Relationship and Marriage Counseling in Washington, D.C.
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Dr. Anita Gadhia-Smith
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, PsyD, LICSW, LCSW-C
WORKING WITH RELATIONSHIP ISSUES HAS BEEN ONE OF MY SPECIALTIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I WILL ASSIST YOU IN MAKING PROGRESS ACCORDING TO YOUR GOALS, USING A VARIETY OF INTERPERSONAL TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES. PLEASE SEE MY BOOK: "HOW TO STAY TOGETHER: WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT" , AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM.
28 Years Experience
In-Person in Washington, DC 20007
Online in Washington, DC
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Robin Kaye Stilwell
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A., L.M.F.T.
Whether married, engaged, dating, straight, gay, in conventional, non-conventional relationships, all relationships are important to our health and well-being. Some seek therapy as a "tune up" to tweak minor issues to prevent them from becoming major deal breakers. Some are experiencing potential "deal breakers" and may be considering ending the relationship. Often, one member of the couple is unsure how they feel and may be ambivalent as to what outcome they would like.to see. Each person has a different perspective of how the relationship feels.
44 Years Experience
Online in Washington, DC (Online Only)
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Douglas LaBier, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I do couples therapy, focused on identifying what has happened along the way to the couple, from initial attraction to their current life situation and conflicts. The aim is to help the couple clarify what each needs or wants to do, to increase intimacy and build a sustaining relationship. And, if that is not possible, how to part in a mutually respectful way.
54 Years Experience
In-Person in Washington, DC 20015
Online in Washington, DC
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Dr. Jason Wang, Inflection Points Therapy
Psychologist, PhD
I offer strengths-based, topic-focused therapy for couples with a generally stable relationship foundation. This work can help partners understand one another more deeply, communicate more clearly about the topic, prepare thoughtfully for challenges, and approach important decisions with greater intentionality. Although I remain attentive to the broader context of your relationship, the specific area bringing you to therapy will remain the primary focus. If you are seeking therapy centered on the relationship as a whole or on concerns spanning multiple areas, comprehensive couples therapy with another provider may be a better fit.
My couples work is limited to three areas:
**Pre-marital or pre-commitment therapy** offers a guided, semi-structured opportunity to prepare for a life together. We may explore communication and conflict, trust and commitment, intimacy, values and expectations, identities and cultures, family and community, finances, careers, work-life balance, and your shared goals and vision for the relationship.
**Financial therapy for couples** focuses on the psychological, emotional, relational, and cultural dimensions of money. Our work may involve understanding each partner’s money history and beliefs, communicating more openly about finances, navigating differences in values or risk tolerance, addressing financial anxiety or avoidance, and approaching shared decisions more collaboratively and intentionally. This service is psychotherapy rather than financial planning or advising.
**LGBTQ+ family-building therapy for couples** supports partners who share a commitment to pursuing parenthood and want help choosing among or navigating possible paths to building their family. This may include assisted reproduction, surrogacy or gestational carrier arrangements, adoption, or other paths to parenthood. Therapy can help you clarify values and priorities, communicate about genetic or gestational connections and family roles, manage medical, legal, logistical, emotional, and financial demands, and navigate uncertainty or setbacks together. This is not discernment therapy focused on whether to become parents.
Across all three services, the goal is to help you engage the topic as a team while making room for each partner’s experiences, needs, values, identities, and perspectives.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Washington, DC 20036
Online in Washington, DC
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Karen J. Osterle
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSSA, LICSW
I happily offer pre-marital counseling, couples therapy, and marriage counseling, focusing on helping each of you be your optimally functioning selves inside of an intimate relationship. (Or, if we learn that this can't be the case, for whatever reason, I will help you part as amicably and respectfully as possible.) Please see my website for more information on how I think about all of this.
25 Years Experience
In-Person in Washington, DC 20036
Online in Washington, DC
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Meghan McGinn
Psychologist, PhD
By the time they show up in my virtual office, many neurodiverse couples have had previous couple therapy experiences that did not go well, and are feeling increasingly stuck and hopeless about reconnecting in their relationship. If you are navigating ADHD, Autism, OCD, or other forms of neurodivergence in your relationship, you need an experienced couple therapist with a profound understanding of both the strengths and challenges of having brain-based differences, and how these differences can impact communication, energy management, nervous system activation, intimacy, and more. I would love to help you chart a different path for your neurodiverse relationship that allows you to interact with greater ease and connect more authentically.
13 Years Experience
Online in Washington, DC (Online Only)
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Johanna Isaacs
Psychologist, Psy.D., PsyPACT Participant
I work with couples to help improve their communication so that they can better understand one another and appreciate each other's strengths and weaknesses. My goal is to create a safe place where each person is heard and validated for who they are. We explore the value that the relationship provides to each person and work to strengthen the connection by creating behaviors that join each other together.
15 Years Experience
Online in Washington, DC (Online Only)
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Dr. Kristyn Neckles
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Relationships can become strained even when love is still present. You may find yourselves having the same arguments, feeling more like roommates than partners, struggling to rebuild trust, or wondering how two people who care deeply about each other became so disconnected.
I help couples move beyond cycles of blame, defensiveness, avoidance, and ineffective communication to better understand what is happening beneath the conflict. Our work focuses not only on how you communicate, but on how each partner shows up in the relationship: the patterns you bring, the needs you may struggle to express, and the ways you respond when you feel hurt, unheard, or disconnected.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and gently direct. I believe healthy relationships require both self awareness and shared responsibility. Rather than focusing only on compromise, we work toward collaboration: learning how to honor two individual experiences while building a relationship in which both partners can feel seen, valued, emotionally safe, and connected.
Whether you are navigating recurring conflict, trust concerns, infidelity, intimacy challenges, life transitions, or simply want to strengthen your connection, therapy can provide a space to slow down, understand one another differently, repair what has been hurt, and intentionally choose what comes next.
12 Years Experience
Online in Washington, DC (Online Only)
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Erica Hart
Psychologist, PhD in Clinical Psychology
I enjoy working with couples looking to deepen their connection, heal from relational wounds, and communicate better. I have helped couples who are preparing for marriage work through difficulties and stressor so that they can move into their married lives feeling closer and more secure.
17 Years Experience
In-Person in Washington, DC 20016
Online in Washington, DC
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Chibby Efuribe
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
We help manage this condition with effective strategies
15 Years Experience
Online in Washington, DC (Online Only)
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Bold Expressions Therapy
Psychologist, Psy.D.
My approach to marry counseling therapy is through an emotionally focused practice. It brings couples together in a way they can connect intimately and get back to their roots of what was so interesting in the beginning of their relationship.
6 Years Experience
In-Person in Washington, DC 20008
Online in Washington, DC
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Fox and Owl Psychotherapy
Therapist
We work with couples and moresomes in areas such as ethical non-monogamy, kink, gender, sexual desire discrepancies, and communication. We also work with couples in mixed-structure relationships (monogamous/ENM) and mixed orientation relationships (gay/straight).
6 Years Experience
Online in Washington, DC (Online Only)
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Center of Northern Virginia
Psychologist, PhD
Emotion-focused approaches to couples including CBT, schema therapy, and integrative behavioral couples therapy
26 Years Experience
Online in Washington, DC (Online Only)
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Georgina Arhin
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, LPC, ACS, CCTP
Emotion focused therapy, Gottaman method, Soultution-focused therapy, Imago relationship therapy (IRT)
23 Years Experience
Online in Washington, DC (Online Only)
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Nikita Pion-Klockner, Holistic Therapy, LLC
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LICSW, LCSW-C
Relationships can become strained by miscommunication, unmet needs, trauma, or the stress of everyday life. I work with couples to strengthen emotional connection, improve communication, and rebuild trust, helping partners feel heard, valued, and more deeply connected.
I provide virtual couples therapy through secure video sessions and work with partners in both traditional and nontraditional relationships. Together, we focus on building mutual understanding, respect, and emotional safety so you can cultivate the healthy, emotionally intelligent relationship you both deserve.
19 Years Experience
In-Person in Washington, DC 20009
Online in Washington, DC
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Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness
Psychologist, PhD, JD
Not all therapists provide evidence-based therapies, and not all therapists who claim to provide CBT are specially trained in this approach. The Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness team consists of doctoral-level clinicians who are highly trained experts in cognitive behavioral therapies.
We are also trained in tailoring your treatment to your individual needs, so you can be sure you are receiving highly individualized care while also benefiting from the techniques that are proven to work.
5 Years Experience
Online in Washington, DC (Online Only)
Washington's identity as the center of American political life creates a distinct mental health environment where therapists frequently address political burnout, moral injury, and the psychological toll of careers in government, advocacy, nonprofit work, and public policy. The city has a highly educated and driven professional demographic, and therapists specializing in perfectionism, ambition-related anxiety, and navigating high-stakes careers are consistently in demand. DC's large Black professional community and its diverse immigrant population from Africa, Central America, South Asia, and East Asia make culturally affirming and multilingual care especially important. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and GW Hospital provide institutional mental health anchors alongside the city's dense and sophisticated independent therapy community.
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Washington, D.C. Statistics
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Washington, D.C. average 18 years of experience and charge around $214 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (77%), Psychodynamic Therapy (39%), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (38%).
Average years in practice
18 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$214
Accept insurance
30%
Offer sliding scale
41%
Gender ID
| 57% |
Female |
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| 37% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 64% |
In Person and Online |
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| 36% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 77% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 39% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 38% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 35% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 33% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 32% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 29% | Integrative Therapy |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 63% | Young Adult |
| 53% | Senior |
| 43% | Teen |
| 24% | Children |
Client Focus
| 54% | Women |
| 47% | Men |
| 41% | LGBTQ+ |
| 27% | Military / Veterans |
| 26% | Black / African American |