Racial Identity Therapists in Washington, DC
Yolanda Pearson
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCPC, C-DBT
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20001 (Online Only)
I help clients who feel overwhelmed with anxiety, depression, life changes, transitions, and career issues. I am committed to helping you reconnect with your strengths and establish resilience towards navigating the challenges of life. It is incredibly important to establish a therapeutic rapport with you. My role is to provide authentic, empathy, and positive regard to assist you with developing the skills necessary for change and growth. As your therapist, my mission is to provide you with tools to reach your therapy goals. I will work collaboratively with you to discover the most resilient and confident version of yourself.
I help clients who feel overwhelmed with anxiety, depression, life changes, transitions, and career issues. I am committed to helping you reconnect with your strengths and establish resilience towards navigating the challenges of life. It is incredibly important to establish a therapeutic rapport with you. My role is to provide authentic, empathy, and positive regard to assist you with developing the skills necessary for change and growth. As your therapist, my mission is to provide you with tools to reach your therapy goals. I will work collaboratively with you to discover the most resilient and confident version of yourself.
Veturah Downer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20006 (Online Only)
Greetings! My name is Veturah and I am a psychotherapist at RevoWell. We are a tribe of extraordinary clinicians dedicated to REVOlutionizing WELLness in the BIPOC Community. I am a free spirit and pride myself on being able to create warm, welcoming spaces where clients are able to explore, discover, and ultimately be, their authentic selves. I specialize in individual therapy with adults. I am also a certified perinatal mental health specialist, so if you are expecting or delivered within the past year, I can help you maintain mental wellness during a time that is filled with unique challenges, both expected and unexpected.
Greetings! My name is Veturah and I am a psychotherapist at RevoWell. We are a tribe of extraordinary clinicians dedicated to REVOlutionizing WELLness in the BIPOC Community. I am a free spirit and pride myself on being able to create warm, welcoming spaces where clients are able to explore, discover, and ultimately be, their authentic selves. I specialize in individual therapy with adults. I am also a certified perinatal mental health specialist, so if you are expecting or delivered within the past year, I can help you maintain mental wellness during a time that is filled with unique challenges, both expected and unexpected.
Are you looking to make a change in your life or your relationships? Do you want to understand why you tend to repeat the same patterns again and again? I am here to help. I believe in the resilience that exists within all of us and the healing power of the therapeutic relationship. My role as a therapist is that of an active collaborator, working together with clients to explore and address current challenges. My most important job is creating a safe and empathic therapeutic environment which fosters individual growth and empowers clients to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals.
Are you looking to make a change in your life or your relationships? Do you want to understand why you tend to repeat the same patterns again and again? I am here to help. I believe in the resilience that exists within all of us and the healing power of the therapeutic relationship. My role as a therapist is that of an active collaborator, working together with clients to explore and address current challenges. My most important job is creating a safe and empathic therapeutic environment which fosters individual growth and empowers clients to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals.
Raha Janka, MSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, MPH, LGSW
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20009
I believe therapy is a powerful tool to help you cultivate the life you want. My intention is to create a safe space where you can access inner resources and increase awareness of your authentic self. As a first-generation immigrant, I bring a multicultural lens to our work together, honoring your multifaceted identities and cultural strengths. Infused with humor and compassion, we will work together to identify and build a personal development toolkit for effective communication in relationships, boundary setting, navigating identity struggles, learned behaviors, intergenerational trauma, and explore agency within your life.
I believe therapy is a powerful tool to help you cultivate the life you want. My intention is to create a safe space where you can access inner resources and increase awareness of your authentic self. As a first-generation immigrant, I bring a multicultural lens to our work together, honoring your multifaceted identities and cultural strengths. Infused with humor and compassion, we will work together to identify and build a personal development toolkit for effective communication in relationships, boundary setting, navigating identity struggles, learned behaviors, intergenerational trauma, and explore agency within your life.
SafePaces Counseling, Coaching & Consulting
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20006
Hi! My name is Dr. Andre Marseille, and I am a trained Existentialist and Positive Psychotherapist (PPT). Not to be confused with Positive Psychology, my goal in therapy is to help clients achieve Life-Balance. According to PPT, life can be understood across four domains: (1) body/health, (2) work/achievement, (3) relationships/traditions, and (4) meaning/fantasy/spirituality. The challenges of globalization and our increasingly cross-cultural world make it harder for people to maintain Life-Balance, yet it is essential for leading a mentally healthy and meaningful life.
Hi! My name is Dr. Andre Marseille, and I am a trained Existentialist and Positive Psychotherapist (PPT). Not to be confused with Positive Psychology, my goal in therapy is to help clients achieve Life-Balance. According to PPT, life can be understood across four domains: (1) body/health, (2) work/achievement, (3) relationships/traditions, and (4) meaning/fantasy/spirituality. The challenges of globalization and our increasingly cross-cultural world make it harder for people to maintain Life-Balance, yet it is essential for leading a mentally healthy and meaningful life.
Chances are that you are here because something is not working in your life. Perhaps it’s a problematic relationship or general self doubt. Maybe you feel stuck and want help changing old patterns. Whatever the case, I recognize the courage it takes to look within and hope to meet you there with compassion, curiosity, and support. With over a decade of experience as a yoga teacher, I have special expertise in the mind-body connection. As a multilingual, mixed race clinician, I am aware of cultural intersections that might be part of your struggle.
Chances are that you are here because something is not working in your life. Perhaps it’s a problematic relationship or general self doubt. Maybe you feel stuck and want help changing old patterns. Whatever the case, I recognize the courage it takes to look within and hope to meet you there with compassion, curiosity, and support. With over a decade of experience as a yoga teacher, I have special expertise in the mind-body connection. As a multilingual, mixed race clinician, I am aware of cultural intersections that might be part of your struggle.
I am a progressive, inclusive therapist and life coach believing there is no singular way one thinks or feels. We are complex people requiring a blend of kindness, empathy, patience, flexibility, acceptance, and a healthy bond to others. How one achieves this in our work together will be dependent on you and me. I welcome individuals who like to work organically, discussing thoughts and feelings that arise in the moment; and individuals who prefer a more structured approach.
I am a progressive, inclusive therapist and life coach believing there is no singular way one thinks or feels. We are complex people requiring a blend of kindness, empathy, patience, flexibility, acceptance, and a healthy bond to others. How one achieves this in our work together will be dependent on you and me. I welcome individuals who like to work organically, discussing thoughts and feelings that arise in the moment; and individuals who prefer a more structured approach.
I embrace LGBTQ+, AAPI, Latinx and BIPOC individuals as they navigate being a member of a couple is transitioning, being told they're not enough of one identity difficulty forming relationships and more. We'll explore how transitions, family-of-origin and relationships, roles and responsibilities, trauma and identity affect your mental health. Well then collaborate to identify adaptive, relational, strength-based, cognitive, behavioral and emotional strategies to manage stress, distress and improve functioning. I work with individuals who live with persistent anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, ADHD, substance use.
I embrace LGBTQ+, AAPI, Latinx and BIPOC individuals as they navigate being a member of a couple is transitioning, being told they're not enough of one identity difficulty forming relationships and more. We'll explore how transitions, family-of-origin and relationships, roles and responsibilities, trauma and identity affect your mental health. Well then collaborate to identify adaptive, relational, strength-based, cognitive, behavioral and emotional strategies to manage stress, distress and improve functioning. I work with individuals who live with persistent anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, ADHD, substance use.
No matter how difficult your current circumstances may feel, psychotherapy can help you identify what is holding you back and help you develop the right strategies to feel connected with yourself and others. My goal in therapy is to assist you to find your own voice and to guide you to live life in your own terms.
No matter how difficult your current circumstances may feel, psychotherapy can help you identify what is holding you back and help you develop the right strategies to feel connected with yourself and others. My goal in therapy is to assist you to find your own voice and to guide you to live life in your own terms.
Edward McCurty
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20006 (Online Only)
We are born into mystery and we are on a spiritual quest to know ourselves more fully, to discover our life's purpose and to find our personal power. My therapeutic approach involves accompanying my clients on a journey of self-discovery and self-mastery. For, as Carlos Castaneda wrote, "We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong...the amount of work is the same." Ultimately, my goal is to be a mirror that reflects back to you your own innate goodness, strength and wisdom. We repeat what we don't repair. So, my job is to be a witness to your process of awakening the healer that's already present within you.
We are born into mystery and we are on a spiritual quest to know ourselves more fully, to discover our life's purpose and to find our personal power. My therapeutic approach involves accompanying my clients on a journey of self-discovery and self-mastery. For, as Carlos Castaneda wrote, "We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong...the amount of work is the same." Ultimately, my goal is to be a mirror that reflects back to you your own innate goodness, strength and wisdom. We repeat what we don't repair. So, my job is to be a witness to your process of awakening the healer that's already present within you.
Accepting New Patients Now! You don't have to be positive all the time. It's perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn't make you a negative person. It makes you human. Have you heard the saying, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”? Well what if you aren’t sure how to make lemonade or even if you will like it? Sometimes we wish to look at the positives of life and respond to things differently but you may not know how to or even why you respond to triggers the way you do. My ideal client is one who is seeking help. That means you.
Accepting New Patients Now! You don't have to be positive all the time. It's perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn't make you a negative person. It makes you human. Have you heard the saying, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”? Well what if you aren’t sure how to make lemonade or even if you will like it? Sometimes we wish to look at the positives of life and respond to things differently but you may not know how to or even why you respond to triggers the way you do. My ideal client is one who is seeking help. That means you.
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Natalie Léger
Psychologist, PsyD, LP, CMPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20003 (Online Only)
As a performance and counseling psychologist, my passion is to help people reach their potential and make long-lasting change. I collaborate with my clients to work through life challenges and painful experiences in a way that allows them to let go of suffering and take control of their well-being. Worries about the future, your preformance, one's relationships, and busy work life can interfere with becoming the fullest version of oneself. In working with me, my clients can improve their capacity to experience the joys and healing that life has to offer while not feeling controlled by anxiety, depression, and relationship issues.
As a performance and counseling psychologist, my passion is to help people reach their potential and make long-lasting change. I collaborate with my clients to work through life challenges and painful experiences in a way that allows them to let go of suffering and take control of their well-being. Worries about the future, your preformance, one's relationships, and busy work life can interfere with becoming the fullest version of oneself. In working with me, my clients can improve their capacity to experience the joys and healing that life has to offer while not feeling controlled by anxiety, depression, and relationship issues.
Psychotherapy is a process of rebalancing yourself. When something is awry in your life-in relationships, career, emotion, health-your life loses its equilibrium. But as we construct your story in the safety of the therapeutic dialogue, we discover themes and patterns that help you articulate who you really are and what you truly want in your life.
Psychotherapy is a process of rebalancing yourself. When something is awry in your life-in relationships, career, emotion, health-your life loses its equilibrium. But as we construct your story in the safety of the therapeutic dialogue, we discover themes and patterns that help you articulate who you really are and what you truly want in your life.
Markisha Gravely
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Washington, DC 20036 (Online Only)
Hello and welcome! My name is Markisha (she/her) and I’m a woman of color who specializes in trauma-informed therapy. Deciding to participate in counseling can be intimidating at first. My goal is to provide culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, and evidence-based counseling to assist individuals in processing and working through life stressors. I assist adults to walk through their life journey and improve their overall mental and emotional well-being. We work to target a decrease in symptoms associated with personal and childhood sensitivities, work issues, and relationship difficulties.
Hello and welcome! My name is Markisha (she/her) and I’m a woman of color who specializes in trauma-informed therapy. Deciding to participate in counseling can be intimidating at first. My goal is to provide culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, and evidence-based counseling to assist individuals in processing and working through life stressors. I assist adults to walk through their life journey and improve their overall mental and emotional well-being. We work to target a decrease in symptoms associated with personal and childhood sensitivities, work issues, and relationship difficulties.
Moksha Living
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LGPC, LGSW
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20036
Moksha Living, LLC. is a Minority Woman & Black/POC owned Holistic Psychotherapy and Coaching practice in Washington D.C. Moksha ( मोक्ष) is a Sanskrit word that can be simply defined as: “Liberation from that which holds you back”. Moksha Living is a holistic approach to mental wellness that combines life coaching and psychotherapy with holistic services such as: mindfulness and yoga towards enhancing wellness and fulfillment in all areas of life functioning.
Moksha Living, LLC. is a Minority Woman & Black/POC owned Holistic Psychotherapy and Coaching practice in Washington D.C. Moksha ( मोक्ष) is a Sanskrit word that can be simply defined as: “Liberation from that which holds you back”. Moksha Living is a holistic approach to mental wellness that combines life coaching and psychotherapy with holistic services such as: mindfulness and yoga towards enhancing wellness and fulfillment in all areas of life functioning.
Dr. Benjamin Dukes
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LICSW, RDT, RYT
Verified Verified
Washington, DC 20011 (Online Only)
Looking for a safe, affirming, and nonjudgmental space to be seen, heard, and acknowledged for exactly who you are while identifying your unique path to wellbeing? Well, you may have come to the right place! I utilize an eclectic, integrative approach to help clients become the most authentic version of themselves by guiding them to: (1) reveal the parts of themselves that have been hidden away (for whatever reason), (2) embrace the beauty of who they are today and offer opportunities for reframing their past (as appropriate), and (3) empower clients to choose how they want to show up in their lives going forward.
Looking for a safe, affirming, and nonjudgmental space to be seen, heard, and acknowledged for exactly who you are while identifying your unique path to wellbeing? Well, you may have come to the right place! I utilize an eclectic, integrative approach to help clients become the most authentic version of themselves by guiding them to: (1) reveal the parts of themselves that have been hidden away (for whatever reason), (2) embrace the beauty of who they are today and offer opportunities for reframing their past (as appropriate), and (3) empower clients to choose how they want to show up in their lives going forward.
I see people who are experiencing anxiety, depression, or other unpleasant emotions who want to learn more about themselves as a way of relieving their stress. These unpleasant emotions may involve problems in work, school, or close interpersonal relationships.
I see people who are experiencing anxiety, depression, or other unpleasant emotions who want to learn more about themselves as a way of relieving their stress. These unpleasant emotions may involve problems in work, school, or close interpersonal relationships.
I bring a nonjudgemental, warm presence to therapy, helping you to move through suffering and heal from difficult experiences. I strongly believe that each of us is capable of more than just “getting by,” even if we sometimes struggle to access a sense of wholeness, contentment, or connection 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 move through anxiety, depression, trauma, and dis-ease into spaces of freedom and joy.
I bring a nonjudgemental, warm presence to therapy, helping you to move through suffering and heal from difficult experiences. I strongly believe that each of us is capable of more than just “getting by,” even if we sometimes struggle to access a sense of wholeness, contentment, or connection 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 move through anxiety, depression, trauma, and dis-ease into spaces of freedom and joy.
As a bilingual therapist who values a collaborative approach, I am here to accompany you on your journey to understanding the deeper roots of your experiences and how they impact your daily life. I am fluent in both Spanish and English, and can work in either preferred language. Through exploring your past experiences, relationships, and patterns, we will uncover underlying factors that shape your current thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The development of a trusting therapeutic alliance and the facilitation of self-reflection will enable you to see things from a new perspective and empower you to take meaningful actions.
As a bilingual therapist who values a collaborative approach, I am here to accompany you on your journey to understanding the deeper roots of your experiences and how they impact your daily life. I am fluent in both Spanish and English, and can work in either preferred language. Through exploring your past experiences, relationships, and patterns, we will uncover underlying factors that shape your current thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The development of a trusting therapeutic alliance and the facilitation of self-reflection will enable you to see things from a new perspective and empower you to take meaningful actions.
