Serving the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, and Intersex Community of Washington DC. Our counselors are trained in cutting-edge best practices for talk therapy. We help facilitate cognitive insight while teaching in-the-moment awareness of your body for maximum benefit. We'll collaborate with you on goals and systematically maintain focus to help replace unhelpful mental habits or behaviors with ones that better fit you.
We're known in the DC metro area for being specialists in relationship counseling and couples therapy. To really help relationships requires us to also be experts in treating many other mental health symptoms. Restore emotional balance after loss or learn how to break free from the burdensome psychological symptoms common to PTSD or emotional/physical trauma.
We're known in the DC metro area for being specialists in relationship counseling and couples therapy. To really help relationships requires us to also be experts in treating many other mental health symptoms. Restore emotional balance after loss or learn how to break free from the burdensome psychological symptoms common to PTSD or emotional/physical trauma.
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Our Philosophy
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Falling in love gives us the intoxicating feeling of being alive, whole, and happy. It makes us act in ways we don't normally, but this magical feeling is not supposed to last. Romance fades and the "hidden agenda" in our relationship emerges from our differences. Keeping love depends not on finding the right partner, but on becoming the right partner.
Meet Our Team
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You may also contact the therapist directly at their phone number listed below. Goli Bellinger is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who works with couples and individuals experiencing relational or marital difficulties. She is particularly skilled in intervening during a crisis to stabilize major conflicts.
Communication Skills
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Do you find yourself getting into arguments with your partner and wonder how it got this way? Are you repeating the same "fight scenes" with your loved one and want a way to stop? If you want to have a relationship built on mutual respect and passionate partnership, we know how to help.
Effective couples counseling is based on creating a structured environment where you can be heard about the things most important to you while doing so in a way that is safe for you and your partner.We will help you slow down emotional reactivity that typically interferes with authentic listening, and teach you how to stop toxic blaming and shaming behaviors in your relationship.
Effective couples counseling is based on creating a structured environment where you can be heard about the things most important to you while doing so in a way that is safe for you and your partner.We will help you slow down emotional reactivity that typically interferes with authentic listening, and teach you how to stop toxic blaming and shaming behaviors in your relationship.
Sex & Intimacy
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Research tells us that couples who develop skills to handle sexual differences stave off painful breakups and stand a better chance forging a lasting, passionate relationship. Not sure if counseling is right for you? Your brain has powerful chemical messengers responsible for bonding partners during and after sexual and non-sexual physical touch.
FAQs About Couples Counseling
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Every relationship is different and your counselor can often give you a preliminary estimate about how (4-6 sessions) is appropriate. For moderate or seriously conflicted relationships we recommend that you consider committing to 8-10 sessions and assess at that point about further appointments.
Couples counseling can be uncomfortable at times, so we encourage you to suspend making any decision about whether or not the counseling is helping until after at least eight sessions.Our counselors believe that we get into relationships for a reason and it's important to sort out, whenever possible, why there is disconnection.
Couples counseling can be uncomfortable at times, so we encourage you to suspend making any decision about whether or not the counseling is helping until after at least eight sessions.Our counselors believe that we get into relationships for a reason and it's important to sort out, whenever possible, why there is disconnection.
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