Imago Therapists in 20007
Lizzie Liu
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MEd(s), LCPC, NCC, CSTIP
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20007 (Online Only)
I utilize evidence and strength-based therapeutic approaches including Imago and Polyvagal Theory.
Are you tired of fighting with your partner constantly without finding a path to move forward? Are you from a culture that is different from your partner's culture? Do you feel like the intimacy and passion have left your relationship? Your relationship doesn't have to suffer through those conflicts in the dark, nor does it have to be a battleground for your differences; it can be a rich soil for meeting your unmet needs. Therapy is the right place for you and your partner to explore complex emotions. If you are not sure what you are experiencing, therapy also allows you to get closer to the unknown.
I utilize evidence and strength-based therapeutic approaches including Imago and Polyvagal Theory.
Are you tired of fighting with your partner constantly without finding a path to move forward? Are you from a culture that is different from your partner's culture? Do you feel like the intimacy and passion have left your relationship? Your relationship doesn't have to suffer through those conflicts in the dark, nor does it have to be a battleground for your differences; it can be a rich soil for meeting your unmet needs. Therapy is the right place for you and your partner to explore complex emotions. If you are not sure what you are experiencing, therapy also allows you to get closer to the unknown.
I am currently adding certification as an Imago Therapist.
I place great importance on creating a non-judgmental atmosphere where the person that I am seeing can talk comfortably about their difficulties without fear of stigma or criticism. My approach is one of discovering the links between past and present relationship patterns, and using these insights to foster change and growth. After over thirty years in the field, I believe that I have developed the ability to understand a situation quickly, and to communicate recommendations in an empathic and sensitive manner. I am able to work in brief psychotherapy, and wish to provide genuine help as quickly as possible.
I am currently adding certification as an Imago Therapist.
I place great importance on creating a non-judgmental atmosphere where the person that I am seeing can talk comfortably about their difficulties without fear of stigma or criticism. My approach is one of discovering the links between past and present relationship patterns, and using these insights to foster change and growth. After over thirty years in the field, I believe that I have developed the ability to understand a situation quickly, and to communicate recommendations in an empathic and sensitive manner. I am able to work in brief psychotherapy, and wish to provide genuine help as quickly as possible.
I've been providing psychotherapy for over twenty years. I am passionate about this work and have helped many people change their lives for the better. I believe in a person's ability to make their life as full and rich as they want it to be. Therapy can help you get what you need and want in your relationships, work, and other areas of life. I am easy to talk to and bring a lot of warmth and caring to therapy. I sometimes use innovative approaches including walking in nature with clients, hypnotherapy, pet therapy, and writing/art therapy.
I've been providing psychotherapy for over twenty years. I am passionate about this work and have helped many people change their lives for the better. I believe in a person's ability to make their life as full and rich as they want it to be. Therapy can help you get what you need and want in your relationships, work, and other areas of life. I am easy to talk to and bring a lot of warmth and caring to therapy. I sometimes use innovative approaches including walking in nature with clients, hypnotherapy, pet therapy, and writing/art therapy.
Ashley Lore Bucci
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, MSW
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20007
Launching a new 10-week motherhood group support program that starts Friday Sept. 13, 2024, in Glen Echo, MD on Fridays from 10 - 11:30 AM. I also offer in-person picnic therapy in Cabin John, MD, and virtual therapy in Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Colorado; for adults, and teens as young as 16 years old. I offer relationship, individual, grief, and/or parenthood therapy. Please visit my website at www.AshleyBucciTherapy.com for more information on me and my services.
Launching a new 10-week motherhood group support program that starts Friday Sept. 13, 2024, in Glen Echo, MD on Fridays from 10 - 11:30 AM. I also offer in-person picnic therapy in Cabin John, MD, and virtual therapy in Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Colorado; for adults, and teens as young as 16 years old. I offer relationship, individual, grief, and/or parenthood therapy. Please visit my website at www.AshleyBucciTherapy.com for more information on me and my services.
Morgan Levine EMDR Intensives and Retreats
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCSW-C, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20007 (Online Only)
Welcome, I'm so glad you're here. If you are seeking a flexible way to receive therapeutic support that is different from the traditional model of weekly or biweekly long-term psychotherapy or you enjoy your traditional therapy with your existing long-term support system but two things keep coming up for you: (1) Your schedule is demanding and unpredictable, making a weekly therapy appointment feel overwhelming. (2) You feel like you need more help and more quickly. The idea of spending months in talk therapy makes it feel impossible to ever feel better. We might be a fit!
Welcome, I'm so glad you're here. If you are seeking a flexible way to receive therapeutic support that is different from the traditional model of weekly or biweekly long-term psychotherapy or you enjoy your traditional therapy with your existing long-term support system but two things keep coming up for you: (1) Your schedule is demanding and unpredictable, making a weekly therapy appointment feel overwhelming. (2) You feel like you need more help and more quickly. The idea of spending months in talk therapy makes it feel impossible to ever feel better. We might be a fit!
Clients with a strong desire to fix their relationships in the most profound ways fit well with my practice .This is true even if you don’t know what is wrong or your partner disagrees about what the problem is. The change is not just communication patterns but also underlying intense emotional distress or explosive patterns of expression. We address complaints such as lack of sex or affection or emotional withdrawal.We stop couples from divorce and fix communication problems by training partners how to best be supportive and to understand underlying psychological messages unwittingly communicated between partners.
Clients with a strong desire to fix their relationships in the most profound ways fit well with my practice .This is true even if you don’t know what is wrong or your partner disagrees about what the problem is. The change is not just communication patterns but also underlying intense emotional distress or explosive patterns of expression. We address complaints such as lack of sex or affection or emotional withdrawal.We stop couples from divorce and fix communication problems by training partners how to best be supportive and to understand underlying psychological messages unwittingly communicated between partners.
Dodini Behavioral Health
Psychologist, PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMFT, LPC
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20007
Dodini Behavioral Health is a multidisciplinary private group practice for personal growth, healing, and development currently open to virtual and in person. We help individuals, couples, and families get beyond symptoms and into living the fullest version of their life and self. Our clinical providers are among the top in their fields and have a variety of areas of interest and expertise, and all are devoted to exceptionally good psychotherapy, therapeutic alliance, and continual education. We often work as a team and as co-therapists to give the absolute best in personalized and expert care for you and those you love.
Dodini Behavioral Health is a multidisciplinary private group practice for personal growth, healing, and development currently open to virtual and in person. We help individuals, couples, and families get beyond symptoms and into living the fullest version of their life and self. Our clinical providers are among the top in their fields and have a variety of areas of interest and expertise, and all are devoted to exceptionally good psychotherapy, therapeutic alliance, and continual education. We often work as a team and as co-therapists to give the absolute best in personalized and expert care for you and those you love.
Welcome to my profile! I am a life coach: my clients use coaching to work through life, relationship or career challenges, at home or at work. I also specialize in parent coaching and expat coaching. Together we find and develop your inner courage to help you get past your challenges. By gaining clarity and creating new direction and goals, you lead a more fulfilled, productive, peaceful and joyous life. Clients choose me as their coach for my energy and catching enthusiasm, my strength, my unlimited compassion and ability to empathize, my laser-like instinct and my no-nonsense approach. Call today for your free sample session!
Welcome to my profile! I am a life coach: my clients use coaching to work through life, relationship or career challenges, at home or at work. I also specialize in parent coaching and expat coaching. Together we find and develop your inner courage to help you get past your challenges. By gaining clarity and creating new direction and goals, you lead a more fulfilled, productive, peaceful and joyous life. Clients choose me as their coach for my energy and catching enthusiasm, my strength, my unlimited compassion and ability to empathize, my laser-like instinct and my no-nonsense approach. Call today for your free sample session!
Natalie V Setliff
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20007
Your search for inner peace is closer to fulfillment than you may realize. You have just made the first step toward healing, by looking for information that can help you make life changes and live the life you desire. Most of us expect to have a life surrounded by loving, intimate and meaningful relationships. Sometimes our expectations do not meet the reality of our lives. I will help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. I am here to listen and work with you during your journey towards healing and living the life you want.
Your search for inner peace is closer to fulfillment than you may realize. You have just made the first step toward healing, by looking for information that can help you make life changes and live the life you desire. Most of us expect to have a life surrounded by loving, intimate and meaningful relationships. Sometimes our expectations do not meet the reality of our lives. I will help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. I am here to listen and work with you during your journey towards healing and living the life you want.
My belief in the therapeutic relationship as foundational for personal growth and change in individual psychotherapy motivates me to ensure a therapeutic environment that is both safe and validating. My style is collaborative and non-judgmental as I work in partnership with individuals to promote healing, foster strengths and move toward positive change.
My belief in the therapeutic relationship as foundational for personal growth and change in individual psychotherapy motivates me to ensure a therapeutic environment that is both safe and validating. My style is collaborative and non-judgmental as I work in partnership with individuals to promote healing, foster strengths and move toward positive change.
Rob Stewart
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20007
As of September, I have openings for new clients. I'm a practical, easygoing, and results-oriented therapist. We work in collaboration as partners, combining your goals with my research-proven techniques. These techniques include CBT, traditional talk therapy, a focus on improving SENS factors (sleep/exercise/nutrition/social), and others, always applied holistically and non-dogmatically. I do particularly well with issues that therapy has thus far failed to resolve. While traditional therapy focuses on exploring and understanding your issues, I make sure we take action, see real change, and prevent backsliding.
As of September, I have openings for new clients. I'm a practical, easygoing, and results-oriented therapist. We work in collaboration as partners, combining your goals with my research-proven techniques. These techniques include CBT, traditional talk therapy, a focus on improving SENS factors (sleep/exercise/nutrition/social), and others, always applied holistically and non-dogmatically. I do particularly well with issues that therapy has thus far failed to resolve. While traditional therapy focuses on exploring and understanding your issues, I make sure we take action, see real change, and prevent backsliding.
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Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT, CTMH
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20007
Is your life or relationship not looking the way you hoped it would? Chances are a series of events occurred, making it feel difficult to find your way forward. It probably feels like you’re swimming upstream, but the current is too strong, and you can’t catch your breath. You have reached a point where you realized something needs to change because navigating these challenges alone has been too difficult, especially when also experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, conflict, or dissatisfaction in your life.
Is your life or relationship not looking the way you hoped it would? Chances are a series of events occurred, making it feel difficult to find your way forward. It probably feels like you’re swimming upstream, but the current is too strong, and you can’t catch your breath. You have reached a point where you realized something needs to change because navigating these challenges alone has been too difficult, especially when also experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, conflict, or dissatisfaction in your life.
Morgan Levine
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCSW-C, LICSW
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20007 (Online Only)
Welcome, I'm so glad you're here. If you are seeking a flexible way to receive therapeutic support that is different from the traditional model of weekly or biweekly long-term psychotherapy or you enjoy your traditional therapy with your existing long-term support system but two things keep coming up for you: (1) Your schedule is demanding and unpredictable, making a weekly therapy appointment feel overwhelming. (2) You feel like you need more help and more quickly. The idea of spending months in talk therapy makes it feel impossible to ever feel better. We might be a fit!
Welcome, I'm so glad you're here. If you are seeking a flexible way to receive therapeutic support that is different from the traditional model of weekly or biweekly long-term psychotherapy or you enjoy your traditional therapy with your existing long-term support system but two things keep coming up for you: (1) Your schedule is demanding and unpredictable, making a weekly therapy appointment feel overwhelming. (2) You feel like you need more help and more quickly. The idea of spending months in talk therapy makes it feel impossible to ever feel better. We might be a fit!
Lois Ann Clinton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20007 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
My passion is teaching people how to realize their potential. I can help you let go of old patterns and fears and develop more of your authentic SELF. I bring 30 years of experience helping people face their challenges in more constructive ways. I have significant expertise in treating trauma and other mental health issues that perpetuate unhealthy patterns. I will support you in building your own internal and external resources to make changes in your life.
My passion is teaching people how to realize their potential. I can help you let go of old patterns and fears and develop more of your authentic SELF. I bring 30 years of experience helping people face their challenges in more constructive ways. I have significant expertise in treating trauma and other mental health issues that perpetuate unhealthy patterns. I will support you in building your own internal and external resources to make changes in your life.
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Imago Therapists
How does Imago therapy work?
Imago relationship therapy is a form of couples counseling meant to help partners address conflict, communication problems, and related issues. Imago sessions typically involve couples sitting facing each other and participating in guided conversations. Therapy will also involve exercises such as re-imagining one’s partner as a wounded child; re-romanticizing a relationship through appreciation, surprises, and even gift-giving and restructuring frustrations by transforming complaints into requests. The ultimate goal is to re-envision the relationship as a source of safety and happiness.
What is the Imago method?
A core technique of Imago therapy is the Imago dialogue, in which partners learn to avoid hurtful statements and establish ways to interact based on each having equal space and power. In the dialogue, partners take turns as the “sender,” who shares their thoughts, and the “receiver.” The receiver is asked to “mirror,” or paraphrase, what their partner has said, without response or rebuttal, and then validate their statements, acknowledging understanding even if they do not personally agree with it. Finally, the receiver displays empathy by stating what they imagine the other is feeling, and showing appreciation for it.
How long does Imago therapy take?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for Imago therapy. After becoming comfortable with a therapist and the core techniques of Imago coaching, some couples quickly make progress, but most should expect sessions to extend for months, encompassing at least 12 to 20 sessions, along with extensive “homework” from their therapist.
Does Imago therapy work?
There is limited empirical evidence to support the benefits of Imago therapy, but some smaller studies suggest that it does help couples, at least in the short-term. A 2017 study found that marital satisfaction increased significantly after couples completed 12 sessions of Imago therapy, and remained higher for some time after that, but did not always result in “complete recovery.” Other studies found greater empathy and fewer feelings of relationship burnout in couples after therapy. Some research suggests that Imago therapy can aid individuals as well as couples; people with ADHD in particular may benefit from the development of communication, self-control, and listening skills that form the basis of the technique.