Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.
Anna Freud
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Sigmund Freud
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung
Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.
Harry Stack Sullivan
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.
Abraham Maslow
If you don’t change direction, you might end up where you are heading
Lao Tzu

Therapy Services

Therapy Services

In-Person Sessions

I offer confidential in-person sessions to adults and older adolescents. The office building and our suite adhere to enhanced cleaning practices.

Virtual Sessions

I offer a HIPAA compliant, confidential video conferencing platform for virtual sessions with adults and older adolescents.

I provide confidential individual, group and couples therapy to adult and adolescent clients with a broad range of issues, including: 

  • Anxiety
  • Depression (Minor, Major, BiPolar)
  • PTSD Resulting from Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence
  • Mood Disorders
  • Unfulfilling Relationships
  • Difficulty with Work, and School Satisfaction
  • Substance & Eating Concerns

Services Provided

Individual Therapy

We will work one on one which is an effective treatment for a variety of emotional difficulties and mental illnesses.

Couples Therapy

We will work together to recognize and resolve conflicts, improve communication and insight thereby enhancing relationship satisfaction.

Family Therapy

Working together with an entire–or parts of a–family to help family members improve communication, resolve conflicts and improve psychological health and functioning.

Group Therapy

In a process group, a heavy emphasis is on the “here and now” and on giving and receiving interpersonal feedback and observations about the group process giving members plenty of opportunities to understand and improve how they build and maintain relationships.

Treatment Specialties

Anxiety Disorder

A mental health disorder characterized by feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities. These can include: panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Depression (Minor, Major and BiPolar)

A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood, sadness, guilt, self-criticism, hopelessness or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life. You may be experiencing a range of behavioral and physical symptoms including: disturbances in sleep, appetite, energy level, concentration, or self-esteem. Depression can also be associated with thoughts of suicide. Bipolar Depression: A disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs. Manic episodes may include symptoms such as high energy, reduced need for sleep, agitation and loss of touch with reality.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

A disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event. Symptoms can include flashbacks (intrusive memories of the trauma that is accompanied by intense emotional and physical reactions), avoidance, hyperarousal, nightmares, anxiety and depressed mood.

Grief & Loss

Grief is the natural response to the loss of someone or something to which an attachment was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions.

common questions

Through a confidential and supportive relationship that allows you to explore your thoughts and feelings to identify and change the patterns that are keeping you from feeling satisfied and productive.

Yes, confidentiality is a cornerstone of successful psychotherapy. However, under ethical and legal requirements, I may be required to break confidentiality in the event of a clear and imminent danger to yourself or another person. Additionally in the event that you disclose information that provides evidence of current abuse or neglect of minor children or a vulnerable adult, the law may require that I make a report to the appropriate state agency.

50 minutes

While the answer varies from client to client, I generally recommend beginning with once a week.

This varies from client to client as our work will end once you are satisfied with your progress and we discuss how to end treatment. But to offer a general guideline: brief psychodynamic therapy is goal oriented and can take as many as 25 sessions. Long-term psychodynamic therapy may take two years or more. 

In the event that you need to cancel an appointment, please let me know as far in advance as possible, but at least 48 hours ahead. Because the appointment time has been reserved specifically for you, I will charge for appointments which are not cancelled 48 hours in advance. I will work with you to find another available time to reschedule the appointment during the same week of the originally scheduled appointment. Most insurance companies do not reimburse for missed sessions.

I am an out-of-network provider which means that you pay me my full fee directly and then you can submit your monthly receipts for reimbursement from your insurance plan. The only exception is if you have the Georgetown University student insurance.

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On DuPont Circle at 1350 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 605 Washington, D.C. 20036

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