hope+wellness is a premier therapy and counseling practice with a unique story. It was created based on our philosophy that hope can be found even in the most difficult seasons of life. We believe that people need hope and resilience to set goals and affect change, to persevere in the face of life challenges and thrive. Our approach is simple — we provide exceptional psychotherapy and testing services to empower people to live happier, healthier lives. 
     
  At Hope+Wellness, we are here to honor and celebrate you as you are. We provide kind, compassionate care grounded in evidence-based treatments to help you feel deeply seen and heard and to help you live to your fullest potential. We work with people across the lifespan — including kids, teens, college students, young adults, adults, and couples — to support your lifelong wellbeing.
        We specialize in working with people with depression, anxiety, stress, adjustment to life transitions, as well as trauma, grief and loss. We also work with many couples to navigate difficult times and relationship concerns to rebuild and strengthen their connection.
        Many people who come to us also experience concerns related to feelings of unworthiness, imposter syndrome, shame, and low self esteem. We provide a safe, supportive space where you are met fully with kindness and compassion, no matter what you may be facing.  
        Whether you are looking for a depression or anxiety therapist, ADHD therapist, a couples or teen therapist, we’re here to help you live a life that is deeply aligned with your values, and filled with joy and meaning.   

Kind, compassionate care
for depression, anxiety + stress

 We are a diverse, inclusive team of therapists who come from different life backgrounds, training perspectives, and specialties, united through a passion to provide exceptional mental health care that is authentic, genuine, and relatable — where you feel truly cared for and seen. Here, you will find a safe, healing, and affirming space for people from any and all backgrounds.
        We offer in-person and virtual mental health care services throughout Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. We also offer high quality concierge services to help people who are in need of greater accessibility to care. As soon as you come to our practice, you will find a comfortable and calming environment that will put your mind at ease. We believe that practicing good wellness invites greater peace, focus, and balance.
        We're honored that you are considering inviting us to be a part of your journey. Hope+Wellness is more than a practice — it is a place where you will develop a trusted relationship with a therapist where you feel safe and fully supported. It’s natural to have questions, so please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any. We're happy to help!

        With best wishes,

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You are not alone.
We are here to help.

At Hope+Wellness, we provide kind, compassionate care and evidence-based treatments to help womenmen, children and teens, young adults, adults and couples navigate life's toughest questions, challenges, and transitions. Many things in life can disrupt our emotional health. During these times, it is natural to feel out of touch with ourselves and to struggle with difficult emotions. Our therapists provide a safe, supportive, nonjudgmental, authentic space to help support your positive growth and inspire you toward greater health, happiness, and wellbeing. 

We honor diversity and inclusion and are a BIPOC and LGBTQ+ affirming practice. Our values include authenticity, respect, honesty, integrity, and excellence in providing mental health care that is creatively and passionately tailored for each individual. We are here to support your journey toward greater healing, hope, authenticity, meaning, love, peace, joy, creativity, passion, transformation, wisdom + insight. We are here to cultivate a safe, supportive space where you can simply be yourself to help you connect with what is most joyful and meaningful to you.

Click below to learn more about how we might be able to help you. Please know we are wishing you the best of luck on your journey with therapy and are excited for you to begin it!! we know that it takes courage to reach out. Thank you for considering us :)

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Depression

Depression can affect all aspects of your life, including behavior, sleep patterns, relationships, and academic performance. Working with a depression therapist on our team can help you reduce the pain and restore a sense of hope and meaning.

Anxiety

Anxiety is a natural part of life, but when it becomes overwhelming and uncontrollable, it's time to get help. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the most effective treatment for anxiety. As experts in CBT, our anxiety therapists will work with you to break free of symptoms and restore calm.

Adjustment +
Life Transitions

Change is a normal part of life, but sometimes we can be left feeling stuck, lost, or overwhelmed. We can help you navigate difficult transitions in your life to develop clarity, wisdom, and inner strength.

Stress + Burnout

Change is a normal part of life, but sometimes we can be left feeling stuck, lost, or overwhelmed. We can help you navigate difficult transitions in your life to develop clarity, wisdom, and inner strength.

Existential Concerns

Sometimes you can’t help but wonder what the meaning and purpose of your life is. You feel alone and adrift, totally disconnected. Find your way back to life again — to joy, meaning, and wholeness.

Trauma + PTSD

Painful memories and emotions resulting from trauma can feel overwhelming and leave you feeling depressed, anxious, numb, and disconnected. We can help you process and heal from trauma to begin to move forward and connect to life again toward greater health and wholeness.

Grief + Loss

It’s hard to know how to live again after loss. We will help you grieve and to make sense of your loss — to integrate it in a way that helps you feel whole again, more deeply, richly, and fully.

Chronic Pain +
Health Psychology

Dealing with serious or chronic illnesses such as chronic pain, POTS, fibromyalgia and gastrointestinal disorders can challenge you physically and emotionally. We can help you navigate the emotional and behavioral aspects of coping with a chronic illness or health condition.

ADHD

It’s not easy to live with ADHD and the lack of motivation, focus, and energy it causes. Our ADHD therapists and testing psychologists are here to support you and to learn new ways of living and thinking to help you live fully and free again to actualize toward your highest potential.

OCD

Feel supported in facing your fears and freeing yourself of intrusive thoughts, rituals, compulsions, to live the life you truly wish for and desire. We provide gold-standard treatments for OCD including Exposure and Response Prevention and CBT.

Kids + Teens

Our team has therapists focused on teens, specializing in offering individual treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for children (8+) and teens. Therapy can offer a safe space for your child to explore their thoughts, feelings, and emotions during a critical time in their lives.

College Students

Life on your own can be tough to adjust to. Find a sense of belonging and home again. Discover parts of yourself you can lean and rely upon. Connect with us to work on growing into the person you’ve always dreamed of becoming.

Young Adults

We provide individual treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy for young adults facing a variety of emotional and life concerns, offering a compassionate, one-on-one environment where you truly feel supported and heard.

Women’s Health

We provide a unique, specialized space to support and empower women in all aspects of life, including personal growth, overcoming mood, depression, anxiety, and navigating major life transitions.

Parenting

Being a parent is tough. No one ever talks about how hard it is. If you have been feeling ashamed, depressed, anxious, overwhelmed, or isolated, know that you aren’t alone. It’s natural and we can help you break free to feel happy and confident again as a parent, helping you explore the life values you’d like to live out for yourself and your family.

Couples

There are times in life that are difficult for all couples to weather and manage. We can help you reconnect and rebuild a strong foundation, improve communication, manage conflict, or increase intimacy again.

find healing
+ personal connection

Whatever you are going through, please know that you aren’t alone. We’re here to help you journey to deeper insights and wisdom — to help you find and connect to your innermost truths. To cultivate peace and compassion within yourself. We believe that each person has within them an inner light — our deepest intension as therapists is to help you find and reconnect with this light to help you find greater healing, transformation and wholeness.

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Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.
— Akshey Dubey

giving back

What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.
— Aristotle

Giving back is what we do but it is also a fundamental part of who we are. We are proud to make contributions to amazing local and national organizations that serve to enrich and strengthen our community.

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