Description
Support groups are not therapy, but rather a dedicated space to connect with specific community so you can be seen and supported in the unique aspects of a specific challenge. This means you are welcome to join us from anywhere, as rules of therapy licensing jurisdiction do not apply. Within group most feedback and support will be given by participants to each other. Your facilitator, Lou, is a licensed therapist and offers free follow-up consultation and referrals for any mental health concerns that arise during group that are beyond the scope of a support group.
Drop-in. Come only when you want, to just the groups that you want, and pay what you want, including nothing.
Group Therapist
Lou is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering individual and couples(+) therapy. Lou has been a Master's level clinician since 2009 and is licensed to provide services across DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Clients can choose between teletherapy sessions or in-person therapy in Lou's home office in Hyattsville, MD, on the unceded lands of the Anacostan and Piscotoway peoples.
Lou personally is a member of multiple alternative lifestyles, including polyamory, which gives lived experience to thoughtfully approach Gender Sexuality and Relationship Diverse folks. Lou is also self-described neurospicy and enjoys working with neurodiverse clients. While she does not believe that membership in these communities is required to provide quality support, she appreciates that it is a preference for some individuals that their therapist share membership in those communities.
Lou is also a proud collaborating clinician for Surrogate Partner Therapy, coordinating with surrogate partners in the triadic model. In SPT, clients overcome barriers to intimacy by learning all aspects of healthy relationships experientially with a surrogate partner, as well as integrating and then generalizing those experiences with the support of the collaborating clinician.
