Washington, DC 20006
About the Company Owner, Danielle Blessing Taylor MA, LMFT
My Specialty
My Experience and Qualifications
My Approach and Philosophy
For years I have worked with individuals and their family members to create healthy relationships. I look at each person as an individual and in their relationships. I explore past experiences that have shaped the way each thinks and acts to help create empathy and understanding for themselves and those who have hurt them in the past.
Helping family members learn about each other's past and why they behave and speak the way that they do helps to resolve and reduce conflicts. This in turn helps to lower walls of defense and take things less personally once we know where reactions such as anger, aggression and blame are really coming from. It is very healing to feel understood, heard and accepted.
I look at patterns in the family, culture, environment and more. Recognizing unhealthy habits and the effects they have on our lives helps to foster change, break patterns and set healthy boundaries.
I enjoy including as many loved ones in therapy as needed in order to gain perspectives, but also to provide support in having hard conversations.
I see a wide variety of clients and if you give me a call I would love to explore if I have experience in what you are looking to work on.
My Approach and Philosophy
My Experience and Qualifications
My Approach and Philosophy
I am genuinely interested in getting to know what makes people who they are, and my work honestly does not seem like a job. I feel honored to be trusted to help others.
Over the years I have developed an approach that I find helpful and effective for clients to achieve their goals. I use parts of many psychological theories as I tailor to my client’s needs.
I believe that working through and healing our own "stuff" helps us to be able to give to ourselves and in our relationships. Gaining this insight helps with self-happiness and assists in making healthy life decisions.
My style as a therapist can be described as upfront, patient and warm. Listening without judgement allows those I work with to be open and comfortable. I have provided therapy to various relationship dynamics, cultures and sexual orientations. I enjoy continually learning from each unique story that I hear.
Meeting people where they are in their change process is very important to me. Talking about or through difficult times can be very sensitive and requires respect, patience and time. I gently challenge thought processes to motivate change by providing objective and rational perspectives.
In my experience, the best outcomes are with those who are committed to the therapy process and who are ready to put the necessary work and attention into their goals. Many of my clients report that our work together results in them feeling more positive and confident, knowing themselves more than they ever have before.
My Experience and Qualifications
My Experience and Qualifications
My Experience and Qualifications
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in DC, MD, VA, PA and FL, and I work with individuals, families and couples.
I have been working in the mental health field since 2009 in various settings including schools, residential facilities, homes, outpatient community mental health and private group practice. I have been a therapist since 2010 and have worked with children and adults of all ages.
My Master's Degree is in Clinical Counseling Psychology, with a focus in Marriage and Family Therapy.
To keep up with my multi-state licenses and to continually build my clinical knowledge base, I partake in various training's to learn new techniques that I can use with my clients.
I provide practical tools/resources along our journey together to help people to cope with difficulties and to communicate in healthy effective ways.
In my work I have found it very helpful to collaborate with other providers in my client's life as needed such as PCPs, psychiatrists and therapists. This helps to create overall health.
Awesome Providers...
Katie Dawson M. Ed., LPC NCC
Katie Dawson M. Ed., LPC NCC
Katie Dawson M. Ed., LPC NCC
Katie Dawson is a Relationship Therapist. She received her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from The College of William & Mary. Katie is a Supervisor, Licensed Professional Counselor and a National Certified Counselor. She practices in Maryland and Washington DC and services individuals, couples and families for MFTS.
With a background in working with families struggling with intense conflict, Katie offers a unique perspective to her clients who are currently facing difficulty in their most important relationships.
Through assessing communication patterns and identity roles that exist in each relationship, Katie is able to offer solution focused feedback to help clients achieve their goals.
Katie’s mission is to create a safe and, when appropriate, fun place for clients to explore their relationships and how they can grow in them together.
Katie provides individual/family/couples therapy virtually for those in MD and DC.
Feedback about Katie:
"Katie is really awesome, we love her."
"Katie is super helpful!"
-Anonymous
Typical Office Hours: 10am-7pm M-Th (varies)
Areas of experience include:
ADHD
Anger Management
Anxiety
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Divorce
Family Conflict
Infidelity
Life Transitions
Marital and Premarital
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Sex Therapy
Stress
Suicidal Ideation
Teen Violence
Trauma and PTSD
Women's Issues
Sexuality
LGBTQ
Leticia Lopez, LGPC
Katie Dawson M. Ed., LPC NCC
Katie Dawson M. Ed., LPC NCC
Leticia Lopez is a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor in Washington DC. She has 13 years of clinical experience. Leticia has worked in private practices, mental health agencies, hospitals and schools.
Leticia is trained and specialized in therapy with adults and also with young kids. With children, Leticia uses play therapy in sessions and partner with parents, family members and school officials, to guarantee the best treatment to this population. With adults, Leticia has expertise working with individuals dealing with anxiety, depression and PTSD.
She has worked with clients from different cultural background and includes cultural aspects in therapy.
She tries to understand the singularity of each client, providing a safe place for each of them in a very unique way. She believes it is important for clients to be protagonists of their treatment and have the autonomy to make decisions.
Since 2005, Leticia has been improving her clinical skills, through intensive trainings. She holds a Master Degree in Clinical Psychology and she is a Clinical Psychologist in her home country. Leticia is a Psychoanalyst following the Lacanian Orientation.
Psychoanalysis offers a safe space to tell and to edit our own history, where new solutions to symptoms and repetitions can be created. She is current member of the Lacanian Compass, a group dedicated to the development and promotion of the Lacanian Psychoanalysis in the United States.
Leticia is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. She provides individual therapy virtually and in-person for out of network kids-adults in DC.
Feedback about Leticia:
"Leticia is great."
"I really enjoy working and digging in!"
-Anonymous
Typical Office Hours: 9am-9pm and as needed M-F.
Areas of experience include:
ADHD
Adoption
Anger management
Antisocial Personality
Anxiety
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality
Child and Adolescent
Chronic Pain
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Developmental Disorders
Divorce
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Family Conflict
Grief
Gender expression
Infertility
Learning Disabilities
Life Transitions
Mood Disorder
Narcissistic Personality
Obesity
OCD
Parenting
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Racial Identity
Relationship Issues
School Issues
Self Esteem
Stress
Thinking Disorders
Trauma and PTSD
Women´s Issues
Samantha Steinfeld, LGPC
Samantha Steinfeld, LGPC
Samantha Steinfeld, LGPC
Samantha Steinfeld holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the College of William & Mary. She is also a trained Imago Relational Therapist.
Samantha has specific interest and expertise working with youth, young adults, and couples in areas including exploration of gender and sexual orientation, healthy relationship development, identity development and integration, and positive sexuality. She also works with people with chronic illnesses, including chronic pain.
Samantha’s style is informed by her personal and professional experiences as a therapist, teacher, sex educator, and chronic illness advocate. Her therapeutic style is rooted in radical acceptance, affirmation, and non-judgement. Her goal as a therapist is to provide a safe space for her clients to sit with and process their experiences and emotions, to validate their ways of being, and to work alongside them as they grow into their most authentic selves.
*In addition to virtual, Samantha also provides family/couples/individual therapy in-person in Bethesda MD for out of network clients.
Feedback about Samantha:
"Samantha is warm and compassionate". "She is a great therapist!"
-Anonymous
Typical Office Hours: 9:30am-9pm M-Th (varies)
Areas of experience include:
Anxiety
Asperger's Syndrome
Autism
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality
Child or Adolescent
Chronic Illness
Chronic Pain
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Developmental Disorders
Divorce
Dual Diagnosis
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Gender Expression
Gender Identity
Grief
Group Therapy
Infidelity
Life Transitions
Marital/Premarital
Peer Relationships
Relationship Issues
School Issues
Self-Harming
Self Esteem
Sex Therapy
Sexual Orientation
Sleep or Insomnia
Stress
Substance Use
Suicidal Ideation
Teen Violence
Trauma and PTSD
Women's Issues
Dissociative Disorders
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
Tiffany Jerinsky, LGPC
Samantha Steinfeld, LGPC
Samantha Steinfeld, LGPC
Tiffany Jerinsky is a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor in Washington DC and Maryland. Tiffany began her profession at non profit organizations in New Jersey where she received domestic violence and sexual assault training. She has also worked in a residential and hospital setting. She provided individual and group therapy to survivors of interpersonal violence, sexual assault/abuse, and people suffering with an eating disorder.
Tiffany strives to be multiculturally aware and enjoys working with diverse populations, including racial/ethnic minorities and the LGBTQIA+ community. Her clients describe her as supportive, accepting, and empowering.
When a person survives a trauma or hardship it can be extremely difficult to cope and obtain fulfillment. Whatever the struggle is, Tiffany believes in helping clients identify their strengths in order to overcome the obstacle.
Tiffany provides individual therapy virtually to those in DC and MD.
Feedback about Tiffany:
"I love working with Tiffany!"
"Her service is great!"
-Anonymous
Typical Office Hours: 2-8pm W/Th and 11am-3pm Sun (varies)
Areas of experience include:
Anxiety
Chronic Illness
Chronic Pain
Coping Skills
Depression
Domestic Abuse and Violence
Eating Disorders
Family Conflict
Gender Expression and Identity
Grief
Group Therapy
Infidelity
Life Coaching
Relationship Issues
School Issues
Self-Harming
Self Esteem
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Orientation
Spirituality
Stress
Trauma and PTSD