggest benefits.
Are you feeling frustrated, stuck, or unhappy in your work life or relationships? Is there a deep loneliness with no one to talk to or really understand? Psychotherapy can help and heal. With over 30 years experience, I work by creating a safe, nurturing and understanding therapeutic relationship. My approach is to actively listen and work collaboratively on gaining a deeper understanding of the feelings, internal struggles, obstacles, the impact of earlier life experiences, as well as repeating patterns of behavior that may be underlying symptoms and the root cause of difficulties.
Are you feeling frustrated, stuck, or unhappy in your work life or relationships? Is there a deep loneliness with no one to talk to or really understand? Psychotherapy can help and heal. With over 30 years experience, I work by creating a safe, nurturing and understanding therapeutic relationship. My approach is to actively listen and work collaboratively on gaining a deeper understanding of the feelings, internal struggles, obstacles, the impact of earlier life experiences, as well as repeating patterns of behavior that may be underlying symptoms and the root cause of difficulties.
Postgraduate 4 years of Psychoanalytic study.
I am a gay psychotherapist, and enjoy and have had success working with both LGBTq and heterosexual adult clients. A warm and supportive environment allows for the gradual development of a professional relationship between client and therapist that can provide an important basis for their work together. Individuals often come into my practice dealing with feelings of depression and anxiety, as well as the impact of trauma, that affect both their ability to have a positive self-image and sense of identity, and to move ahead in their life. I support a client around reducing these blocks in their life.
Postgraduate 4 years of Psychoanalytic study.
I am a gay psychotherapist, and enjoy and have had success working with both LGBTq and heterosexual adult clients. A warm and supportive environment allows for the gradual development of a professional relationship between client and therapist that can provide an important basis for their work together. Individuals often come into my practice dealing with feelings of depression and anxiety, as well as the impact of trauma, that affect both their ability to have a positive self-image and sense of identity, and to move ahead in their life. I support a client around reducing these blocks in their life.
My approach to therapy relies on a psychodynamic, psychoanalytic framework.
Life presents us with pain and conflict that we have trouble navigating alone. Why is it that we often find ourselves in scenarios that seem to repeat themselves, even though we want differently?
My approach to therapy relies on a psychodynamic, psychoanalytic framework.
Life presents us with pain and conflict that we have trouble navigating alone. Why is it that we often find ourselves in scenarios that seem to repeat themselves, even though we want differently?
We are a team of caring and thoughtful therapists with a wide range of specialties. At the practice, we view therapy as a collaborative process, an opportunity to talk through challenges, gain perspective, and feel more supported in your life. Together, you and your therapist can work on understanding your emotions, recognizing patterns that may be leaving you stuck, and building tools to manage stress, improve relationships, and move toward the changes you want. With time, therapy can help you create lasting change that not only ease current struggles but also strengthen your ability to navigate future challenges with resilience.
We are a team of caring and thoughtful therapists with a wide range of specialties. At the practice, we view therapy as a collaborative process, an opportunity to talk through challenges, gain perspective, and feel more supported in your life. Together, you and your therapist can work on understanding your emotions, recognizing patterns that may be leaving you stuck, and building tools to manage stress, improve relationships, and move toward the changes you want. With time, therapy can help you create lasting change that not only ease current struggles but also strengthen your ability to navigate future challenges with resilience.
Are you feeling anxious, depressed or struggling in your relationship? Let’s meet. For over 30 years, I have been providing psychotherapy services to individuals and couples. It is a pleasure to see clients grow, resolve problems, and begin to feel in ways they never imagined. I create a safe, supportive, and affirming environment for exploring and gaining insight into the challenges you face, and together we will find new ways to react to, cope with, and address them. My goal is to help you find meaningful and lasting solutions that improve your mood, sense of well being and relationships.
Are you feeling anxious, depressed or struggling in your relationship? Let’s meet. For over 30 years, I have been providing psychotherapy services to individuals and couples. It is a pleasure to see clients grow, resolve problems, and begin to feel in ways they never imagined. I create a safe, supportive, and affirming environment for exploring and gaining insight into the challenges you face, and together we will find new ways to react to, cope with, and address them. My goal is to help you find meaningful and lasting solutions that improve your mood, sense of well being and relationships.
I am your last stop. If life has disappointed you. If you are depleted. If you are lost. If your relationship is hopelessly leaving you unsatisfied. If your partner is complaining about your internal emotional desert. If you are one step from calling it quits or calling the lawyer. If you are out of ideas at how to make life and relationship work. If therapy has not worked for you in the past ... ... get ready. Your story can take a different turn. Give me a call and let's get started giving you the life - and the relationship - you desire and you deserve. I can help you have more and better.
I am your last stop. If life has disappointed you. If you are depleted. If you are lost. If your relationship is hopelessly leaving you unsatisfied. If your partner is complaining about your internal emotional desert. If you are one step from calling it quits or calling the lawyer. If you are out of ideas at how to make life and relationship work. If therapy has not worked for you in the past ... ... get ready. Your story can take a different turn. Give me a call and let's get started giving you the life - and the relationship - you desire and you deserve. I can help you have more and 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.
Are you ready to heal, overcome mental health barriers, and make meaningful changes in your life? If you are feeling lost in life, unsatisfied, stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, low motivation, burnout, or unhappy and want to find a safe, inviting, and welcoming space for you to start dedicating time to your own healing, and personal growth, then stop waiting and say hello!
Are you ready to heal, overcome mental health barriers, and make meaningful changes in your life? If you are feeling lost in life, unsatisfied, stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, low motivation, burnout, or unhappy and want to find a safe, inviting, and welcoming space for you to start dedicating time to your own healing, and personal growth, then stop waiting and say hello!
My work with multicultural clients highlights the ways in which family-of-origin, immigration and culture inform early life experiences inform our relationships, choices, safety, believe and mental health. People from different backgrounds might be challenged by cultural differences, grief and adjusting, family acceptance/rejection for personal choices, varying communication styles, disagreements on roles, responsibilities and support and more. I work to understand your personal and generational background, work with you to understand the function and origin of your patterns and move toward acceptance and change.
My work with multicultural clients highlights the ways in which family-of-origin, immigration and culture inform early life experiences inform our relationships, choices, safety, believe and mental health. People from different backgrounds might be challenged by cultural differences, grief and adjusting, family acceptance/rejection for personal choices, varying communication styles, disagreements on roles, responsibilities and support and more. I work to understand your personal and generational background, work with you to understand the function and origin of your patterns and move toward acceptance and change.
I offer a unique opportunity to articulate who you are and how you came to be.
Here, it is your mind that lies at the heart of what matters, your word that reveals the “inarticulate speech of the heart” (Van Morrison). My mission is to provide a truly exceptional space in which you have the rare possibility to take a “detour thru your mind” (B52s). A de-tour can be a roundabout route taken in order to avoid an obstacle, like the everyday coping mechanisms we use to avoid issues we have never addressed. Yet a de-tour can also be a route by which something is visited on the way to our destination, fundamentally changing our destiny.
I offer a unique opportunity to articulate who you are and how you came to be.
Here, it is your mind that lies at the heart of what matters, your word that reveals the “inarticulate speech of the heart” (Van Morrison). My mission is to provide a truly exceptional space in which you have the rare possibility to take a “detour thru your mind” (B52s). A de-tour can be a roundabout route taken in order to avoid an obstacle, like the everyday coping mechanisms we use to avoid issues we have never addressed. Yet a de-tour can also be a route by which something is visited on the way to our destination, fundamentally changing our destiny.
I currently have some availability to see psychoanalytic patients.
I realize that for an individual to take the first steps toward looking inward at various psychological conflicts may be an anxiety-provoking process in and of itself, may even be a sense of relief, or a combination of the two. Through my professional training and experience in various treatment settings, I have had the honor to work with individuals and provide them the respect, privacy, and confidentiality that I believe every human being deserves. I focus on providing a safe, trusting, and confidential environment in which one may gain insight and understanding and ultimately grow through this therapeutic relationship.
I currently have some availability to see psychoanalytic patients.
I realize that for an individual to take the first steps toward looking inward at various psychological conflicts may be an anxiety-provoking process in and of itself, may even be a sense of relief, or a combination of the two. Through my professional training and experience in various treatment settings, I have had the honor to work with individuals and provide them the respect, privacy, and confidentiality that I believe every human being deserves. I focus on providing a safe, trusting, and confidential environment in which one may gain insight and understanding and ultimately grow through this therapeutic relationship.
I bring a nonjudgmental, warm presence to therapy, helping you to work through depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, life transitions, and relationship challenges. Each of us is capable of more than just “getting by,” even if we sometimes struggle to access a sense of ease, contentment, or fulfillment in life. Allowing ourselves to hope for a better experience, a better life, takes courage. However, I firmly believe that every human has the innate capacity to transform suffering into freedom and joy.
I bring a nonjudgmental, warm presence to therapy, helping you to work through depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, life transitions, and relationship challenges. Each of us is capable of more than just “getting by,” even if we sometimes struggle to access a sense of ease, contentment, or fulfillment in life. Allowing ourselves to hope for a better experience, a better life, takes courage. However, I firmly believe that every human has the innate capacity to transform suffering into freedom and joy.
Something feels unsettled. Maybe it’s a persistent sense of worry, a heaviness that’s difficult to name, or relationship patterns that make you feel distant from yourself or the people you care about most. You’ve spent years managing, accommodating, or keeping things moving—but lately, it feels like the cost is too high. You may not have words for all of it yet, but you know it’s time to turn inward, to move differently. My role is to help you make sense of what’s really going on beneath the surface—gently, at your pace, and with care that honors your past, your culture, your identity, and your capacity to heal.
Something feels unsettled. Maybe it’s a persistent sense of worry, a heaviness that’s difficult to name, or relationship patterns that make you feel distant from yourself or the people you care about most. You’ve spent years managing, accommodating, or keeping things moving—but lately, it feels like the cost is too high. You may not have words for all of it yet, but you know it’s time to turn inward, to move differently. My role is to help you make sense of what’s really going on beneath the surface—gently, at your pace, and with care that honors your past, your culture, your identity, and your capacity to heal.
In virtual counseling, you'll process experiences, identify triggers, address faulty thinking, replace unhelpful behaviors and learn effective communication related to trauma, identity, school and career issues, grief and loss, mood changes, impulsivity, transitions, caretaking and stage-of-life challenges that affect mental health. I'm Trained in CBT/DBT, person-centered, strength-based, culturally sensitive and solution-focused therapies to support clients as we explore, understand, identify and apply mental strategies to help address mental health disorders or prevent stress from becoming a disorder.
In virtual counseling, you'll process experiences, identify triggers, address faulty thinking, replace unhelpful behaviors and learn effective communication related to trauma, identity, school and career issues, grief and loss, mood changes, impulsivity, transitions, caretaking and stage-of-life challenges that affect mental health. I'm Trained in CBT/DBT, person-centered, strength-based, culturally sensitive and solution-focused therapies to support clients as we explore, understand, identify and apply mental strategies to help address mental health disorders or prevent stress from becoming a disorder.
Central Washington Psychotherapy Associates
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, DCSW
Washington, DC 20009
CWPA is an association of professionals which provides a broad spectrum of psychotherapy, psychiatry and mental health wellness services. Our offices are located in Northwest DC, Dupont Circle, Woodley Park, Takoma Park, and in Alexandria. Regardless if you are seeking coaching or short-term counseling for a specific issue, traditional psychotherapy, medication management, therapy for your child, couples therapy or even depth psychoanalysis, we have skilled professionals who will help you meet your goals. we offer a wide variety of treatment modalities and areas of specialization. The therapists in our referral network, which are some of the best in the city, are exceptionally qualified.
CWPA is an association of professionals which provides a broad spectrum of psychotherapy, psychiatry and mental health wellness services. Our offices are located in Northwest DC, Dupont Circle, Woodley Park, Takoma Park, and in Alexandria. Regardless if you are seeking coaching or short-term counseling for a specific issue, traditional psychotherapy, medication management, therapy for your child, couples therapy or even depth psychoanalysis, we have skilled professionals who will help you meet your goals. we offer a wide variety of treatment modalities and areas of specialization. The therapists in our referral network, which are some of the best in the city, are exceptionally qualified.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor providing individual, family, couples, and group therapy. I support clients experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship stress, life transitions, and trauma. My approach is warm, collaborative, and practical. I use evidence-based strategies to help you gain clarity, strengthen coping skills, and create healthier patterns in your life and relationships. My goal is to provide a safe space for growth, healing, and lasting change.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor providing individual, family, couples, and group therapy. I support clients experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship stress, life transitions, and trauma. My approach is warm, collaborative, and practical. I use evidence-based strategies to help you gain clarity, strengthen coping skills, and create healthier patterns in your life and relationships. My goal is to provide a safe space for growth, healing, and lasting change.
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.