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Huma Sikandar Fatakia, LPC
Founder & CEO
Holistic EMDR Trauma Therapist &
EFT Couples Counselor
DC & VA
Currently full, not accepting new clients
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Huma is the Founder & CEO of Sage & Fifth Therapy Place. She provides Clinical Supervision and oversight to our team of therapists.
As a Therapist, she loves working with clients to help them overcome distress cycles and empowers them to find stability, create healthier relationships and live an enriched life. She provides her clients the tools to explore underlying emotions and find new ways of coping with past traumas, difficult life transitions, loss, relational distress and other mental health issues. While cultural sensitivity and mindfulness are at the core of her practice, Huma also specializes in EMDR, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Interracial Couples Therapy, Perinatal Mental Health and Attachment based Psychodynamic Therapy. She is currently only accepting new clients for EMDR Therapy, Interracial Couples Therapy and Perinatal/Postpartum Couples Therapy on waitlist.
Languages: English, Urdu, Hindi
Works with individuals & Couples in DC & Virginia
Erika Arnold-McEwan, LICSW
EMDR Trauma Therapist & Attachment-informed Psychotherapist
DC Only (Virtual)
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Erika helps clients impacted by traumatic events who are struggling with difficulty focusing, difficulty feeling positive emotions, anger outbursts, flashbacks, feeling tense, on edge, or easily startled, physical pain, significant self-blame and shame, avoidance of traumatic memories, thoughts, feelings, and situations, nightmares negative beliefs about self and others and difficulty falling and staying asleep. She specializes in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), which have demonstrated effectiveness in overcoming ongoing trauma reactions. Her clinical foundation is focused on somatic interventions, attachment-informed, client-centered, and Polyvagal theory
Works with: Individuals (Telehealth only)
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC only
Olesya Van Dijck, LPC, ATR-P
EFT Couples Counselor, Trauma-informed Holistic Psychotherapist & Art Therapist
DC only (In-Person & Virtual)
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Olesya helps clients explore suppressed emotions and reconnect with their authentic self through creative and embodied practices that reach beyond words. She uses an integrative therapeutic approach in helping clients deal with difficult life transitions, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, addiction and eating disorders. She specializes in trauma, PTSD, domestic violence, sexual or emotional abuse, attachment issues, grief and loss. Olesya also uses Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy to help couples strengthen/ repair their bond by working through communication/ trust issues, past traumas, life transitions, conflicts in integrating cultural/value differences.
Works with: Couples & Individuals
Languages: English, Russian
Accepting clients in DC for In-Person & Virtual sessions
John Hardenbergh, LICSW
Gender-Affirming EMDR Therapist & Attachment-informed Psychotherapist
DC only (In-Person & Virtual)
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John specializes in EMDR trauma therapy and is a psychodynamically informed psychotherapist. He specializes in helping clients overcome traumatic experiences to create impactful change in their lives. Healing from trauma can be hard work, but John is with his clients every step of the way. He also incorporates mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (mbCBT) and attachment-informed mentalization-based treatment (MBT) in his work to help clients overcome anxiety, depression, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He has experience working with a highly diverse client base and strongly believes in bringing an intersectional lens into the therapy room to create a safe space to explore how client’s overlapping identities and oppressions shape their internal experiences.
Works with: Individuals only
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC for In-Person & Virtual sessions
Veronica Thornton, LPC
EMDR Trauma Therapist &
Holistic Mental Health Counselor
DC Only (Virtual)
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Veronica specializes in EMDR trauma therapy and Holistic Psychotherapy, incorporating mindfulness, somatic interventions, Psychodynamic Therapy and CBT interventions. She works with clients who need support with complex grief, divorce, disruptive family relationships/attachments, high stress due to life transitions, depression, anxiety, sexual trauma, childhood abuse, and other past experiences of trauma.
With EMDR therapy, Veronica has been able to help her clients process big emotions and traumatic events that felt stuck for them for a long time and has helped them learn new ways of being to attain the life they desire.
Works with: Individuals only
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC only
Isabella Calingaert, LGPC
LGBTQ+ Affirming Psychotherapist, Holistic Trauma Therapist & Couples Counselor
DC & MD (Virtual), Virginia (waitlist-VA)
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Isabella is a trauma-informed, holistic therapist who believes in creating an affirming space where clients can explore all aspects of their identity, relationships, and lived experiences. She specializes in supporting LGBTQIA+ and polyamorous individuals and couples, multicultural clients, and those navigating identity exploration, self-esteem challenges, trauma, grief, and major life transitions. Drawing from attachment-based, relational, and strengths-based approaches, Isabella helps clients better understand themselves, heal from past wounds, and build more authentic and fulfilling relationships. She also supports couples in improving communication, breaking unhelpful conflict patterns, and navigating relationship challenges with greater connection and understanding.
Works with: Individuals & Couples
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC for Virtual Sessions
Victoria Wendell, LPC
Holistic Trauma Therapist & Eating Disorder Specialist
Virginia Only (In-Person & Virtual)
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Victoria specializes in working with adults navigating trauma, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and longstanding patterns that can leave people feeling stuck, disconnected, or at odds with themselves. She is particularly passionate about helping clients heal their relationship with food, body image, and themselves. She understands that trauma rarely exists in isolation and often intersects with disordered eating patterns, attachment wounds, chronic shame, anxiety, depression, and difficulties with identity and self-worth. Her work focuses on helping clients develop a deeper understanding of themselves while creating meaningful and lasting change.
Works with: Individuals
Languages: English
Accepting clients in VA for in-person and virtual sessions.
Christina Odwyer, LGPC
Holistic Psychotherapist and Trauma-informed Counselor
DC (Virtual Only), Virginia (Waitlist-VA)
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Christina supports individuals in navigating the intersection of personal healing and professional life. She understands that the pressure to excel often exists alongside the weight of past experiences and systemic stressors. She is dedicated to helping clients build the internal resources necessary to manage anxiety, depression, and trauma while cultivating a sense of safety within themselves.
Christina utilizes a holistic, evidence-based framework that blends attachment-informed theories with somatic interventions, CBT, and ACT. This allows clients to move beyond intellectualizing their experiences and into a deeper, more effective way of processing their emotions and regulating their nervous system.
She offers therapy in Washington, DC, virtually and currently has a waitlist for in-person sessions in Rosslyn, VA.
Works with: Individuals
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC for Virtual Sessions
Christen Yu, LGPC
Trauma-Informed Psychotherapist & Culturally Responsive Therapist
DC only (Virtual)
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Christen is a trauma-informed psychotherapist with experience supporting individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, and identity-related concerns in culturally diverse contexts. She has worked with individuals impacted by complex trauma, including childhood abuse, domestic violence, sexual trauma, and systemic oppression. She also has a strong interest in working with college students and young adults navigating identity development, relational challenges, and life transitions.
Works with: Individuals only
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC only
Theresa Sherman, LGPC
Trauma-informed Holistic Psychotherapist, Perinatal/ Postpartum Therapist & Couples Counselor
DC (Virtual Only), Virginia (Waitlist-VA)
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Theresa (“Tess”) is a Holistic Perinatal Therapist who specializes in supporting individuals and couples through fertility challenges, pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, reproductive grief and loss, birth trauma, and the transition to parenthood. With a warm, collaborative, culturally responsive, mind-body approach, Tess helps clients better understand their emotional experiences, reconnect with themselves, and navigate life's most vulnerable transitions with greater clarity, confidence, and resilience. Using Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Experiencing (SE), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), she supports clients experiencing anxiety, trauma, identity shifts, and relationship challenges.
Tess also helps couples strengthen communication, deepen connection, and navigate the relational changes that often accompany family-building and major life transitions.
Works with: Individuals & Couples
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC for Virtual Sessions
Madeline Gaffney, LGPC
Attachment-informed Holistic Psychotherapist & EFT Couples Counselor
DC & Virginia (In-Person & Virtual)
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Madeline has a passion for working with clients on intrapersonal and relational concerns related to attachment. By using Emotionally Focused Therapy, Person centered therapy, Mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Madeline empowers her clients with tools to create authentic connections with others, while also prioritizing self-exploration and self-acceptance. She also helps clients overcome challenges related to burnout, depression, anxiety, life transitions and grief. Madeline also has a special interest and training in working with couples struggling with communication challenges, trust issues and Interracial issues.
Works with: Individuals & Couples
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC & Virginia for In-Person & Virtual sessions
Shayla Martin, LGPC
Trauma-informed Holistic Psychotherapist & Perinatal/Postpartum Counselor
DC only (In-Person & Virtual)
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Shayla specializes in compassionate, client-centered care for clients navigating pregnancy, postpartum struggles, fertility challenges, and the transition into parenthood. She also holds space for clients navigating the heartbreak of perinatal loss. Beyond perinatal mental health, Shayla also supports those experiencing relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. With a holistic trauma-informed approach, she integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), somatic interventions and mindfulness-based therapy to help clients move through life’s most vulnerable moments with clarity and confidence. She is especially passionate about inner-child healing, self-discovery, and creating a supportive yet transformative space for meaningful growth.
Works with: Individuals only
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC for In-Person & Virtual sessions
Ashley Badgley, LGPC
Holistic Trauma Therapist & Gender-Affirming Psychotherapist
DC Only (In-Person & Virtual)
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Ashley specializes in counseling those who have experienced a life-changing trauma. She offers support for a wide range of issues but works most often with survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, gun violence, grief, and those who have lost a loved one to suicide. She practices trauma-informed CBT, primarily, and believes that you are the driver of your own life. She is client-centered, feminisit-informed and works with clients to process emotions, establish goals, and more. She uses an integrative holistic approach, incorporating evidence-based mindfulness, somatic body interventions, DBT interventions, trauma informed therapy and attachment based psychodynamic interventions to help clients develop skills to better understand themselves and their relationships, in therapy and outside of sessions.
Works with: Individuals only
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC for In-Person & Virtual sessions
Allie Kassraie, LGPC
Gender-Affirming Trauma Therapist, Couples Counselor & Music Therapist
DC & VA (Virtual)
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Allie works with individuals navigating trauma, identity exploration, relationship challenges, and major life transitions through a gender-affirming, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive lens. With experience in queer and gender-affirming care, they take a creative, individualized approach to therapy that honors each client’s lived experience. Allie has a special interest in supporting LGBTQIA+ clients, neurodivergent individuals, college students, and those exploring identity, belonging, and self-understanding.
Works with: Individuals & Couples
Languages: English
Accepting clients in DC & Virginia
